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PART I SOUTH KOREA SECRET From: 231200/I Apr. 48 To : 301200/I Apr. 48 Headquarters, USAFIK No. 137 Seoul, Korea Maps: KOREA 1/250,000 30 April 1948 East ASIA, 1/1,000,000 A. ARMED FORCES 1. Strength (Secret) Police: 34,330 Constabulary: 27,899 (includes 3,710 unsworn recruits) Coast Guard 2,859 2. Operational Activity (Confidential) Three border incidents occurred this week in which North Korean constabularymen engaged in a firefight with a South Korean police patrol on 24 April and attacked two South Korean installations near the border on 27 April. On 24 April five North Korean constabularymen escorted seven North Korean farmers south of the 38th parallel in the vicinity of SANGSUNEE RI (1100-1690) apparently for the purpose of working in a field allegedly belonging to the North Korean farmers. When a patrol of four South Korean police attempted to investigate they were fired on by the North Korean constabularymen. The firefight lasted about 20 minutes. The North Koreans withdrew north of the parallel. No casualties were reported. On 27 April a North Korean constabulary force of unreported strength attacked the PAEKCHON (932-1698) police station and killed two South Korean police. Eight other South Korean police were seriously injured, four of whom are not expected to live. On 27 April a North Korean constabulary force of unreported strength attacked the substation at YANG CHANG (coordinates unknown but near PAEKCHON). One South Korean policeman was slightly injured before the North Korean constabularymen fell back across the parallel. South Korean police report that members of this North Korean constabulary force wore South Korean police uniforms. COMMENT: This is the first report of any border incident involving North Korean constabularymen where they were clothed in South Korean police uniforms. Delayed Report A delayed report from the border, not carried in last week's summary (see Part I, Par A, 2., W/S #136), reveals that a member of the right-wing UNITED YOUNG MEN'S PARTY was killed by a North Korean constabularyman near HWA CHUN (904.1-1696.2) at 200500 April. Attacks on American Personnel On 24 April a US Army C-47 airplane was fired on by two snipers as it took off from the CHEJU airstrip on CHEJU-DO. (F-6) -2- DECLASSIFIED Authority NND 745070 XXIV CORPS G-2 W/S #137 PART I B. CURRENT INTELLIGENCE 1. Political Activity a. Candidacy Registrations The Office of the Chief Advisor, MG, has released statistics on the number of candidates according to declared political affiliation. Data is through 301200 April. ORGANIZATION NO. OF CAND. POLITICAL COMPLEXION NSAKI 239 Rightist Hankook Dem. Party 91 Rightist Korean Ind. Party 7 Rightist;leader KIM Koo aligned with com munists on election issue. Dai Dong Youth Corps 89 Rightist Tai Han Labor League 22 Rightist Labor Union Women's Nat'l Party 2 Rightist;Louise YIM, Rhoe lobby in Wash., was former president. Min Chuk Youth Corps 21 MG sponsored group, (Korea Nat'l Youth) supposedly non-partisan, probably rightists. Buddhist Organizations 5 Not known whether can didates belong to com unist dominated religious groups or right wing groups. Christian Organizations 10 Not know whether candidates belong to communist or right wing groups. Confucian Organizations 4 Not known whether can didates belong to communist or right wing groups. Chun Do Kyo Young Friend's Party 1 Moderate left. Minor Parties 34 Non-Partisan 409 934 WOMEN CANDIDATES (included in the total 934) Women's Nat'l Party 2 YWCA 1 NSAKI Women's Assn 13 Non partisan 3 19 -3- DECLASSIFIED Authority NND 745070 XXIV CORPS G-2 W/S #137 PART I COMMENT: The original number of 939 candidates has been decreased by three known assassinations and two withdrawals. RHEE-rightists, under the master's direction, on 22 April decided to run only one candidate in districts where RHEE's informants say moderates are seeking office, lest a split right-wing vote permit communists and moderates to win. The press has already noted the withdrawal of KIM Hu Ok, Dai Dong Youth Corps, "with the aim of preventing the confusion of excessive candidates." Most recent rightist position in the press is probably that contained in the threat of YANG Oh Chung, NSAKI Propaganda Chief. Disclaiming that Danny CHOI's registration (sole RHEE opponent in the latter's district) was more consonant with personal ambition than with Korean independence, YANG stated that if such an attitude should continue, NSAKI will boycott the election. Little significance is attached to this threat, for Korean politicians don't toss away sure bets. Xi Delayed reports indicate