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Confidential G-2 PERIODIC REPORT From: 1800I 12 Mar 47 To : 1800I 13 Mar 47 HQ 6TH INF DIV Pusan, Korea 1900I 13 March 1947 No. 511. MAPS: KOREA, 1/250,000. 1. Non-Operational Intelligence. None reported. 2. Counterintelligence. Subversive Activity. a. Sabotage. 1st Bn, 63rd Inf reports that the telephone line between two military installations in CHONJU (1015 - 1432) was cut during the night of 12/13 March 47. An investigation is being made. b. Espionage. Extract from KWANGJU District CIC Report #524, 7 March 1947: "The following informatio was received from informant channels which state that approximately 300 highly trained arsonist have been dispatched from North Korea to all ports in South Korea. These men were trained for a period of two months at the NAM JUNG School in CHUNG JIN City, North Korea and sent to South Korea sometime in January 1947. In school they were taught the fundamentals of an arsonist and the principles of gathering information. Each party, usually composed of six to ten men, boards a ship disguised as fishermen, engages in fishing during the day, and lands in the harbors and try to contact political groups. Their mission is to burn the important buildings of other political groups." c. Terrorism. (1) Extract from KWANGJU District CIC Report #524, 7 March 1947: "From various sources this office has received rumours which tend to indicate that more subversive elements have infiltrated into South Korea from North Korea. These elements in the disguise of Christian pastors left SARIWN, North Korea at the beginning of the year and roam unmolested throughout South Korea. These so-called pastors recruited from South Korea were trained for assassination purposes. Upon graduation they were sent back to their native villages and at present are trying to locate the addresses of members of the Democratic Council whom they are supposed to assassinate. This office is trying to uncover the root and the authenticity of these rumours." (2) Extract from KWANGJU District CIC Report #524, 7 March 1947: "The MOKPO (990 - 1300) Middle and Commercial School is still on the suspended list. The MOKPO Technical School had an attendance of 50%. The reason for this low attendance figure is attributed to the numerous brutal attacks on school-bound students by striking students. This office is investigating the reason for and the nature of these attacks." 3. Civil Relations. a. Civil Disturbances by Province. Cholla-South: (1) An unauthorized parade was held at approximately 1030, 13 March 47, Confidential (over) 243 DECLASSIFIED Authority NND745070 Confidential in KWANGJU (991 - 1350) by 100-150 members of the newly organized "Korean Youth Organization Inc". Three leaders of the parade were taken into custody by the police. No violence occurred. (2) CHEJU (951 - 1151) MG employees, including a few of the Police Department, went on strike on 13 March. The strike is reported to have been engineered by the "South Korea Labor Party" (new name for the Communist Party). No disturbances reported. MG plans to dispatch 125 policemen from CHOLLA-SOUTH Province and 100 policemen from CHOLLA-NORTH Province on the morning of 14 March from the port of MOKPO. The platoon from the 51st FA Bn, stationed on CHEJU reported that fires of unknown orgin are started approximately every other night on CHEJU air-strip; the arsonists have not been apprehended. b. Relation with U.S. Forces. In PUSAN at 1600, 12 March 47, a Korean woman was shot by a sentry of the 6th Rcn Troop stationed at the XXIV Corps P.X. Area Warehouse. The woman was taken to the hospital. An investigation is being made. 4. Summary of Intelligence in Adjacent Areas. (EXTRACT: USAFIK G-2 Periodic Report #475, 10 March 1947): "Proclamation Number One and Congratulatory Ceremony Procedure Handbills Printed on Orders of KIM, Suk Kwang - An investigation of the printing of the Proclamation Number One and the Congratulatory Ceremony revealed that the order for the printing was placed by KIM, Suk Kwang, treasurer of the 'National Society for Acceleration of Korean Independence'. This organization and the National Congress have been the chief instigators of the plan to place the old Provisional Government in power. This evidence nullifies the attempts made by some to place the blame on actions of the Left to discredit the Right." 5. Miscellaneous. None. Edwards. EDWARDS A C of S, G-2 [RECEIVED STAMP: 15 MAR 1947, HQ XXIV Corps] Confidential DECLASSIFIED Authority NND745070