The Archive · 1935

Police Wage War on Communists

Radio Stations Discovered The activities of the Chinese Communist Party during 1934. ta cluded efforts to bring about the purifeation of the party, attempts to hold street Gemonstrations, and schemes for the dissemination of subversive and anticapitalist literature among labourers and members of the naval and military services, states the Commlssioner of Police in his annual report to the Shanghai Municipal Council. The plans for the purification of the party, which included the removal of dangerous enemies, resulted in an attempt in June to murder a political agent of the Public Safety Bureau, the murder in September of a person believed to have been formerly Communist, and the wounding with fatal results in the course of. the perpetration of these two crimes of two Chinese Constables of the Municipal Police and one Constable of the French Police, The efforts of the Municipal Police ce-operation with the Public Safety Bureaut to check Communist activities

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