There remained only me (the secretary, because Hu Tian Bao had been
promoted to district secretary), Lo Tian Ren (organising
secretary) and Tan Piao Ling (propaganda secretary).
Gu Tan Yu was disciplined by not being allowed to attend meetings but
remained a member. Liu Pei Hsi, Ah Bao, Ah Po and Gou Ching left
the party after being disciplined. Hu Tian Bao, a firm and resolute
person, continued to lead our branch and did not flinch in the face of
the white terror. He came to Papan and Pusing-Tronoh once a week
to attend the factories branch meetings, to learn how things were and
to help us to solve problems. He would say that to take part in the
revolution was like being washed by the waves of the sea; it was like
in the mine where the dirt was washed away leaving the tin behind.
Those who were not washed away were like tin, like gold. “ Stand firm
when the waves come. True gold does not fear the fire,” he said.#
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(1) In the 1950s, the Chinese Communist Party’s
liaison bureau gave me a copy of his biographical note in which he
mentioned me. He was then holding a responsible position in a factory
on Wuhan. I asked that I be allowed to write about his having
been a member of the Communist Party in Malaya.
(to be continued)
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