dissension within the rightists ranks. NSAKI, fearing that its Hankook staff members would swing support to Hankook candidates, decided to oust those members but was checked by RHEE, who enjoys Hankook financial backing. Certain branches of the Korean Independence Party intended seceding in order to join the Hankook Democratic Party, where they find harmony in views supporting the elections and opposing the Pyongyang conference. Early reports indicate eleven probable communist candidates. They are regarded as exceptions to the general policy of boycotting and sabotaging the election. In support of this view is the fact that in at least six localities where communists are very active they are permitting local rightists candidates to run unopposed. In addition, reports have mentioned communist instructions to vote for the Peoples Committee, to cast blank ballots, and to write in the names of individuals who are not candidates. b. Developments in the North-South Conference (1) Recapitulation: The Joint North-South Conference opened in PYONGYANG on 19 April 1948. The meeting was called to order by a man described as "the old KIM Il Sung" chosen to speak because he was "the oldest man present." (There is no information available to indicate just who is meant by this reference to "old KIM Il Sung." It is possible that belated notice is being given by the Soviet Command to the doubts which have been expressed by many Koreans concerning the identity of the present Chairman of the Peoples Committee who bears the same name.) This KIM presented the conference with the problem of devising methods of (a) finding a way to oppose the South Korean elections, (b) securing the withdrawal of foreign troops, (c) establishing an independent, unified Korea without foreign interference. In typical Soviet fashion, all speeches and commentaries on the conference broadcast by the PYONGYANG Radio did not deviate from the pattern established by the old KIM. The most important speech of the conference was given, as could be expected, by young KIM Il Sung, the Chairman of the Peoples Committee. 1/ Following the young KIM's speech, there were no speeches of importance broadcast with the exception of those of the South Korean delegates (see paragraph (2) below). The conference is believed to have adjourned on 24 April 1948. During periods when the convention was not in session, the delegates were treated to tours of model industrial plants and villages in the vicinity of PYONGYANG. On 25 April the delegates were given a demonstration of communist control when 340,000 people in Pyongyang demonstrated their approval of the resolutions passed by the conference (see paragraph (3) below). (2) Activities of the South Korean "Representatives": Two weeks after the North Koreans announced their plans and invitations for the North-South Conference, the PYONGYANG hosts had more than enough guests of varying affiliations to provide a claim for "broad" South Korean participation in this Soviet-engineered scheme to defeat the work of the UN Commission. 1/ See W/S #136 for details of KIM Il Sung's 19 (?) April speech. -4- DECLASSIFIED Authority NND 745070 미국자료 III 245 XXIV CORPS G-2 W/S #137 PART I KIM Kyu Sik arrived late (W/S 136, Part I, B, 1, b). At noon of the day he crossed the parallel (21 April) North Korean guards received instructions to clamp shut the arteries which permitted the steady influx of coat-tail riders. Among the participants who were thus refused entry to North Korea were representatives of such nondescript organizations as: Society for the Renovation of the Land of Hibiscus, Sam Il Friends Associatio, and the Students League of the Principle of Three Equalities. A number of newspapermen were also excluded. The minutiae who took advantage of the invitation (open to all who opposed the 10 May election) were counted. For Soviet purposes, their mere presence sufficed (see par (4)). The more important guests were heard. KIM Koo, CHO So Ang, HONG Myong Hi and LEE Kerk No made statements which suited the unilateral aureole of magnanimity which enveloped non-Communist "representatives?" As expected, all speakers decried the division of their country. KIM Koo urged full, unselfish cooperation in eradicating the 38th parallel, "the mere existence of which worsens US-USSR relations." KIM Koo's speech concluded with a statement typical of the efforts of the wishful but wary non-Communists present at the confabulation: "I am very happy to have this opportunity to exchange views concerning the unity and independence of our country... and at the same time mitigate the crisis existing between the United States and