1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

"No, I mean, have you, have you, anyone in the entire Shanghai Provisional Central Committee seen this telegram or meeting minutes with your own eyes?"

"

"..."

Wu Hao frowned, his eyes widened, and his expression turned ugly:

"No, it wasn't. It was the Chinese Communist Party's international representative office, which had already arrived in Moscow, that passed on to us a summary of the Comintern's meeting minutes."

UMP45 remained silent and looked at Bo Gu and other members of the "Shanghai Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee."

Everyone confirmed Wu Hao's statement, and some even produced telegrams they had received as proof:

"...Comrade, you see, even the Communist International's reply is 'Central Committee of the Communist Party of China'."

(Note: At the time, not only the Comintern's correspondence, but also all documents transmitted and issued by the Provisional Central Committee were attributed to the "Central Committee of the Communist Party of China"—clearly, someone was playing word games.) (Will anyone think, "Oh, that's because Wu Hao's people are controlling Moscow?"?)

"..."

It seems that the problem really lies with Moscow. Who is it?

Is it Wang Ming, or Mi Fu? Or both?

"For the sake of truth, I must state that I did not hear the word 'temporary' in Shanghai... I also did not hear it mentioned when I was in a place with a large number of Central Committee members..."

...I admit that after receiving the international telegram from the Central Committee entering the Soviet Area, I did not ask for instructions on how to organize. And when I arrived in the Central Soviet Area, I thought the Central Committee had already gone there and assumed overall responsibility. This was a mistake..."

These confessions made by Bo Gu in "Ten Questions I Want to Explain" written in 1943 are completely consistent with the intelligence collected so far.

The meeting room was silent, only Li De was looking left and right like a restless monkey.

"That's weird."

UMP45 spread her hands:

"The intelligence I received is definitely correct. The Comintern only approved the Provisional Politburo, not the new one. So what's the problem?"

".."

The scene remained silent, and an uneasy atmosphere began to spread.

Well, let's put this question aside for now. Let's talk about another issue. In this November meeting, the Communist International made another resolution.

That is..."

"Approved the Central Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China's decision...ah, anyway, the appointment of Comrade Li Desheng as the Secretary of the Central Soviet Area. Did you know?"

“! ! ! ”

128 The Ruthless Mif and the Cruel Wang Ming

This news is even more shocking than the previous one. Secretary Li Desheng...?

The Central Soviet Area had actually tried several times to nominate Li Desheng as the secretary of the Central Bureau.

Rather, Li Desheng, who had been on the list of the "Soviet Central Bureau (Preparatory)" since August 1930, had always been the strongest contender for secretary. Whether it was the "Central Committee's Letter to the Yangtze River Bureau and Forwarded to the Hunan Provincial Committee, Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi Front Committee, and Executive Committee on the Strategy and Tactics of Reoccupying Changsha";

Whether it is the "Resolution on Organizational Issues of the Third Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee" or documents such as the "Instructions to the Comrades of the Front Committees of the First and Third Army Groups on the Strategic Issues of Dealing with the Enemy's "Encirclement and Suppression" Campaign"... almost all of them clearly point out Li Desheng's "identity as a member of the Central Bureau of the Soviet Area."

(You can tell from the name, right? The CCP at that time only sought to be "pragmatic and effective" in its writing, and there were almost no "format regulations" - it was in its early days, so understand.)

In January of the previous year, after arriving in the Soviet area, Xiang Yin served as acting secretary for a period of time. However, he was removed from office because his attitude and methods of handling the "Futian Incident" did not satisfy others. Then, in October, Ren Bishi and others wrote to the Central Committee, requesting that "Mao replace Xiang." Li De and Li Sheng served as "acting secretaries" for a period of time.

Because this contradicted the original opinions of the Shanghai Provisional Central Committee, they were ordered to convene the "Gannan Conference" in November, severely criticizing Li Desheng's "narrow empiricism" and forcefully promoting Wang Ming's policies. Wu Hao then arrived in Ruijin on December 26th. It wasn't until mid-January of this year, at a meeting of key members of the CCP Soviet Area Central Bureau, that Li Desheng was criticized and resigned, and he officially assumed the position of Secretary. However, this was only the opinion of the CCP, especially the "localists." No one has ever heard of the Comintern trying to support Li Desheng's rise to power!

