Red Penetration

Pacific Delegates Summoned to

Communist Conference in China

IT has been pointed out on several occasions in this journal since the end of the Pacific War that the over-running of Asia by Muscovite Communists almost certainly will mean the Red penetration of the Pacific Islands Territories, via the East Indies and Australia.

The following AAP- Reuter despatch from Singapore was published in a few Australian newspapers early in Septem ber. It speaks for itself: TOP Communists from Asia, Australia, Polynesia, and Micronesia have been summoned to a conference to open in Peiping on November 15.

A Communist master plan for the Pacific will be hammered out at the con ference, according to the Asian-owned Sunday Tribune (Singapore). The paper adds: “Unlike the notorious Calcutta con ference of February last year, where Soviet delegates secretly gave orders for an armed revolt throughout South-east Asia, the Communists this time have made no attempt to conceal their purpose.

“Invitations and the agenda have gone out under the auspices of the Communist sponsored World Federation of Trade Unions.

May Be Difficulties

THE Tribune says that the delegate; have been warned to expect diffi culties in securing passports and visas for their journeys.

The importance of the conference has been emphasised and representatives urged to overcome difficulties at all costs “Among the Communist parties whicl: have already accepted invitations is tht Australian Communist Party,” the Tribune adds. “Its delegates are expected to go via Prague to Moscow, which is noy the only open route to Peiping.

“Delegates from Malaya, Siam, and In donesia will either use secret overland routes into China, dodge the Nationalisl blockade in coasting junks, or try to slip unnoticed through Hongkong.

“The agenda for the conference include: reports on activity in Australia and Asia.’

The Tribune says that Liu Ning-yi the Western-educated “strong man” o: the Chinese Communist labour movement elaborated the agenda in a broadcast frorr Peiping and “left no room to doubt it: revolutionary aims.”