the Soviet Union." The Soviet-prompted North Koreans showed no signs that they were ready to cooperate. Instead, they proceeded in the opposite direction and ultilized the conference as an occasion for an intensification of their antiAmerican propaganda, thus divesting the meetings of all traces of diplomatic tactics. KIM Kyu Sik, one of Korea's ablest conciliators, is known to have made one speech, and this one was not given at a meeting of the NorthSouth leaders but, according to PYONGYANG, at a dinner party given by Soviet puppet KIM Il Sung. KIM Kyu Sik's address, like KIM Koo's, was largely a revelation of the emotion which had gripped the speaker during this momentous event. Only one paragraph was inconsistant with the position of KIM Kyu Sik, which has been to find a solution to the Korean problem by facilitating an amicable resolution of the differences between the US and the Soviets. Radio PYONGYANG announced that KIM Kyu Sik stated, in part: "North Korea has capabilities for independence, whereas South Korea is only receiving commodities and becoming indebted to the United States. North Korea will rise...South Korea will perish...." COMMENT: This is the first indication of the possibility the KIM Kyu Sik is playing into Communist hands. It is probable, however, that KIM's statement was distorted in the Radio PYONGYANG version. It is reasonable to assume that if KIM Kyu Sik actually desired to express such a contrast between the potentialities for freedom in North and South Korea, he would have stated his opinions at one of the Conference sessions. If he had done so, the Communists would have loudly propagandized that statement rather than relying entirely on a dinner-party recitation. (3) Conference Decision: On 26 April Radio PYONGYANG announced that "fifty-six political parties and social organizations of South and North Korea, having an aggregate membership of more than ten million, had taken the liberty to address a letter to the governments of the USSR and the United States, conveying the will of the Korean people." -5- DECLASSIFIED Authority NND 745070 XXIV CORPS G-2 W/S #137 PART I The letter began with a review of the many frustrations which have obstructed the path to Korean Independence and (1) "unreservedly" declared that the "entire responsibility for the present insufferable political situation rests squarely on the American authorities," (2) the Korean people will do "their utmost" to prevent the holding of a "separate election" in South Korea, and (3) asserted that the "most simple, wise, fair and just way of settling the Korean issue" lies in "the implementation of the proposal of the Soviet government for the simultaneous withdrawal of foreign troops from Korea in order to give the Korean people the right to settle their own national problems." On 28 April, Radio PYONGYANG announced that LYUH Woon Hong, chairman of the Social Democratic Party, and two other persons would deliver the message to General Hodge. LYUH Woon Hong arrived in Seoul on 29 April and presented the letter, embodying the withdrawal proposal, to the US Consul. COMMENT: Neither KIM Koo nor KIM Kyu Sik signed the letter. SONG Nam Hun, a secretary in the NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE FEDERATION, signed for that organization. It is not known whether he signed in lieu of or despite protests of the NIF's chairman, KIM Kyu Sik. KIM Kyu Sik's name was not among those mentioned by Radio PYONGYANG as having attended the 23 April session of the Conference, when the contents of this letter were agreed upon by the "representatives." (4) Meetings Continue: At the end of the brief broadcast which reported the adjournment of the conference it was announced that "meetings of the representatives are still proceeding." 1/ COMMENT: The size of the conference, reported to have consisted of 695 delegates -- from 16 political parties and 40 social organizations -- indicated that it was merely a hand-clapping group and that the real agreements would be made at meetings of the leaders. These meetings are expected to continue until the extraordinary session of the Peoples Assembly, which convened on 28 April, acts on the Provisional Constitution. Continued presence of South Korean delegates in PYONGYANG during the Assembly sessions will add substance to the myth of South Korean approval of the constitution. (5) Conclusions: The speeches broadcast by Radio PYONGYANG, especially that of KIM Il Sung, were notable for their absolutely uncompromising attitude toward the Rightist and Moderate visitors from South Korea. It was considered possible that the North Korean leaders might make strategic retreats on some issues in order to insure the cooperation of KIM Koo and KIM Kyusic. Although concessions are still possible, there have been no indications of a Communist retreat. The results of the conference appear to be as follows: (a) considerable grist has been added to the North Korean propaganda mill, (b) further basis has been provided for allegations that the South Korean elections are supported only by the extreme reactionaries, (c) most important, the conference and the meetings now in progress will be used as the foundation for claims that the Provisional Constitution has the support of all "democratic elements" in South as well as North Korea." 