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C-O-N-F-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L C-2 PERIODIC REPORT From: 191800/I July 46 To : 211800/I July 46 Headquarters USAFIK Seoul, Korea 1000/I 22 July 1946 No. 284 MAPS: KOREA, 1/250,000 Eastern ASIA, 1/1,000,000 1. OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. None. 2. NON-OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. a. Surrendered and Disarmed - 179,277. b. Evacuated to JAPAN for Demobilization - 179,277. c. Held as Military War Criminals - None. d. Estimated Remaining Enemy Troops - None. e. Progress of Repatriation Reported This Period To Date Japanese Civilians Arriving from N of 38° (N KOREA and MANCHURIA) 219 188,576 Japanese Civilians Evacuated to JAPAN 336 601,805 Other Nationals Evacuated CHINESE 0 1,235 OKINAWANS 0 274 FORMOSANS 2 77 Koreans Arriving from JAPAN 214 891,679 N of 38° 198 681,801 CHINA 0 57,333 PACIFIC Ocean Areas 0 12,677 FORMOSA 0 3,268 HAWAII 0 2,531 RYUKYUS 0 1,586 SIAM 0 1,382 PHILIPPINE Islands 0 1,291 North INDO CHINA 0 1,110 BORNEO 0 1,046 SINGAPORE 0 505 HONG KONG 0 218 AUSTRALIA 0 155 Aboard Uncontrolled Shipping from JAPAN 0 185,156 TOTAL Koreans Returned to the US Zone of Occupation 412 1,841,738 3. COUNTERINTELLIGENCE. a. Sabotage - None reported. b. Espionage - None reported. c. Terrorism - Information from the CIC, rated A-2, discloses that terrorist activities have been planned by certain Right Wing organizations. These activities will allegedly take place against Left Wing political leaders and their party headquarters on 15 August 1946. There seems to be a deliberate plan to have the terrorists CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL come down from N. KOREA, commit their acts, and return, so that prosecution by United States Military Government will not be possible. d. Secret Organizations - None reported. e. Mail Interceptions - No violations. f. Telecommunications - No violations reported during the period. 4. CIVIL RELATIONS. a. Disturbances - The civil disturbance reported during the period is shown on Incl #1. b. Political Parties and Other Organizations - None. c. Korean Press. (1) For the purpose of showing matters of current public interest in KOREA, translations have been made of the headlines of the leading articles of all major newspapers in SEOUL and of the text of the articles considered to be of particular interest. See Incl #2. (2) Digests of the 21-22 July editions of the leading SEOUL newspapers have been prepared by the Public Relations Office, this Headquarters. The "Korean Press Summaries" are attached hereto. 5. SUMMARY OF INTELLIGENCE IN ADJACENT AREAS. None. 6. MISCELLANEOUS. a. The following two items are extracts from 7th Division G-2 Periodic Report #293, dated 20 July 46: (1) 31st Infantry reports that at 2318, 17 July 1946, an EM of Company "D", 754th Tank Bn while returning with the guard in a 1/4 ton truck from SOBINGGO¹ SIDING noticed a wire, about windshield height, stretched across the road. The driver stopped his vehicle in time to avoid hitting the wire, which was located approximately 3/4 of a mile from the company area, just inside the village of SOBINGGO. 754th Tank Bn is investigating the incident. (2) 32nd Infantry reports that at 2100 on 14 July 46, a Mr. KIM, Su Yun and his son were apprehended at TONGDUCHON-NI² KIM had in his possession 2640 Bank of Chosen yen and 1437 Russian occupational yen. KIM said he came to SEOUL on 10 July from HAMHUNG³ and obtained the Russian money from a friend in SEOUL who asked him to exchange it while he was in the North. KIM also carried a pass from the chief of police of HAMHUNG, dated from 15 May 46 to 10 July 46. One of his 100 yen notes is a possible counterfeit. KIM has been turned over to the CIC for investigation. -------------------- 1 - SOBINGGO (990-1630) (37°32'N-127°00'E) 2 - TONGDUCHON-NI (1000-1680) (37°56'N-127°04'E) 3 - HAMHUNG (1040-1920) (39°54'N-127°32'E) 2 CONFIDENTIAL DECLASSIFIED Authority NND 74270 CONFIDENTIAL b. The following tabulations comprise the status of the cholera epidemic in S. KOREA as maintained by the Surgeon of USAFIK. The new cases are those reported since the date of the last report, 10 July 46. All cases reported are confirmed cases of cholera. As of 19 July 46: PROVINCE NEW CASES ADDITIONAL DEATHS TOTAL TOTAL SINCE LAST REPORT SINCE LAST REPORT CASES DEATHS KYONGSANG NAMDO 213 70 676 302 KYONGSANG PUKTO 406 548 1,637 1,360 CHOLLA NAMDO 36 10 320 154 CHEJU Island 57 36 202 116 CHOLLA PUKTO 434 328 1,696 976 CHUNGCHONG NAMDO 219 159 551 297 CHUNGCHONG PUKTO 49 16 99 37 KYONGGI DO 228 101 449 236 KANGWON DO 2 0 95 49 TOTALS 1,644 1,268 5,725 3,527 2 Incls. [illegible] AC of S, G-2 1 - Civil Disturbances. 2 - Translations of Daily Newspapers. DECLASSIFIED Authority NND 745070 3 CONFIDENTIAL