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Title: Wei Daming 魏大銘 papers
Date (inclusive): approximately 1960-2012
Collection Number: 2023C3
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Chinese
Physical Description:
2 manuscript boxes
(0.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Wei Daming was a cryptographer and a general in the Chinese Nationalist Revolutionary Army. Collection includes manuscripts
written by General Wei Daming relating to his career in the National Government of the Republic of China secret service, a
memorial publication about Wei's wife, and other miscellaneous materials and photographs relating to Wei and his family.
Creator:
Wei, Daming, 1907-1998
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Box 2 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials
must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection,
they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2023.
[Identification of item], Wei Daming 魏大銘 papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Wei Daming 魏大銘 (1907-1998) was a general and cryptographer. He was born in 1907 in Shanghai. He was a member of the Chinese
Nationalist Revolutionary Army and helped build the cryptographic network for the regime. He later joined the Nationalist
Chinese Military Intelligence Bureau. Wei headed the cryptographic division of Nationalist Chinese secret service for forty
years; he was a key figure in modern China's (and post-1949 Taiwan's) technology relating to code-breaking, signal intelligence,
and cryptographic ciphers. He was charged with corruption in 1965 and imprisoned until 1970. He died in Taiwan in 1998.
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection includes a copy of Wei's published autobiography, handwritten notes by General Wei Daming relating to his career
in the National Government of the Republic of China secret service, a memorial publication about Wei's wife, photographs,
and other miscellaneous materials relating to Wei and his family.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Cryptography
Cryptographers
Intelligence service -- China
Intelligence service
Military intelligence
China -- Politics and government -- 1949-
Taiwan -- Politics and government -- 1945-
China
Taiwan
Zhongguo guo min dang
China. Jun shi wei yuan hui. Diao cha tong ji ju
China (Republic : 1949- ). Guo jia an quan ju