1/ Source Radio PYONGYANG 2100 I 28 April 1948 -6- DECLASSIFIED Authority NND 745070 XXIV CORPS G-2 W/S #137 -PART I 2. Civil Unrest a. Communists Poised for Attack Reports that communists still planned to engage in intensified anti-election violence after 01 May were being relayed from the provinces to SEOUL up to the closing hours of April. Also, additional reports have been received that communist strategy calls for the main effort to be delivered on 09-10 May. Information from centers of communist activity indicate that all communist units have been thoroughly organized and briefed as to attack operations. Agitators and armed action squads are reported to be awaiting zero-hour bonfire signals which will burn from mountain tops the length of South KOREA. Aside from CHEJU-DO, where local communist strength has already been committed (see Part I, par 2, b), communists will probably concentrate their efforts in the six southern provinces -- CHUNGCHONG-NAMDO, CHUNGCHONG-PUKTO; CHOLLA-NAMDO, CHOLLA-PUKTO, KYONGSANG-NAMDO and KYONGSANG-PUKTO. Of these, the two KYONGSANG provinces have so far exhibited the most potential strength in personnel and arms. South central and southeastern KYONGSANG-PUKTO, a communist stronghold area in the days of the Japanese occupation and site of the October 1946 communist-led riots, is expected to feel the heaviest weight of the communist efforts within the KYONGSANGS. b. Constabulary Moves Against CHEJU-DO Communists On 27 April the South Korean constabulary began patrol operations against communist guerrillas hidden in the CHEJU-DO mountains. By the end of this week it had become apparent that communist operations had slackened off in the face of the constabulary operations. Sixty people have been killed on CHEJU-DO since 03 April when the communists initiated operations on the island. Communists killed eight police in at least 22 attacks against police, killed 27 rightists and members of rightist and police families, raided six registration booths, attacked two towns, continually disrupted highway and telephone communications and probed South Korean constabulary strength on three occassions. During this same period police killed 25 people associated with the guerrilla bands. c. A Week's Violence In South Korea Most of this week's communist-inspired violence on the mainland occurred in KYONGSANG-PUKTO, and that province's most active area was east of TAEGU (1150-1430) in and around KYONGJU GUN (1218-1436). A summary of acts of violence involving communists for the week is as follows: 1. Four attacks on police boxes: two in KYONGSANG-PUKTO, one in CHOLLA-NAMDO and one in CHOLLA-PUKTO. 2. One attack upon a town on CHEJU-DO. 3. Twenty-three rioters killed by police: ten on CHEJU-DO, nine in KYONGSANG-PUKTO and four in CHOLLA-NAMDO. 4. Ten rightists and members of rightist and police families killed: four in KYONGSANG-PUKTO, one in [illegible] CHUNGCHONG-PUKTO, one in SEOUL, and four in CHOLLA-NAMDO. 5. Twenty-three assorted demonstrations, disorders and arson cases. -7- DECLASSIFIED Authority NND 745070 XXIV CORPS G-2 W/S #137 PART I d. Right Wing Internecine Violence Pre-election tension within pro-election rightist ranks has caused three recent internecine incidents -- a near riot between members of the NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ACCELERATION OF KOREAN INDEPENDENCE and the UNITED YOUNG MEN'S PARTY in CHUNCHON (1060-1680), a murder in the ONGJIN (640-1680) area where members of the UYMF beat a fellow-member to death, and a beating incident in TAEJON (1040-1490) where police arrested four UYMF members for public assault against members of the KOREAN NATIONAL YOUTH CORPS. e. Delayed Reports Covering Last Week Delayed reports of incidents that occurred during the week ending 16 April which were not carried in last week's summary (see Part I, 2b, 2c, and 2d., W/S #136) are: 1. Two small towns on CHEJU-DO attacked by communist guerrilla bands. 