South Africa and the Communist International: Volume 2: Bolshevik Footsoldiers to Victims of Bolshevisation, 1931-1939

Apollon B. Davidson, Irina Filatova, Valentin P. Gorodnov, Sheridan Johns

Letter from Negro Bureau to Eastern Secretariat, 1931; letter from J. Gumede to International Secretariat, League Against Imperialism, 1931; report by J. Ford to European Secretariat, RILU, 21 Feruary 1931 (extracts); letter from ECCI to Central Commitee, CPSA, 20 June 1931 (extracts); autobiography of M. Kotane (late 1931); instruction for Eugene Dennis, ECCI Emissary to CPSA, 19 January 1932; letter from S.P. Bunting to ECCI, 10 February 1932; report of D. Wolton to ECCI, 7 April 1932 (extracts); letter from ECCI to S.P. Bunting, 15 July 1932; minutes of meeting of Political Commission, Political Secretariat of ECCI, 15 July 1932 (extracts); letter from E. Dennis to ECCI, 16 July 1932; resolution of CPSA, July 1932 (extracts); letter from E. Dennis to ECCI, 22 July 1932; letter from E. Dennis to Comintern, 22 October 1932; letter from S.P. Bunting to ECCI, 26 October 1932; report of Committe of Opponents of PB, CPSA to ECCI, 13 November 1932; minutes of meeting of African CPSA members, 13 November 1932; speech of A. Nzula at World Congress, International red Aid (MOPR), 18 November 1932; letter from M. Kotane to Comintern, 30 November 1932; letter from M. Kotane to ECCI, 1 April 1933; report to Comintern, 8 June 1933; letter from M. Kotane to ECCI, 3 August 1933; letter from M. Kotane to Communist Party of Great Britain, 12 September 1933; letter from m. Kotane to ECCI, 9 January 1934; obituary of A. Nzula by J.B. Marks, 22 February 1934; letter from M. Kotane to Politbureau, CPSA, 23 February 1934; letter from a group of Johannesburg Communists to PB, CPSA, 27 February 1934; letter from D.G. Wolton to ECCI, 13 March 1934 (extracts); letter from D.G. Wolton to ECCI, 13 March 1934; letter from M. Kotane to ECCI, 11 April 1934; minutes of special meeting, Johannesburg Branch, CPSA, 24 May-2 June 1934 (extracts); resolutions of Political Commission, ECCI, 3 June 1934; letter from Comintern to CPSA, 27 June 1934; letter from L. Bach to PB, CPSA, 9 July 1034; letter from M. Kotane to ECCI, 10 July 1934; letter from M. Kotane to ECCI, 30 October 1934; letter rom J. Marks to ECCI, 1934; letter from M. Kotane to CCI, 20 February 1935; letter from J. Gomas to H. Haywood, 18 March 1935; letter from J. B. Marks to ECCI, 15 July 1935; telegram from M. Kotane, J. Gomas and E. Roux to ECCI, 14 September 1935; letter from J. Gomas to ECCI, 16 September 1935 (extract); telegram from five CPSA members to ECCI, 17 September 1935. (Part contents).

This publication is a comprehensive selection of unique documents pertaining to the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) from the formerly closed archives of the Communist International.