Complex sentence: Following the arrest of Hakamada Satomi, a member of the Central Committee of the JCP, in March 1935, small pockets of Communists activity continued, but there was virtually no contact with the Comintern and no central direction of the party.
Split into simpler sentences: Following the arrest of Hakamada Satomi, a member of the Central Committee of the JCP, in March 1935, the JCP virtually had no contact with the Comintern. Small pockets of Communists activity continued following Hakamada Satomi's arrest in March 1935, but there was no central direction of the party.