2. Eight attacks on police boxes: four on CHEJU-DO, two in CHOLLA-NAMDO, one in CHUNGCHONG-NAMDO and one in KYONGSANGNAMDO. 3. Eleven communists killed: seven on CHEJU-DO, two in CHOLLANAMDO, one in CHUNGCHONG-PUKTO, and one in KYONGSANG-PUKTO. 4. Fourteen rightists and members of rightist and police families killed last week, in addition to the 14 already reported killed: five in KYONGSANG-PUKTO, four on CHEJU-DO, two in CHOLLA-NAMDO and three in KYONGSANG-NAMDO. 5. Seventeen assorted demonstrations, disorders and cases of arson. 1948 Communist Activities in South KOREA : JAN : FEB : MAR : APR*: TOTAL Attacks on Police : 0 : 130 : 118 : 48 : 296 Police Killed : 0 : 33 : 20 : 15 : 68 Rioters Killed : 1 : 74 : 73 : 60 : 208 Non-Rioters Killed : 1 : 14 : 14 : 68 : 97 Disorders, Demonstrations, School Strikes, : : : Attacks on Rightist Offices and Homes : 6 : 125 : 76 : 107 : 314 Attacks on Government Buildings : 0 : 9 : 14 : 1 : 24 Sabotage (Comm) : 14 : 53 : 58 : 19 : 144 Sabotage (RR lines) : 1 : 12 : 6 : 0 : 19 Sabotage*(RR locomotives) : 0 : 50 : 0 : 0 : 50 Sabotage (roads) : 0 : 13 : 5 : 1 : 19 Sabotage (bridges) : 0 : 6 : 9 : 5 : 20 Strikes : 0 : 14 : 6 : 3 : 23 *Incomplete -8- DECLASSIFIED Authority NND 745070 미국자료 III 249 CIVIL UNREST CHART HWANGAE-DO KANGWON-DO 38 .Chunchon KYONGI-DO Seoul CHUNGCHUNG-BUKTO CHUNGCHUNG- Chongju HAL DO Taejon KYONGSONG-NULTO O CHOLL- Chonju O5 PUKTO O Taegu O4 O2 YELLOW SEA KYONGSONG-NAMDO O2 Kwangju 4O CHOLLIL DO Pusan O N O O7 Cheju CHEJU-DO O SOUTH KOREA -O COMMUNIST KILLED O ATTACKS ON POLICE BOXES -O NON- RIOTERS KILLED ⊗ ATTACKS ON TOWN DECLASSIFIED Authority NND 745070 250 제주4·3사건 추가진상조사자료집 5 XXIV CORPS G-2 W/S #137 PART I C. WAR POTENTIAL 1. Economic The outstanding issue of the Bank of Chosun continued to decline during the month of April and now stands at 28.6 billion won. The decline for the period 01-27 April amounted to approximately 700 million won. The primary reason for the drop continues to be the increased revenues from SKIG. Conversion of 100-won notes will cause a further decline, but as of this date the amount can not be reasonably estimated. 2. Cost of Living Seoul rice prices were relatively steady for the period, with 660 won appearing as the mode. The 25 cost-of-living items checked for the period show a fairly steady buyers' market. Seasonal foods continue to advance slightly.* Rice Price Summary PRICE (won) AREA Dec Jan Feb Mar 23 Apr SEOUL 750 743 746 707 660 KANGWON-DO 632 791 860 772 CHUNGCHONG-PUKTO 600 586 657 654 CHUNGCHONG-NAMDO 650 630 662 613 KYONGSANG-PUKTO 534 541 550 502 KYONGSANG-NAMDO 575 650 707 650 CHOLLA-PUKTO 634 608 608 550 CHOLLA-NAMDO 575 558 575 508 CHEJU-DO 729 733 680 617 AVERAGE 631 648 676 619 Official Price - 140 won Source - National Price Administration, SKIG. *Cost of Living Items Checked Polished Rice Matches Flannelette Barley Beef Kwang-mok (cloth) Wheat Pork Silk Myungju (cloth) Soy-beans Eggs Silk socksoo (cloth) Red beans Korean cabbage Cotton socks Dried myungtai (fish) Radish Anthracite Soy Sauce Rubber shoes Firewood Sugar Laundry soap Charcoal Salt -10- DECLASSIFIED Authority NND 795070 XXIV CORPS G-2 W/S #137 PART I 3. Surrendered and Disarmed - No change: 179,376 4. Progress of Repatriation - This Period To Date Japanese Civilians Arriving from N of 38° N KOREA, CHINA and MANCHURIA 0 288,525 Japanese Evacuated to JAPAN 0 883,891 Total Koreans Returning 1,689* 2,099,307 Total Repatriates Moved Since 15 August 1945 20,980,505 5. Koreans Apprehended While Attempting Illegal Entry to JAPAN 0 22,728 *Incomplete report -11- DECLASSIFIED Authority NND 745070 XXIV CORPS G-2 #78 #137 PAGE 1 D. PSYCHOLOGICAL a. The Press The publishers and chief editors of three left-wing papers have been arrested for the publication of inflammatory remarks in their editions of 25 April. Those arrested, by the Metropolitan police, were from the staffs of Korean Central News, Independent News and The New Nation News. The remarks for which the editors were arrested were carried as editorials in the 25 April editions, one of which was entitled "Appeal by Communist Labor Unions" and called for 01 May demonstrations. b. Press Analysis No subject has so aroused the press of South KOREA as that of the treatment of Koreans in JAPAN. Rightists, communists and moderates have never seen eye-to-eye on domestic problems, but when the Japanese come into the picture they stand perfectly united. This is the only subject to date that has consolidated the Korean press. Rightists and moderates, while crying equally as loud as the communists, failed to make an equal quantity of political hay. Maintaining that the problem of Koreans in JAPAN