CHINESE COMMUNIST SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES DIRECTED AT INDONESIA

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• Publication Date: September 11, 1950
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?.rhe follow 3),:j: is a translation of a report prepared by leaders of the
Ilasjurai
It is obvi
Republic o
tration in
The
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us thrt for.App OOMMUOisrl, particularly from the Peoples'
" China, is car-yit-.; out a large scale plan of Communist psne-
Southeast Asia- In this rove the Ovvrseas Chinese take the
various methods used by foreim Communists in the implemen-
,heir plan for Indonesia can be set down as followsx
A I.re scale propaganda movement by agents.
b. The distribution of Communist propaganda through Communist daily
newlpapers? bulaetins? secondary schools, libraries and youth
movments.
n, Or ji,,; nizatian of a black market intended, to weaken the economy of
the country concerned 1; financial support of a Communist moverent
*ltd. of J?noTa/ strikes.
d EcoF omic oclietration
e. CooTeration with CwAbiiists ;:roups; supporting and :riving instruct
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JAM. to Indonesian Comunist moverents, especially labor organ-
7.thich have for the most part equivalent principles such.
as he Seatral Organisasie Buruh Selurah Indonesia (SOBSI).'
Stnngtheniug the Chinese Communist movement in this country as
Communism AA Indonesia.
the forerunner of China's
Im.vovin7 the condition of the Chinese Communist movement in
ii nes a n, re y throu=h illo ml organizations? and the.
pervi-tration into Indonesian soioy and social and cultural
orfrj nization s Deceptive .1-c;Lods S 1.1C h as claiming a C0101031
her.. af:p -with the Indonesians are to be used ,
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h. Foreing cells in Indonesian labor organizations, cultural leagues
and student organizations.
The placine of Chinese Communist saboteurs for terrorist activities
simlar to those used throughout Southeast Asia.
Impertiag and circulating Communist pamphlets. In this connection
the usnowball stem used by companies to circulate material is
emp .oyed. A person receives free of charge pamphlets, newspapers,
etc and automatically becomes a subscriber and reconmends five
other subscribers who in turn recomrend five more subscribers and
so on.
k, Rad-o propaganda through Communists in Communist countries. Chinese
Coaffunist cells (through sailor and seanents unions) are used for
coelunications. These unions are very active in seaports and the
cel_s aboard ships carry the conmunications.
Communication and cooperation between the Chinese Communist Party in China
and I.ihe Cormunist movement in this country already exists. This has been
known since the formation of the Comintern. Many documents have previously
been fennd which verify. this.
Alimin is r prominent leader and recently Samaun (Serum), the well-known
Communist e7itator who is frequently seen in Central and Southeast Asia,
has become a prominent leader. It is rumored that he is playing an import-
ant role in China as a personal adviser to !IA0 Tse-tung.
h. Althou;11, eo to the present time, there has been little evidence that has
peeved t1,0 relation of Tan TIalaka's movement to foreign Communism it can
be aesumed, based on reports now available, that the existence of such a
relation is a reality.
AS to Commo/ist indirect penetration - especially with the help of the China
Democratic League - it can be reported as follows:
This orgeni3ation las existed since 1941. At first it was made up of a
:roup of Chinese who were democratic and progressive and educated, but
later it besame a Communistic association. Sore leaders of the leaeue now
occupy hist offices in the Peking Government. Before the transfer of
sovereignty in Indonesia there was only one branch of the league which
openly dec]tred its existence, this was in Medan. According to reports
there are seres branches of the league in different places but they bear
other title;. The Democratic Daily News is their official newspaper.
6, Since the slry beginning the fledan branch has taken serious action against
the Kuomiatune, and declared its sympathy with the Communists and Soviet
EV8,9"1:a
7, it is likel- that -fte league will be revived, particularly in areas where
many Chinese lives since the Chinese are anticipating that the USI
(United States of Iedonesia) IJovernment will not take serious action
aeainet ore,nizations auch as this.
TANKah Kee is one of the promoters of the China Democratic League. For
a long time he has olayed an imeortant role in Chinese Communist move-
ments in Sotth-ast Asia. In 1949 he became a member of the Central
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Chinese Co
The daily
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Kee has or
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Tern:sent Council in Peking and he is also a member of the
=mist Jovernments Commission of Overseas Chinese Affairs .
lewspaper Nan Chian Jit Pao, published by TAN Kah Kee in
:an be considered an organ of the Pek:ing Governrent. TAN Kah
at influence among the Overseas Chinese.
