Chinese Communist Politics and Its Influence on the Chinese Intelligence System, 1926-1983.

Abstract

Writings in English about Chinese Communist (CCP) intelligence work are few, but new materials in Chinese offer fresh perspectives and a chance for analysis. This study traces the CCP's political influence on the Party's early intelligence organizations: the Special Operations Work Section (Tewu Gongzuo Chu, 1926-1927) under the Central Military Commission, the Central Committee (CC) Special Branch (Zhongyang Teke, 1927-1937), and the Social Affairs Department (Zhongyang Shehui Bu, 1937-1949). It will conclude with a survey of how politics affected the counterintelligence work of the Ministry of Public Security (Gongan Bu, 1949-present) and the foreign intelligence work of the CC Central Investigative Department (Zhongyang Diaocha Bu, 1955-1983). The work of the Ministry of State Security (1983-present) is not within scope for this study.