(Terms like "localists" and "Soviet-educated" are actually very foolish and one-sided. I am simply using them as substitutes here. The context remains the same.) Li Desheng himself was also surprised:

"Me? The Communist International?"

"Yes, in fact, after the opinions of the Central Bureau of the Soviet Area were conveyed to the Executive Committee of the Communist International, they agreed with your ideas. Moreover, Comrade Stalin was actually very optimistic about you personally..." Leaving aside what happened later, let's take the "obituary" published by the Communist International for Li Desheng in the International News Bulletin in 1930. The evaluation was clearly quite high:

...Comrade Li Desheng, the founder of the Communist Party of China, the founder of the Chinese guerrillas, and one of the founders of the Chinese Red Army, died on the Fujian front after a long bout of tuberculosis... It should be noted that when Li Dazhao, who held a higher position, died, the Communist International did not even issue an obituary!

There are even rumors that the obituary eulogy was written by Comrade Stalin himself, but there is no clear historical evidence. However, Li Desheng was completely unaware of all this and seemed extremely puzzled:

"Why? I always thought the Communist International..."

"That's the complex political issue within the Soviet Union and the Communist International..."

(Chapter 69 has a more detailed explanation, so I won't repeat it here.) UMP45 spread her hands and said:

"In short, the Communist International made a decision as early as early November, along with the establishment and selection of the Provisional Central Political Bureau, but only part of it was implemented by the Chinese Communist Party."

Everyone looked at Li Desheng silently, then looked at Wu Hao and the other "Shanghai comrades" with doubt. Wu Hao thought for a while and denied it:

“No, we still haven’t received such notification.”

Bo Gu, Zhang Wentian, Chen Yun and some comrades who had worked in Shanghai all supported his statement.

One person may lie, but the possibility of so many people, who are in conflict with each other, lying together is too low.

In other words, the entire Shanghai Provisional Central Committee had indeed not seen the Comintern's telegram regarding the "Provisional Central Committee" and "approval of the appointment of Li Desheng as Secretary of the Central Bureau of the Soviet Area"! "Comrade Wu Hao, I remember that after Xiang Zhongfa's betrayal in June last year, you no longer participated in the work of the Shanghai Provisional Central Committee, right?"

"Yes."

Wu Hao nodded:

"Because Xiang Zhongfa was arrested in the apartment where I lived, he knew my appearance, habits, and whereabouts very well. So the Central Committee stopped my work... and then transferred me to the Central Bureau of the Soviet Area."

"What about the work on the Central Special Branch and the radio station?" "It was handed over to Li Zhusheng at the same time..."

"."

UMP45 looked at Bogu, who nodded.

"At that time, Comrade Wu Hao transferred the radio transmission and reception work from the Central Special Branch to the Central Secretariat, so it was put under the management of Comrade Li Zhusheng..." (How many of those who previously raved about this knew this? Yes, yes, I know, and you can just say it's a fabrication in Party history!)

"

"..."

Hmm...it does match Li Zhusheng's confession.

Alas, at the time, in order to suppress the CCP, and because time was tight and the person was executed early, no one asked about this matter. So, we don't know whether Li Zhusheng was actually involved in that incident.

But it doesn’t matter.

Anyway, the commander's original words were "History should be broad rather than detailed."

"...Anyway, this is what happened. This is the intelligence we, the World Revolutionary Party, have gathered." UMP shrugged.

"First, the Shanghai Central Committee is not the new Central Political Bureau, but only a temporary Central Committee. Second, Comrade Li Desheng is the Secretary of the Central Bureau of the Soviet Area."

There was silence.

At this point, everyone understood what UMP45 meant. Someone was deceiving their superiors and subordinates between the Chinese Communist Party and Moscow!

Although we are reluctant to casually suspect comrades, it now seems that the person most likely to have done this is Wang Ming!

Few people at the scene had a favorable impression of this young man who had no previous achievements but had somehow risen to prominence. Being young wasn't a problem, as most members of the CCP were young.

