1941 Cuban Chinese Kuomintang (Kuo Min Tang) Delegation of Colón's Submission to the Provincial Government Reporting Leadership and Finances Under the Law of Associations
On offer is a typed document dated August 25, 1941, issued by the Kuo Min Tang (Partido Nacionalista de China), Delegación de Colón, Cuba, and addressed to the Gobernador Provincial de Matanzas, signed by Macario Luis, President of the delegation. The document is a formal submission made in compliance with the Cuban Law of Associations, responding to prior government communication and providing the required organizational disclosures. It reports the individuals holding elected positions within the delegation and explicitly references the presentation of a “Balance General de ingresos y egresos”, covering the financial activity of the association for the years 1937–1940. Macario Luis appears here in his capacity as president acting before provincial authority, submitting both governance and financial information on behalf of the organization. His role as signatory reflects the formal interface between the Kuo Min Tang delegation in Colón and the Cuban state. This is a record of a Chinese Nationalist Party delegation operating within the Cuban legal framework, documenting formal reporting to provincial authority, including both leadership structure and financial accountability. Condition: Single sheet on printed KMT letterhead with typed text and manuscript signature. Moderate, even age toning throughout, with edge wear and small losses, most notably at the upper left and along the top edge. Additional minor chipping along the left margin and lower edge. Red oval stamp at lower right remains clear and well struck. The text is fully legible throughout; a complete and stable example with expected handling wear. Historical Context: The Cuban branches of the Kuo Min Tang (Kuomintang) Chinese Nationalist Party were plentiful in Cuba, and were an important part of Cuban society. Cuba had a large population of Chinese immigrants due largely to the Chinese coolie trade, which brought over 125,000 Chinese people to Cuba between 1847-1874 to work as indentured labourers, often alongside African slaves. Another major period of Chinese emigration to Cuba was after World War One when another 120,000 Chinese came to Cuba to fill Cuban labour gaps, and in the 1940s-50s when Chinese people fled the Kuomingtan-Communist war, which led to the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. According to Wikipedia, to this day, “the Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD),the Nationalist Party of China (NPC)or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially based on the Chinese mainland and then in Taiwan since 1949. It was the sole ruling party in China during the Republican Era from 1928 to 1949, when most of the Chinese mainland was under its control. The party retreated from the mainland to Taiwan on 7 December 1949, following its defeat in the Chinese Civil War”.
