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  • Title: Huang Jie diaries
    Date (inclusive): 1952-1984
    Collection Number: 2012C1
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: Chinese
    Physical Description: 7 manuscript boxes (2.9 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Diaries of Huang Jie, a general in the Chinese Nationalist Army and governor of Taiwan Province, relating to political conditions and military policy in Taiwan.
    Creator: Huang, Jie, 1902-
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    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.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2011.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Huang Jie diaries, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note

    Huang Jie was born in Changsha, Hunan Province. In 1924, he entered the Whampoa Military Academy, becoming one of Chiang Kai-shek's best students and most trusted military subordinate, participating in the Northern Expedition (1926-1928), the Chinese civil war of 1930, the great war between China and Japan (1933), the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), and the Burma Campaign (1945).
    In the summer of 1949, as the Chinese Nationalist Party (the Kuomintang) was on the verge of collapse on the mainland, Huang Jie led thirty thousand Nationalist Chinese Army soldiers in retreat from Hunan Province into Vietnam via Southwest China. After entering Vietnam, they were interned by the French authorities and later stationed at Phu Quoc Island. The army moved to Taiwan in June 1953.
    Huang Jie was appointed to several crucial military positions after moving to Taiwan, including garrison commander of Taipei (1953-1954), commander-in-chief of the Nationalist Ground Forces (1954-1957), presidential chief of staff (1957-1958), and Taiwan garrison commander (1958-1962). Huang was governor of Taiwan Province from 1962 to 1969 and minister of defense from 1969 to 1972. He died in Taipei in 1995 at the age of ninety-three.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The Huang Jie diaries, relating to political conditions and military policy in Taiwan. provide a rare glimpse into the inner politics of modern Taiwan. They cover the years 1952 to 1956, 1958, 1967 to 1971, and 1973 to 1984.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Taiwan -- Politics and government
    Taiwan -- Defenses