Climbing up quickly is not a problem; many people became members of the Central Committee within a few years of joining the revolution.

The key point is that he has no achievements whatsoever, loves to form cliques, and boasts about his status as a "Soviet-educated" student every day.

As a result, such a guy, just because of his good relationship with Mif, was forcibly supported to become the de facto supreme leader of the party as everyone knows! Who can accept this?

Qu Qiubai, who had been expelled from his leadership position at the Fourth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee but remained a member of the Central Committee and had traveled all the way from Shanghai to attend the meeting despite his illness, bluntly stated: "There is no doubt that the people who were causing trouble between the Communist International and our Communist Party were Wang Ming and Mif! At that time, he didn't even allow us to vote at the meeting... cough cough cough..."

"No! No!"

Bogu's voice was a little sharp:

"We can't suspect our comrades without evidence like this!"

It's not just a matter of belief. If Wang Ming falls, Bo Gu will be in big trouble too! "Ha... evidence..."

UMP45 sighed softly, drawing everyone's attention to her once again. "Pan Hannian! Has Pan Hannian arrived yet?"

“Ahhhhhh!!! I’m here!!”

Pan Hannian, who had been playing the invisible role in the corner, raised his hand cautiously, a look of confusion and unease on his face. "Let me ask you, do you remember the 'Oriental Hotel Incident' that happened in Shanghai last January?" "...I do!"

Pan Hannian couldn't help but clench his fists.

On January 17, 1931, He Mengxiong, Lin Yunan, Li Qiushi and others held a meeting at the Oriental Hotel. The meeting was raided by the Kuomintang (KMT), resulting in the arrest of 36 people, 24 of whom were executed on February 7. These individuals are known in history as the "Twenty-Four Martyrs of Longhua."

"Then why are they holding a meeting there?" "This..."

Pan Hannian glanced at Wu Hao, who paused for a second and then revealed the truth:

"Because they wanted to hold a meeting to oppose the new Party Central Committee and the new Central Committee elected at the Fourth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee on January 7, and to discuss how to deal with Wang Ming and Mif!

"!! !"

There was an uproar at the scene.

This was especially true for comrades who had worked in the Soviet areas for a long time and had rarely spent time in Shanghai. They were completely unaware of this and believed that the new Party Central Committee was established directly after the Fourth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee. In fact, what many people at that time, and quite a few people in later generations, completely failed to understand was that from the Fourth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee onward, the political struggle within the Communist Party of China reached a new level of intensity. At this meeting, Mif allowed 15 "Soviet-educated" members who were not even (alternate) members of the Central Committee to join the meeting and forcibly granted them the right to vote, elect, and be elected.

This is a serious violation of organizational principles.

Moreover, after discovering that the party members, Central Committee members, and Politburo members who opposed him still held the majority, Mif did something even more shocking: in his capacity as the head of the Comintern delegation, he simply cancelled everyone's voting rights and designated the elected candidates himself!

These actions triggered strong opposition from a large number of party members, led by Luo Zhanglong and Li Qiushi, who expressed their absolute rejection of the so-called "new Party Central Committee." Mif then announced on the spot that they were expelled from the party.

This group of people were not convinced, and after the meeting, they set up a "Central Extraordinary Committee" and decided to hold a meeting at the Oriental Hotel on January 17 to discuss how to deal with Wang Ming and Mif, how to report to the Communist International, and then...

"Comrade Pan Hannian, you were the head of the Propaganda Department of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee at the time, right? Wang Ming was your superior. Tell me, what did Wang Ming say after they were arrested?" Because Wu Hao had explained everything clearly, Pan Hannian no longer hesitated and described everything in detail:

...We were all very anxious and wanted to rescue them, but Wang Ming was the only one who said that they were anti-Party rightists and that they were arrested because they were engaging in anti-Party activities. This was the inevitable result of their separatist activities and that they had brought their arrest upon themselves!

“! ! ! ”

There was an uproar at the scene again, and Bo Gu's face turned pale as paper.

129 The Wang Ming era ends

"...I asked him several times what to do, and he finally told me to investigate."

