VIGILANCE CORPS HOLDS INSPECTION; KUANG-CHOW GROUPS ORDERED TO REGISTER

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 7, 2011
• Sequence Number: 174
• Publication Date: April 12, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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VIGILANCE CORPS HOLDS INSPECTION;
KUANG-CHOW GROUPS ORDERED TO REGISTER
Kuang-chou, 27 February -- On 26 February, more than 500 armed members of the
Kuang-chou Workers' Vigilance Corps held a spring inspection parade in front of
the Chung-shan Memorial Hall and later heard talks by Chu Kuang and others.
The parade was i~!viewed by Liang Chao-p'ei (Ueda: 4967, 11467, 12859), deputy
commander of the corps. Lin Chiang-yun, chief of the Labor Bureau, Kwangtung Prov-
ince; Chu Kuang, deputy mayor of Kuang-chou; and Liao Ssu-kuang, chief of the
Kuang-chou General Labor Union.
At the meeting held later inside the Chung-shah Memorial Hall, Chu pointed out
that the responsibility of each corps member included the (1) intensification of
activities in arresting special agents, guarding factories, and strengthening the
security patrol work; and (2) maintenance of order in Kuang-chou by helping to di-
rect traffic and maintain public health and sanitation. Chu said that in air-raid
defense, she primary duty of each corps member is to safeguard factories, and that
air-raid drills must be held frequently, re stressed that the duty of each corps
member is twofold, production work and defense against special agents, and that
neither should be neglected at any time.
The Kuang-chou Workers' Vigilance Corps Headquarters was formally established
on 24 November 1949. Since the first unit of the corps was organized in the Kuang-
chou Hydroelectric Station, the number has increased to 30 with a total of 783 men.
Most of the men are equipped with ordinary weapons while a small number of corps
members carry carbines and machine guns.
The city government of Kuang-chou has ordered the Bureau of Civil Affairs to
register all group organizations between 1 February and 10 March 1950. All ac-
tivities of said groups wust cease during the period of investigation. In the
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instructions concerning registration issued by the Communists on 26 January, the
reason given is "to protect the peoples freedom of assembly and forming bodies of
associations; restrict the freedom of assembly for antirevolutionary elements."
Organizations of the following types must comply with the procedure for registra-
tion and await investigation:
1. People's revolutionary groups such as laborers, students, women, shop
clerks, peasants, fishermen, cultural workers, etc.
2. Occupational groups such as associations of those in trade, industry, in-
dependent vocations, etc.
3. Cultural and educational groups such as those for promoting education,
scholarly research, etc.
4. Welfare groups such as charity institutions, hospitals, etc.
5. Overseas Chinese groups.
6. Student and social groups such as student unions, alumni associations, and
others of a social nature.
7? Local groups such as fellow townsmen clubs, benevolent societies, etc.
8. Religious groups such as Buddhist, Taoist, Roman Catholic, Protestant,
churches with religion as the common denominator.
9. Political groups whose aim is political activity.
10. Other groups not related to any of the above, such as native arts society.
All groups that have followed registration procedures, and have been approved
and been given temporary permits, are considered legal organizations.
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