冷戰時期的德臺軍事交流，1961~1975

Abstract

After Nationalist China severed diplomatic relation with Germany in July of 1941, the close political and diplomatic relations established from the 1930s failed to resume. The Cold War began after the end of World War Ⅱ. Limited by her ”One Germany” policy, the newly formed West Germany tried to avoid getting involved in the controversy over sovereignity on the two sides of the Taiwan Straits. Except for the economic and cultural activities existing between these two countries, it was extremely difficult to set up any political channels for dialogue. Although there were no diplomatic relations between these two countries, West Germany and Nationalist China still maintained unofficial relation with each other by means of intelligence cooperation, military advisers, and officer training program from the 1960s. Until 1972 when West Germany recognized the Peking regime and decided to interrupt the military exchange, West Germany and Nationalist China had overcome political obstacles and opened up new political space through military exchanges and intelligence cooperation outside traditional diplomatic channels The exchanges not merely maintained connections between these two countries at government levels after the war, but also gave a special historical significance to the bilateral relations within the international framework of the Cold War.