The PAP has painstakingly been referring to the Communist as crypto-communist, pro-communist, communist united front, communist front and all other names except communist in order to protect one President, one prime minister and a number of past key PAP office holders as well as their children. If you read all the official literature the only person named a communist by authorities is Chin Peng. So who were this nameless communist or comunists.
Many of them have come in from the cold and have regular dinner meetings with their ex-colleagues and adversaries very much in the open.
No specifics but this should indicate something. Hopefully the papers are uncovered when old man kicks the bucket.
Philip Moore is not the only one that was not given details for a number of reasons. Except for Corridan and handful of angmos, the rest were never in the picture. There is also ex-Commissioner of Police who stated categorically that Lim Chin Siong was not a communist. And his men laughed.
Here are some of the details
I) The authorities raided a pineapple plantation factory in Kranji and found a biscuit tin in a hidden compartment hidden in the ceiling. It had mirco writing on rice paper. Handwriting analysis showed that it was Chin Siong. It was addressed to Southern Johore Command and I am not talking about the Sultan's private army.
2) A Scion of a wealthy businessman who attended Chinese High revealed the details of his cell which was headed by Chin Siong this included the oath taking. The person was then sent to London to further his studies and then to HK.
3) In 1984, Lim Chin Siong provided a detailed account of his activities as far as his memory could recall including the meeting with his controller the last of whom was Fang Chuang Pi. There were 3 clandestine meetings. To corroborate, one meeting was confirmed by the courier who led him to Plen and it was Plen's ex-girlfriend. This account was given after having spent nearly 10 years in London and a few years in Singapore. He was not in detention.
4) Eu Chooi Yip gave a detailed account on his return from Beijing. He named many.
Look at all the activities and events of that period. If the communist were not in command of the middle road unions, what were they in command and control of. Obviously the communist were not controlling a sarabat stall.
I am sure Chin Peng alone from the jungles of Betong Salient cannot be running the communist party by himself. Ask people to name who threw the bombs. assassinated people, set fire to businesses, extorted chinese businessmen in Singapore and they can't seem name any and that includes our state compliant press. Those with names are not communist but pro=communist and dedicated leftist. You ever wondered why?
I'm curious to know where you got your source that Lim Chin Siong was a communist member of the CPM. TN Harper's paper on Lim Chin Siong and the Singapore Story makes it clear that there was substantial doubt that Lim Chin Siong was a communist and was certainly not part of the CPM.