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Enclosure No.3.
Translation
(Extract from the Man Kwok fat ro, Canton. 11th May, 1927)
Letter by mr. Wong Ching Wai. suggesting the convention
of a meeting of the Central Executive Committee.
To Cheung Ching Kong on leaving Shanghai for Nanking.
(From our own correspondent)
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The situation was very critical when Wong Ching Wai
reached Shanghai last month on his return from abroad, since
the Communist portion in the Kuomintang had been planning the
seizure of the powers of Government and the destruction of the Kuomintang and our nation. Wong had a discussion there with Tseung Kai Shek, Ng Tsz Fai, Li Shek Tsang and other leaders of the Kuomintang, and as a result, the suggestion of Wong was adopted and it was resolved that a 4th General Meeting of the Central Executive Committee should be convened in Nanking some time about the 15th April, at which all questions should be solved. Wong left for Hankow on the 6th April on e mission to secure the attendeance of all members
of the Central Executive Committee there at the Nanking
Meeting. But after his arrival there, he was surrounded by the Communists and kept under observation by them, and thus
he could not attend the meeting in time, and much speculation
was aroused among the general public. We have now discovered a letter written by him personally to Cheung Ching Kong on
his leaving Shanghai for Hankow, and as it will prove that Yong has really suggested a 4th General Meeting of the
Central Executive Committee in Nanking, and has an important
bearing on the true attitude of Wong, we have had it lithographed for the perusal of the public.
To
Mr. Cheung Ching Kong,
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter. It has stirred in me endless emotion and
regards for you. You have been coping with your position of
difficulty