The Archive · 1934

Red Chief Taken in Nanking

Details of Police Raid On Communists Nanking, June details regarding police raid on the communist head. Quarters in the capital have now vice corps of the local police force fon the night of May 31 raided a house at 45 Tsiang Tai Li, in Hsia~ Kwan. The place was used by Pei 'Yuan-fu, Nanking agent of the thas notorious communist leader Mao 'Tzetung and chairman of the organization committee of the communist party in Shanghai, Hankow, Peking and Nanking, as' his headquarters here, Many communist agents were arrested together with Pel, Among them was Yao Lai-hsuan, chief of staff of the communist army and sad of the publicity department of the communist party in the capital, and a number of alleged communist assassination and publicity agents.

Shao Tang-wel, a communist agent from Shanghai, fell into the police trap on June '2. Oficial seals and sppeintment document munitions and arms prisoners, it is said, will be shorthanded over to the local garrison Headquarters for further questioning.

"Tt is learned that the communists planned to organize similar groups various important ports along the sngtze river. The headquarters Nanking was to be used as the base of operations.

Pel Yuan-fu is a graduate of the famous Paoting Military Academy, near Peking, and belonged to the first graduating class of that military school—Reuter.

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