Appendix B.
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Jack CHEN,
1. Ivan Felix Bernard ACHAM @ Jack CHEN I-WAN, a British subject, arrived in the U.. in 1937. He is known to have been associated with the British Communist Party since 1937 and to have been a member since 1940. as a journalist, both in this country and in the U.S.S.R., and thus has a fair
He has worked knowledge of, and probably still contacts in, the latter country. familiar with Far Eastern affairs,
He is also After the suppression of the "Daily Worker" in 1941, which he had joined in 1940, he was employed by the TASS Agency, he remained until the end of 1945.
where
2. In November, 1945, he was reported to have been appointed as representative of the "Daily Worker" in Tokio, but for reasons unknown he did not take up this appointment.
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In March, 1946, he received a similar appointment in China and left this country in May of the same year, travelling via Sweden, Russia and Manchuria, During his journey he sent numerous reports to the "Daily Worker"
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According to the "Daily Worker", dated 15th May, 1946, the Chinese journey was sponsored by the "Daily Worker", "Reynolds News", "New Statesman & Nation", "Asia and the Americas" and Telepress.
5. His address in China was given as 1505 Broadway Mansions, Shanghai, where he arrived in early October, 1946.
6. In Shanghai he was registered only as a Telepress correspondent, but a reliable source stated that arrangements would be made for Telepress to pass his articles to the "Daily Worker".
7. lie visited Hong Kong, arriving there on 17th January, 1947, and leaving on 4th February, 1947. During his stay he said he would return to London, via Shanghai, Moscow, Finland and Sweden,
8. Whilst in the Colony, Jack CHEN asked the Colonial Secretary to inform H.MG. that, according to his impression, MÃO TSE TUNG and other Chinese Communist leaders were fairly pro-British and would do nothing to embarrass the British authorities,
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Also during his visit to the Colony, he made arrangements for the establishment of the NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY in the UK.
10. CHEN eventually arrived at Tilbury on 31st March, 1947.
11. In April, 1947, a reliable source stated that Jack CHEN, who had been toying with the idea of producing a daily bulletin, had decided to produce a bi-weekly four page bulletin instead. The advantages of this decision were twofold; firstly, it saved paper and money, and, secondly, most of the work could be done at his home address, thus obviating the necessity of maintaining an office in Fleet Street.
12. CHEN, in an interview in May, 1947. stated that he had gone to China with the object of staying there, but after seeing the conditions in that country he felt he could do more for China in England, so he returned. He said he thought Britain was being "too correct" towards the Civil War and that American aid was useless unless it was to be greatly increased in the future, and then he added that anyway the Communists were confident of success.
/13. In June, 1947,
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