The Military Command and the Central Command were two spy organizations during the Chinese Kuomintang period, and there were some differences between them in terms of their establishment background, division of responsibilities, and leadership structure.
1.Background:
Military Command: The predecessor of the military command was the secret service under the Kuomintang Party Organization Fuxing Society, which was established in 1938 and was called the "Investigation and Statistics Bureau of the National Military Commission", which belonged to the intelligence agency of the army.
Zhongtong: The predecessor of Zhongtong is the Party Affairs Investigation Section of the Organization Department of the People's Republic of China, which is still customarily called Cc, founded in 1938, belongs to the intelligence agency of the party affairs department.
2.Segregation of Duties:
Military Command: The main task of military commanders is to monitor, kidnap, assassinate hostile forces, and gather intelligence to support the military. In the early stage of the Anti-Japanese War, the military commander was also responsible for providing intelligence for the "suppression of the Communist Party".
Central Unification: The main responsibility of the Central Unification is to clean up dissident elements within the party, especially to investigate and eliminate CCP personnel. Its mission was to clean up the traitors who had defected to Japan and deal with the traitors.
3.Leadership Structure:
Military Command: The leader of the military command is Dai Li, who was a student of Chiang Kai-shek and was also supported by Chiang Kai-shek. Dai Li's words were obedient to Chiang Kai-shek's words, and the military commanders obeyed Chiang Kai-shek's instructions.
Zhongtong: The actual controllers of Zhongtong are Chen Lifu and Chen Cheng, who use Zhongtong to eradicate people who are unfavorable to them. Chiang Kai-shek's degree of control over the Central Unification was relatively low, and there was dissatisfaction and resentment towards the Central Unification.
To sum up, there are some differences between the military command and the central command in terms of the background of their establishment, the division of responsibilities, and the leadership structure. The military commander is the intelligence agency of the armed forces, whose main tasks are to monitor, kidnap, assassinate and kill hostile forces and gather intelligenceThe Central Unification is the intelligence agency of the Party affairs department, and its main task is to clean up dissidents within the Party and deal with traitors. The military command obeyed Chiang Kai-shek's orders, and the actual controllers of the central command were Chen Lifu and Chen Cheng.