Book contents
- The Shanghai Agents
- Reviews
- The Shanghai Agents
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Note on Naming Conventions
- Cast of Characters
- Prologue
- Introduction: Summer 1990
- Part IThe Arrests
- 1Gu Shunzhang
- 2Joseph Ducroux
- 3Nguyen Ai Quoc
- 4“Hilanoul”
- 5Madame Motte
- 6The Many Faces of Hilaire and Marie
- 7Jurisdiction
- 8Mr. and Mrs. Beuret
- 9The Prisoner Release Committee
- 10Introducing Paul and Gertrud Ruegg
- Part IIThe Agents and the Bureau
- Part IIIThe Rueggs on Trial
- Notes
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Index
9 - The Prisoner Release Committee
from Part I - The Arrests
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 August 2026
Book contents
- The Shanghai Agents
- Reviews
- The Shanghai Agents
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Note on Naming Conventions
- Cast of Characters
- Prologue
- Introduction: Summer 1990
- Part IThe Arrests
- 1Gu Shunzhang
- 2Joseph Ducroux
- 3Nguyen Ai Quoc
- 4“Hilanoul”
- 5Madame Motte
- 6The Many Faces of Hilaire and Marie
- 7Jurisdiction
- 8Mr. and Mrs. Beuret
- 9The Prisoner Release Committee
- 10Introducing Paul and Gertrud Ruegg
- Part IIThe Agents and the Bureau
- Part IIIThe Rueggs on Trial
- Notes
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Index
Summary
When Rudnik and Moiseenko were handed over to the Guomindang, the Comintern directed the Berlin-based communist media tycoon, Willi Münzenberg, to initiate a global publicity campaign to shame the Guomindang into releasing them. He willingly complied, and enlisted his Shanghai-based friends Soong Ching-ling (widow of Sun Yat-sen) and the American journalist Agnes Smedley to help him. Quickly, the team created a media storm both in Shanghai and across the world, and persuaded thousands of famous and influential people to protest against Rudnik and Moiseenko’s arrests. These efforts angered and embarrassed the Guomindang government, which in turn decided to leak all the incriminating documents found with the couple to the newspapers.
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- The Shanghai AgentsThe Soviet Plot to Start a Revolution in Interwar China, pp. 91 - 103Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2026
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