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It is impootant to note a report in the an Chiau Jit Pao on February 20,
1950, whic i stated that the prise function-OrET raT Ke7 after his return
from China was to revive the South Seas Chinese Relief Fund Federation
which was ostablished more than ten years ago and has 75 branches through-
out Southssst Asia- As the head of this organization, he sent orders to
all hranclos requestins then to report on the present situation in each
country, a id to make preparations for sending representatives to public
meetings
10, It was retorted that the organization formerly known as The Chinese Red
Crass had .)ranches in every i iportant town. At one time it had 211 sli,-
lion subsc sibins members.
If this oi !anization is revived, it is probable that all pro-Communist
Chinese cc ild be federated so that instructions could easily be given and
their anti rities coordinated.
II). The activi
League ati
1949. The
eotion fro
Quite in
trying to
and semi-c
imperialis
bloc.
Reports fr
closed the
Leadership
had close
centers of
Indonesia,
and proper'
Chinese, s
Headquarte
rust mover
Study the
Chinese at
slimed that
Dedsn as a
16. Persons to
staff of t
been. obtai.
Party.
ties of a group of Chinese Communists belonging to the Demooratic
'acted considerable attention during the last three months of
had branches in various parts of Indonesia and received dir-
1. Hong Kong.
lepint sith the Soviet line, the groups from Hong Kong were
lepict the struggle for independence in the various colonies,
donies, including the MI as really a struggle against
1, and advocating as the only cure participation in a Soviet
om a most reliable source regarding that particular group dis-
following:
was in the hands of a number of Hong Kong Chinese who allegedly
:onnections with the heads of the Communist Party and with some
Communist elements whose activities were directed towaroo
;uch as the well-known Ta Te League Many Communist agitators
ullists were trained by the league, most of whom were Overseas
tch as teachers and oorrespondents0
of the lea :ie in Hong Kong kept in close contact with Conmu-
sits in this country thorough such organizations as The Iroup to
situation in Southeast Asia. For this purpose they used
sits who were widely spread throughout Indonesia. It is pre
Djakarta can be considered its headquarters in Indonesia with
t important center.
:ins, part in this movement in Djakarta are the members of the
le Communist daily ,..loeng !luo Pao. Considerable evidence has
ed regarding its relationship with the Indonesian Communist
17,? It was fur ,her rei,orted that some subordinates of these hionr; Kong grol.lps
had sent I:donesian. delegates to the 7orld Federation of Trade Unions
(7FTLI) con.i'rence uhich was held in Peking from 16 November to 1 December
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C 0 n1111 S t
Ur. Lukren,
/8. The conferor
in liberate('
on one hand
as chosen
removal of
19, According t(
the
leaders, an
20r The WFTU
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strikes and.
23- The matter
conference
of China's (
universally.
versive act
22-. The main pc-
establishmer
was to give
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one of the i:e1egatel,.4? Au 7adjono (an assumed pane:), made an
Accord.dn7 to reports he is really D H.. Aidit? the
ader? MP report also disclosed that he was accompanied by.
3maera1 ,iocretary of the Communist Party?**
ae decided, arion other thin 2;s, to establish headquarters
China in order to strengthen cooperation between the ';IFTU
mad AAP and Australian Trade Unions on the other? Peking
a the temporary location for headquarters. Later the
eadquarters to Canton or Shanghai was to be considered,
a res,jation, cooperation would mean, among other thinzs,
d: direct instructions by the WFTU to various trade union
sendinr: missions to investigate conditions in Indonesia.
:king program differed in several respects from the Comin-
was noted that the Cominform only propagated the Communist
areas the aFTU prominently participated in calling general
supporting struggles for independence in colonial countries.
(ould be clearly seen in a speech made at the opening of the
7 LIU Shae-chi, vice president of the WFTU and representative
lorunnist Party, He sa:id that the struggle should be carried on
usin.:7; both legal and illegal means - general strikes or sub-
ons.
nt of the resolution. adopted in. the WFTU conference was the?
of a regular WFTU office in Peking, the purpose of which
instructions to various trade unions!? both in P.sia and
-ith the intention of doing away with colonial or half-
ination by revolution. In this case, both the governments
? Indonesia ware considered colonial governrnnts.
