Chang Kia-ngau and the Sino-Soviet Negotiations about the Nationalist Government's Restoration of Manchuria during the Early Postwar Period, October 1945-April 1946
Resource
政治科學論叢, 19, 139-180
Journal
政治科學論叢
Journal Issue
19
Pages
139-180
Date Issued
2003-12
Date
2003-12
Author(s)
Lee, K.C.
Abstract
Chang Kia-ngau was a Chinese banker and a high rank offical in the Nationalist Government before the end of World War II. During the latter part of the Sino-Japanese War (1943 to 1945), he had lived in US and served as a government sponsored researcher focusing on the problems of economies and reconstructions of China during the postwar period. In September 1945, he was assigned as the Chairman of the Economic Commission of the Northeast Headquarters of the Nationalist Government, which was one of the positions to negotiate with the Commander of the Soviet Red Army in Manchuria about the restoration of it from Russia to China. Supporting the Army of the Chinese Communist Party to gain controls of parts of Manchuria and expelling the US influence from it were the main strategic targets of the USSR during the early postwar period. Meanwhile, obstructing the entrance of the Nationalist Army into Manchuria deliberately and hoping to sign an agreement with Her about the Sino-Soviet Economic Cooperation in Manchuria were two other important strategic targets of the USSR. Facing the above complex and subtle external situation, T.V. Soong and Wang Shih-chieh, the prime minister and the minister of the Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government respectively, set the policies for issues related to Manchuria that China wouldn't negotiate with any economic cooperation in Manchuria with Russia unless the Red Army evacuated completely. These policies consequently led to the failure of the Nationalist Government to regain Manchuria from the Red Army in the spring of 1946. During that period, Chang Kia-ngau was one of few important officials in the Nationalist Government claiming that China should be admitted to have an agreement of the economic cooperation in Manchuria with Russia due to the possibility that the Red Army might subsequently assist the Nationalist Army to advance towards Manchuria smoothly. Therefore, the Nationalist Army could at least have the possibility to occupy southern parts of Manchuria. Although Mr. Chang's opinions were suppressed by his directors, his flexible and pragmatistic stands and the excellent foresight should have been consented.
Subjects
蔣中正；宋子文；王世杰；張嘉璈；東北之接收；中蘇東北經濟合作；史達林；馬林諾夫斯基；斯拉特闊夫斯基；Chiang Kai-shek,T.V. Soong；Wang Shih-chieh；Chang Kia-Ngau；The Takeover of Manchuria from Soviet Troops；The Sino-Soviet Economic Cooperation in Manchuria；Joseph V. Stalin；Rodion Y. Malinovsky；Mikhail I. Sladkovsky
Type
journal article