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Confidential G-2 PERIODIC REPORT From: 1800I 27 Apr 48 To : 1800I 28 Apr 48 HQ 6TH INF DIV Pusan, Korea 1900I 28 April 1948 No. 922. MAPS: KOREA, 1/250,000. 1. Non-Operational Intelligence. None reported. 2. Counterintelligence. Subversive Activity. a. Sabotage. (1) CHEJU-UP (951 - 1151) - During the period, 1200, 26 April 48, to 0800, 27 April 48, telephone lines between CHEJU-UP and SOGWI-RI (955 - 1119) were cut. (A-1) (2) CHIN-AK Mountain (905 - 1145) - During the evening of 24 April 48, two Koreans were killed by the police, when discovered cutting the telephone lines during an attack on a Police box. (B-2) (3) YONGPYONG-NI (957 - 1148) - On 27 April 48, the road into the town was ditched to prevent entrance. (A-1) b. Terrorism. YONGWIL-DONG (1218 - 1455) - (not on map) - At 0120, 26 April 48, five leftists fired and completely destroyed the home of AN, Sang Ku, local leader of the United Young Men's Party. The police were unable to apprehend the five leftists, who escaped into the mountains. (C-3) c. Illegal Activity of a Subversive Nature. (1) YONSANPO (972 - 1332) - At 0200, 27 April 48, three men, armed with a pistol, Jap Rifle, and a sword, entered the Railroad Police substation where they tied up the policeman on duty and departed with two U.S. Carbines, 81 rounds of ammunition and one Jap Rifle. (A-1) (2) CHONJU (1014 - 1431) - On 23 April 48, twenty-one jailers were placed under arrest, when they confessed planning the release of all prisoners at the Provincial Jail at 1000, 10 May 48. (B-2) (3) CHOOHON-NI (903 - 1154) - Twentieth Infantry patrols picked up handbills which urged the natives to organize against the police. (A-1) 3. Civil Relations. Civil Disturbances by Province. a. Kyongsang-North: (1) Yang Bang Nyun (1240 - 1432) - At 0200, 28 April 48, ten men, one of whom was armed with a shotgun, attacked and killed the local leader of the United Young Men's Party. The assailants fled to the mountains. Police are investigating. (C-3) (2) KUMCHON (1111 - 1468) - At 1000, 28 April 48, PAK, Won, age 62, a candidate in the 10 May elections, was attacked and beaten to death by a group of unidentified persons, armed with clubs, while walking along the street in HWANG KUN DONG, a suburb of KUMCHON. (B-2) DECLASSIFIED Authority NND745070 (Over) Confidential 763 Confidential b. Cholla-South: SONGAMNI (962 - 1347) - (not on map) - At 1630, 27 April 48, police from NAJU (971 - 1336), attempted to enter a house where they had received information an illegal meeting was being held. Seven men armed either with shotguns or rifles emerged from the house and engaged the police with fire for approximately an hour. Two of the men were killed. The remainder escaped, leaving behind two shotguns, two Jap swords and four home-made bombs. Police believe that three of the men are those involved in the incident in paragraph 2c (1), above. (B-2) c. Cheju-Do: SO-LONG (958 - 1149) - (not on map) - On 27 April 48, the police and a raiding group met and exchanged fire. One member of the group was captured but no casualties were reported. Machine guns were used by the group. (A-1) 4. Summary of Intelligence in Adjacent Areas. None reported. 5. Miscellaneous. a. At coordinates (953 - 1148) - on 26 April 48, the bodies of five Koreans were found when the natives in the immediate area stated were killed by the police. Local officials are of the opinion that the five were killed after they had surrendered to a raiding party. (B-2) REENSTJERMA A C of S, G-2 6 MAY 1948 [STAMP] DECLASSIFIED Authority NND745070 Confidential