Huang Chieh 黃杰 diaries, 1952-1984

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Summary

Creators:
Huang, Jie, 1902-
Abstract:
The Huang Chieh 黃杰 diaries (1952-1984) contain 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.
Extent:
7 manuscript boxes (2.9 Linear Feet)
Language:
Chinese
Preferred citation:

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

Background

Scope and content:

The Huang Chieh 黃杰 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.

Biographical / historical:

Huang Chieh (Huang Jie 黄杰) 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.

Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2011.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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.

Terms of access:

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

Preferred citation:

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

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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