Site of the Traffic and Intelligence Station of the Dongguan County Committee of the Communist Party of China

Site of the Traffic and Intelligence Station of the Dongguan County Committee of the Communist Party of China

The site of the Traffic and Intelligence Station of the Dongguan County Committee of the Communist Party of China is located at No. 12 Kuīyī Street (now No. 23), Guancheng District, Dongguan City, covering an area of approximately 54 square meters. It is a two-courtyard, single-story brick-and-tile house with a gable-and-hip roof. The homeowner, Madam Yin Qisao, had two sons who joined the Dongjiang Column during the War of Resistance against Japan.

In the second half of 1940, the Dongguan County Committee of the Communist Party of China established a traffic and intelligence station here. By the end of 1941, after the fall of Hong Kong, Wang He, then an organizational officer of the Communist Party of China Hong Kong Municipal Committee, withdrew to Dongguan. He was secretly assigned by Chen Mingyan, Secretary of the Dongguan County Committee of the Communist Party of China, to take charge of traffic and intelligence work in Guancheng. From the end of 1941 to early 1943, he served as the head of the traffic and intelligence station. A branch station was set up at No. 34, Lane 19, Dongzheng Road, Guancheng. Five traffic and intelligence points were established in Guancheng: Chǐyóu Street, Wénxīng Street, Zhènhuá Road, Sānjiǎoshì on Shiqiáo Street, and Bóshà Shíhù Ān. The main tasks of the traffic and intelligence station were: gathering military intelligence on Japanese puppet forces; transporting personnel, letters, and supplies for the county committee. Between 1945 and 1946, Lu Jia was primarily responsible for intelligence work in Guancheng.

No. 23 Kuīyī Street was sold to someone else before the liberation of Dongguan. In recent years, the front courtyard was rebuilt into a two-story building, with the first floor serving as a shop.

(Tan Zhiheng, Editorial Office of Guancheng District Chronicles)