脆弱的情报:抗日战争时期的国际问题研究所

Fragile Intelligence:The Institute of International Relations During the Anti-Japanese War

全面抗战前夕,为应对国际情报领域无干部、无组织的状况,蒋介石授命王芃生成立军事委员会国际问题研究所。作为国民政府战时情报体系的一环,国际问题研究所以公开来源情报为基础,致力于宏观层面的战略情报研究,在情报搜集、政策设计、舆论宣传等方面发挥了一定的作用。但是随着派系冲突的加剧与中日战事的明朗,国际问题研究所在与其他机构的竞争中逐渐落于下风。英国特别勤务处与美国战略情报局的介入,也使王芃生心生退意,开始有意识地推动国际问题研究所的“去情报化”,使之向一个较为公开的政府机构转变。抗战胜利后王芃生病逝,国际问题研究所谋求改组的计划失败,被迫全员遣散。

On the eve of the Total War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression,Chiang Kai-shek ordered Wang Pengsheng to establish the Institute of International Relations of the Military Commission,in response to the lack of cadres and organizations in the field of international intelligence.As a part of the National Government’s wartime intelligence system,the Institute of International Relations was dedicated to strategic intelligence research based on open-source intelligence,and played a crucial role in intelligence gathering,policy design,and public opinion propaganda.However,as factional conflicts intensified and the war between China and Japan became certain,the Institute of International Relations gradually fell behind in competition with other institutions.The involvement of the Special Operation Executive of England and the Office of Strategic Services of the United States also caused Wang to retreat.He began to consciously promote the “de-intelligence” of the Institute,transforming it into an open government agency.Shortly after the end of the war,Wang died of illness,and the Institute’s plan to reorganize itself failed,forcing it to be laid off in the end.