Part of the diary content will be published at the end of October this year, and the "Diary of Two Generals" will return to Taiwan. Chiang Kai shek | Diary | Taiwan
After 10 years of litigation, 51 boxes of documents and materials, including Chiang Kai shek's and Chiang Ching kuo's diaries, which are currently in the Hoover Institute of Stanford University in the United States, will return to Taiwan, China, China.
On July 19, Taiwan's "Central News Agency" and other media on the island quoted the US media "San Francisco Standard" website as saying that on July 11, the San Jose Federal District Court in California made a ruling that 51 boxes of documents, including the "Diaries of the two Chiang Kai-shek", belonged to Taiwan's "National History Museum".
In the highly anticipated "Diaries of Chiang Kai shek and Chiang Kai shek", the content of Chiang Kai shek's diary from 1948 to 1954 will be published at the end of October this year.
This case originated from Jiang Jingguo's daughter-in-law, Jiang Fangzhiyi, who entrusted the "Two Jiang Diaries" to the Hoover Institution of Stanford University for safekeeping in 2005. However, Jiang Jingguo's eldest granddaughter, Jiang Youmei, and others believed that the ownership of the diaries should be jointly owned by Jiang Jingguo's heirs. The Hoover Institution is concerned that diary ownership may be sued by relevant parties, so all parties who may claim diary ownership will be sued.
In June 2020, the Taipei District Court ruled that all cultural relics during the tenure of "Two Generals", including their diaries, belonged to the "National History Museum" in Taiwan. Non term cultural relics were ruled to be jointly owned by the heirs of the Jiang family. The original verdict was upheld in the second instance of this case in 2022. The descendants of the Jiang family later reconciled with the Taiwan National History Museum, including Jiang Youmei, who became the last family member to reach an agreement in May 2023.
Public information shows that Chiang Kai shek's diary refers to his personal diary from 1915 to 1972 before he fell ill. Some of his early diaries were lost, and there are currently multiple versions, including manuscripts, imitations, imitations, and citations; The diary of Chiang Ching kuo is a private diary written in Chinese calligraphy from his return to China from the Soviet Union in 1937 until 1980.
In 1988, Chiang Ching kuo passed away, and the "Diaries of the Two Generals" were entrusted to his youngest son, Jiang Xiaoyong, for safekeeping. In 1996, Jiang Xiaoyong passed away and his diary was transferred to his widow Jiang Fangzhiyi for safekeeping. In August 2004, Jiang Fangzhiyi signed a temporary preservation contract with the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. The Diary of Two Generals has been officially preserved by the Hoover Institution for 18 years since 2005.
