THE HUANGPU MILITARY ACADEMY AND THE FORMATION OF CHIANG KAISHEK’S SPECIAL SERVICES

Abstract

The article dwells on the formation of military and party intelligence and counterespionage bodies, which were controlled by Chiang Kaishek, the leader of the Guomindang party, in the second quarter of the XXth century. The author demonstrates that the base of this bodies were the staff and political institutions of the Huangpu (Whampoa) Military Academy, which were founded with the assistance of the USSR and the participation of Chinese communists. The foundation of the Guomindang special services was one of the results of political game by the Chief of the Huangpu (Whampoa) Military Academy, Chiang Kaishek, with Soviet advisers. His aim was to use the Soviet assistance in order to resist the Moscow’s plans in China.

Keywords

• guomindang (kuomintang)
• huangpu (whampoa) military academy
• soviet assistance to the guomindang
• jiang jieshi (chiang kai-shek)
• special services of guomindang