The counter-revolutionary and restorationist crimes of Catholicism before Liberation

解放前天主教会反革命复辟活动的罪行
Jiefangqian Tianzhu jiaohui fangeming fubi huodongde zuixing
The counter-revolutionary and restorationist crimes of Catholicism before Liberation
mid 1960s
Publisher unknown
54x38 cm.
BG D25/83

A two-part series detailing the counterrevolutionary activities and "crimes" perpetrated by the Roman Catholic Mission in China before and after 1949. Both series are incomplete: the first part lacks the opening sheets; the second part lacks at least one sheet, and possibly more at the end.
Due to this, it is impossible to indicate when the series were published, where, by whom, and for what specific purpose. The last evil deed discussed, at the end of part two, dates from July 1965, during the "Four Clean Ups" movement (四清运动). This suggests that the two series were published some time in the mid-1960s.
The names of the foreign missionaries have been identified as far as possible.

Above, “This is a photo of Lei Zhenyuan (priest), the head of the Catholic counter-revolutionary armed spy organization ‘Catholic Youth Patriotic Group’, and Jiang Jieshi, the head of the GMD reactionaries“ (这是美帝国主义间谍分子,天主教反革命武装特务组织”公教青年报国团“的头子雷震远(神甫)与国民党反动派的头子蒋介石在一起时拍的照片).

Lei Zhenyuan was the Chinese name of Raymond J. de Jaegher (1905-1980), a Belgian Catholic priest, who organized and established the "Catholic Youth Patriotic Corps" (also known as the People's Self-Defense Corps and the People's Association for the Advancement of the Nation) in Peiping to participate in the GMD's civil war.

Middle: "This is the counter-revolutionary document Lei Zhenyuan sent to priests in various places about organizing the ‘Catholic Youth Patriotic Group’". (这是雷震远发给各地神甫的关于组织”公教青年报国团“的反革命文件).

Below: "This is a handwritten letter from Mao Renfeng, the GMD's top spy, to Li Guanghe and other spies, ordering Li and others to work closely with American spy Lei Zhenyuan to carry out counter-revolutionary conspiracy activities.” (这是国民党大特务头子毛人凤给特务李广和等的亲笔信。命令李等与美国间谍雷震远密切合作,进行反革命阴谋活动).

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