Pan Hannian described the facts of the incident very objectively, not mentioning the reluctant expression on Wang Ming's face when he reported the incident to him. "So, what did you find out?"

No, not long after, he told me to stop getting involved, saying the Central Committee would handle it... Then, Xiang Zhongfa rebelled, and the Central Special Branch suffered a heavy blow. Kang Sheng, Chen Yun, and I were ordered to form the Second Special Branch, and that was..."

".…."

UMP45 and Pan Hannian had a question-and-answer conversation, and the scene fell into a deathly silence, as if time had stopped.

Bo Gu stood in front of the stage, feeling the angry and contemptuous gazes from the audience. His body was shaking, his lips trembled a few times, and he couldn't say a word of rebuttal or defense.

Regardless of whether Wang Ming was the one who distorted information between the Comintern and the CCP, the fact that he could utter this statement alone fully demonstrates the depth of his evil intentions. Regardless of how Luo Zhanglong and others later split the Party and how they sought verbal expulsion from the Party by Mif, they were still comrades in the CCP at the time!

Treating his comrades with such an attitude, and even gloating over their misfortunes and arrests, it is hard to imagine that he is still a member of the Communist Party of China, or even the highest leader of the Communist Party of China!

Not to mention others, even as Wang Ming's confidant and a loyal executor of his policies, Bo Gu could not tolerate such behavior. Was Pan Hannian lying?

There are still a lot of people alive in the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee! The truth of these things will be revealed after a little confrontation! Moreover...

...If you think that Wang Ming was merely gloating over the misfortunes of his comrades, you are gravely mistaken. We in the World Revolutionary Party even suspect that the Oriental Hotel incident itself was Wang Ming's collusion to kill with someone else's knife."

"..."

Unexpectedly, yet understandably, the CCP remained remarkably calm this time. It feels like nothing Commissioner Matt says will surprise anyone...

"The first reason for suspicion is that all those arrested were opponents of Wang Ming, and Wang Ming's brutal attitude after the incident is self-evident. This point needs no further elaboration..."

It's an idealistic view, but it's indeed very logical. Pan Hannian's words have proved how despicable this guy is. It's not surprising that he would do such a thing.

"The second reason is that we received a tip-off. When the Kuomintang was interrogating He Mengxiong, Li Qiushi, and others, a female student helped identify them. We don't know who she was, but we know she had returned from the Moscow Oriental University.

"The third reason, also due to a tip-off, was that after the incident, someone from the All-China Federation of Trade Unions complained to Comrade Luo Zhanglong, who had been absent from the meeting due to an unforeseen event, saying, 'I told you not to oppose Wang Ming, and now you've suffered the consequences.'"

"The fourth reason is that after the incident, Gu Shunzhang, under Wang Ming's orders, searched the homes of the opponents and told them to get out of Shanghai..."

Well, it seems that the above three matters can be verified by comrades such as Luo Zhanglong and Li Weihan. According to the consistent "accuracy" of the Shihua Revolutionary Party, there should be no error. If there is a chance, we can even verify it with that damn traitor.

"The fifth reason is again a tip-off. It's reported that after Wang Kequan, a CCP traitor, surrendered to the KMT last June, he confessed that the informant at the Oriental Hotel was Wang Ming..."

As one "reason for suspicion" after another was laid out, the people in the room grew increasingly angry, while Bo Gu and some of those who had previously been close to Wang Ming grew increasingly pale. They all knew that even though UMP45 repeatedly emphasized that "what I've said is currently just unconfirmed or disproven intelligence," these things had become a thorn in everyone's heart.

Unless they can produce concrete, irrefutable evidence to thoroughly refute UMP45's accusations, Mif and Wang Ming will have no hope of continuing to control the CCP, and certain individuals will have no hope of continuing to serve as central leaders. Until UMP45 comes up with a certain "reason":

...and Wang Jufu, a close confidant of Wang Ming, also known as Tang Yu. After being disciplined by Comrade Li Lisan for corruption, he informed the Kuomintang and betrayed "Tang Yu" after the Oriental Hotel incident.

Bogu said happily:

"Are you sure it's Tang Qian? He followed me to Ruijin this time!"

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