23, But curious :r enough? 50351 did not recoolize the delegates and denied
that they wre official delegates of tr.o SOBSI, Instead the 501351 sent
their offic..al deleiates under the leadership of Njono.
24. Due to varins obstructions, their time of departure from Djakarta was
delayed and they arrived in. Peking just when the conference was over.
26.
According t. a reliable report, the snrsi delegates had conferred with
Alimin irookiatelv before they went to China, In March 1950 Sanaun
was reporte to be in Pekin 7 to negotiate with the SOa_J delegates and to
he C43 T.q_q MAO se-tun 3" s personal adviser ?
a certaiA
of the Peop'
uncovered ii
he-K** was
600 others
27 The trainlni
of the varic.
1.7am
organizatioz
one leader,
report is true, evidence of Communist penetration activities
es Republic of China, and of its liaison office in Java was
Singapore. Through investigations it was discovered that
ven special trainin:- in a camp in Kwantunq together v,ith
oming fron various places outside China,
,00nsisting of teaching propaganda, sabotage, and the study
.us subversive activities accordin.g to a system lelown aa
ook six months to complete. The system prescribed that the
be divided into cells consisting of eight persons under
The cans in Kvd_in.,un-, was frequented by hi-J-1 officers of the
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Peoples LL)eration Arm.: who made various speeches there Their speeches
pictured the inportance of the students' tasks when they were sent to the
coentries outside of China. From the trainine center in Kwantuna, they
were sent to a college called Pao Ting in North China.
29, The youth-;* considered hie task to be very serneus, and at his request,
was irnediately instructed to start underground action in Southeast Asia.
He WaS ordered to communicate with a Communist agent in Kowloon who
introduced him to a corresnondent for the Sheng Huo Pao, in Djakarta,
With seventeen others he landed in the vicinity of Singapore, having
sailed in a well-equipped junk from China. They were to rake connections
in :31rn7apone and then proceed to l':alaya to communicate with the guerrilla
leaders con comm 7, weapons and supplies. They intended staying in l'Ialaya,
for a couple of months after which they would to Java by way of Penang
and Sumatra. They were given false credentials in Singapore.
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Finally? it should be recorded here, that in some general strikes that have
occurred, the influence of the above events could be seen clearly. In this
connection the Indonesians had one organization which evidently had intimate
relations with, and at tiros direction from, the Communist Party (PKI). As
a result, the Democratic Leaeue regained much of its influence *i-*
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Comment. July 1948, reported that the Ta Teh
instiute in Hong Kong was the central educational or anizatiot of
all Chinese Communist schools in Southeast Asia. reported
that on or about 31 January 1949 the Ta Teh institun in Hong Kong
was closed by order of the Hong Kong Government on the grounds that
it had violated its charter by attempting to indoctrinate the
students with Communist dogma. The president of the institute,
CIUTO Ki-noon (CHAN3 Kei-woonl CHANG Ki-wun), left hong Kong for
Communist-held areas In North China. It was rumored that many Te
Teh officials went to nacao and that possibly they night try to
reopen the institute there. I gave a list
of th,:? students and graduates of the institute. It seems probable
that the Tah Te Leaenie stemmed from the Tah Teh Institute.
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J that in October 1949 Aidit and
Comment. r
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lays, ini.ril. ti were in Peiping. , December 1949 reported that
Aidit was still in Peiping A Peiping broadcast of 20 November 1949
reported a speech made by the Indonesian delegate to the 7IFTU confer._
once, Ali Mardjono. Nardjono was referred to in an article in the
Sin Po as Mardjono Aidi, An article in Tanah Airs 17n vember 1949
sf-aiic that Lukman was in Peiping with Aidit. December
19149, also reported that Lukman was in Peiping.
Comment It is not clear to whom "hen refers. Possibly the
s7T1Ee report purposely omitted the person's name or perhaps
they lid not know the individual's name. "Youth" in paragraph 28
refer to the same person.
Coneient. The meaning of the last two centences of this
paragraph are not clear to this office.
CUTTICnt, Kvaantung probably should read Kwangtung ?
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