CO129-580-3 Sino-Japanese War- anti-Japanese activities in Hong Kong 23-8-1939 - 30-12-1939 — Page 30

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

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Wang's chief agent in Hong Kong was murdered here by

Chinese gunmen.

In the course of their investigations of

this crime the police on September 2nd raided the house of one Ko Ting Tsz (on information supplied by the Japanese Consulate-General.

This man is also a director of the South West

Printing and Publishing Co. and a subordinate of General Wu under whose instructions he was organizing a body known

as the Three People's Principles Youth Corps which was alleged by the Japanese to be a terrorist society.

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No evidence could be found directly connecting

him with the murder but among the documents discovered were papers describing a six months plan to come into force in June 1939 setting out an elaborate scheme of Kuomintang

activities in Hong Kong and Macao. The proposals include

(a) Establishment and extension of Kuomintang

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branches.

(b) Training of propaganda workers.

(c) Formation of societies with harmless-sounding

Societies names as a cover for propaganda.

mentioned in this connection are:-

The overseas Chinese Economic Society.

The Overseas Chinese Educational Research

Society.

The International Problems Research Society.

(d) Propaganda in Farty-owned and neutral press, and

by means of lectures.

(e) Collection of funds for war purposes.

(f) Recruitment of doctors and nurses for service in

China.

(g) Payment for the education of 300 young persons

to be trained as propaganda workers.

(h) Conduct of anti-communist propaganda.

(i) Relief of refugees.

In addition to these comparatively harmless

objects funds were to be set aside for the following

purposes:-

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