The Japanese MAAG as Recorded in Classified Archives: 白團絕密檔案大公開

By Chien Chen Yang and 楊建成

「白團」為臺灣戰後時期的日軍顧問團，1949年成立於日本東京，並隨即到臺灣幫助中華民國政府，與1951年成立的美軍顧問團，及1936年成立的德國軍事顧問團，號稱中華民國三大外國軍事顧問團。

本書是根據國防大學2006年刊行，內部參研資料「實踐案檔案彙編」，以編年史方式，將每一相關事件公文書記載，串連敘述，少加評論。特殊的是：所有公文書有發文文號，發收單位及負責人簽字。收集的來往公文，函件，及相關照片，非常珍貴。

當年季辛吉說：「⋯⋯兩岸所有中國人都堅持一個中國，台灣是中國一部份」，美方不提出「異議」。但是，在台灣的「中國人」現在不「堅持一個中國」，認為「台灣不是中國一部份」。因為此，美方就可以有「異議」，這也是今日美國政府介

• Language: 中文
• Publisher: EHGBooks
• Release date: Aug 1, 2020
• ISBN: 9781647844356

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An Introduction

By Ken Chang

After the ruling Kuomintang and its army retreated to Taiwan in 1949, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek recruited in secret to retrain, reinvigorate and thus reinforce his army, and in the meanwhile to establish a powerful military mobilization system, both to deny the imminent invasion of Taiwan by the People’s Liberation Army.  The Generalissimo was enthusiastic to counterattack Mainland China in order to regain power over China, given that with military strategies formulated and tailored by those Japanese elite military officers and the US armament.

The Japanese MAAG has been referred to as 白团 (paidan) in Taiwan’s files.  The military advisory battalion is headed by 富田直亮 (Tomita Naosuke) with his Chinese code name 白鴻亮 (Bai Hongliang).  Tomita’s such Chinese code name is prefixed by 白, meaning White that is in a political contrast to the Red China.  By the same token, 鴻 (Hong) means to be ambitious; 亮 (Liang) to retain the last kanji of his Japanese name.

From1949 through 1953, a total of eighty-three former Japanese officers had signed up a military advisory service