will not be solved by either the unilateral election or by a separate government, the leftist CHOSUN CHOONG ANG ILBO keynoted the communist campaign to make capital of the disturbances. Communist and all forms of totalitarian government have always used a common enemy to consolidate dissentient groups, and the plight of "our brothers" in JAPAN is no exception. The PYUNG HWA ILBO, a rightist paper, has sounded the alarm that JAPAN is now preparing for World War III and dreaming of control over the FAR EAST. Calling the present situation in KOREA a small local political struggle, they said it should be put in the background and Koreans should remember the past 40 years. Taking an unusual position for a rightist paper, PYUNG HWA ILBO said, "We should not depend upon any foreign power to reconstruct our fatherland on the basis of racial spirit but should take measures against the evil plot of JAPAN, and if not the small nations of the Orient will be enslaved again." MIN Yung Kun, the publisher of MIN SOUNG ILBO in TAEGU reported that communists were genuinely alarmed, over the rumor that JAPAN was building a powerful war machine and intends to once more dominate KOREA. Left unsaid but intimated, "under an American supervised and sponsored government." (B-2) COMMENT: The Korean reaction to the incidents occurring in Japan illustrates the ability of communists to unite all elements in the exploitation of a situation. NORTH-SOUTH CONFERENCE Full coverage of all events of the PYONGYANG Conference still appeared to be the order of the day in most South Korean press rooms (see par B, 1, b). Support of the conference continues to be with the communists, moderates, and dissentient rightists with the extreme right-wing giving the parley the cold shoulder. The leftist press has reacted to the conference as expected by the right-wing continues to offer suprises. The widely-read CHOSUN ILBO reports that people are staring at the conference with great attention regardless of whether they support or oppose it. After a neutral start, the considered opinion of the Korean editorial writer is that Koreans have to try to discuss their own problems due to the repeated failures of the negotiations between the US and RUSSIA. The paper calls on the communists in North and South Korea to do their best to find a measure that will remove the crisis and prevent the land from becoming an international battlefield. The leftist were charged to mind the future of the whole nation and not act as spokesmen of Soviet policy. -12- DECLASSIFIED Authority NND 745070 XXIV CORPS G-2 W/S #137 PART 1 Seeing the possibility that either the UNITED STATES or RUSSIA would reject conference results if their respective governments were denounced in the conference, the CHOSUN ILBO could see only a dark future for Koreans if such a thing happened -- the 38th parallel would become an iron wall and KOREA would disintegrate into an armed camp of both forces. Calling for compromise, the editorial laments that the conference should certainly respond to the voice of the good people who imagine peace, even if in a dream. DUPLICATE PARTY CANDIDATES Concentrating on the election, the extreme right-wing press called for the elimination of all rightists in excess of one candidate in each district. In addition to calling for the elimination of duplication, they called for the elimination of duplicity. The elimination of duplicate candidates seem to be having some result in that four candidates have withdrawn. ILLEGAL PUBLICATIONS Still another underground paper appeared during the period, this one with the name of AI KOOK JA (The Patriot). Following the usual communist line, it was "Mansoi" for all of its program and "Smash" for everything that it opposed. AMERICAN DEPENDENTS At the end of April all metropolitan papers excitedly published a UP dispatch from WASHINGTON stating that no more American dependents would come to KOREA. Almost hopefully most papers questioned, "the reason that dependents are not coming to KOREA is that, at last, the occupation troops are going to be withdrawn?" -13- DECLASSIFIED Authority NND 745070 XXXIV CORPS G-2 W/S #137 PART I E. SABOTAGE AND ESPIONAGE At 281000 April a Korean was arrested in an US Army engineer area in YONGDONG PO (990-1639) while pouring gasoline on a lumber pile, with evident intent to sabotage. Sabotage against wire communications was continued this week. Five such incidents were reported from the following: three from KYONGSANG-PUKTO, one from KYONGGI-DO, one from CHUNGCHONG-NAMDO and one from CHEJU-DO. No cases of espionage were reported during the week. -14- DECLASSIFIED Authority NND 745070