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G-2 PERIODIC REPORT From: 270800/I May 48 To : 280800/I May 48 Headquarters, USAFIK Seoul, Korea 1000/I 28 May 1948 Confidential No. 846 MAPS: KOREA, 1/250,000 Eastern ASIA, 1/1,000,000 1. ARMED FORCES a. North Korean Constabularymen or Soviets Attack Police Box At 280100 May 70 North Korean Constabularymen or Soviets attacked a police box at CHANG NI (1157.7-1696.5) with rifles and machine guns. One South Korean policeman was wounded and one South Korean police sergeant is reported missing. The South Korean police sent 99 men as reinforcements and a U.S. combat patrol was dispatched from OP #25 (1169.6-1694.3) at 280900 May. (7th Div Flash Rpt. Police Report) COMMENT: It is considered improbable that Soviet troops were involved. b. Police Box Attacked by North Korean Constabularymen At 262245 May approximately 40 North Korean Constabularymen attacked the police box at CHUNG KOK (917.9-1696.4). 20 South Korean policemen were engaged and reinforcements were called from YONAN (910-1680). No report has been received as to the result of this attack. (CIC P/R #126. Police Report) 2. POLITICAL ACTIVITIES a. Communists Arrested Within Police Department of KYONGSANG-PUKTO The South Korean police have arrested 21 KYONGSANGPUKTO policemen who have been active in communist cells within the police force. Since their organization in 1947 these cells have successfully stolen three carbines and two pistols, confiscated police codes and given important information of police strengths and activities to the SOUTH KOREA LABOR PARTY. (CIC S/I, 25 May. A-1) b. Youth Party to Form National Defense Army The YONG SAN district, SEOUL, branch of the GENERAL ALLIANCE of KOREAN YOUNG MEN have decided to form a national defense army composed of all party members between the ages of 18 to 25. This group is to be formed to combat riots because it is felt that the Korean Constabulary is not able to cope with the situation. (CIC P/R #126. F-3) 3. CIVIL UNREST a. Terrorism in KYONGSANG-PUKTO (1) At 250525 May the home of the vice-chief of the police Information Section in TAEGU was bombed with two home made grenades. One policeman was wounded. (Police Report) Confidential DECLASSIFIED Authority: NND 74070 Confidential XXIV CORPS G-2 P/R #846 (2) At 242045 May the home of a former election committeeman in TAEGU was bombed. The committeeman's mother was killed and another member of the family was injured. (Police Report) b. Communist Killed in KYONGSANG-PUKTO A communist, arrested in TAL SUNG Gun (1155-1425) for being implicated in the October 1946 riots and the attempted riot on 01 May 1948, was killed as he attempted to escape the police while leading them to an alleged arms cache. (Police Report) c. Policeman Attacked in KYONGGI-DO While taking a suspect to the INCHON (965-1630) police station, a policeman was attacked from the rear by four assailants armed with knives. The policeman suffered five knife wounds and the attackers escaped. (CIC Flash Rpt. B-2) d. Communications Severed on CHEJU-DO (Delayed Report) During the night of 20 May telephone lines were cut in the village of WIMI (964-1123). No attempt to raid the village was made after the communications had been severed. (CIC P/R #126. Police Report) e. Communist Wounded in CHUNGCHONG-PUKTO LEE Myung Co, a member of the KOREAN DEMOCRATIC PATRIOTIC YOUNG MEN'S ASSOCIATION who had in his possession a Japanese pistol, 40 rounds of ammunition and a U.S. hand grenade, and three followers were arrested on 24 May in CHONGJU (1050-1530). In attempting to escape from the police LEE was wounded. (CIC P/R #126. Police Report) f. Communist Plan Attacks in KANGWON-DO The communists plan of attack in KANGNUNG (1180-1660) is to initially attack small police boxes and rightists homes in the suburbs, thus drawing the KANGNUNG police out of town and allowing the main body of communists to attack the town with little opposition. (CIC P/R #126. C-6) 4. PSYCHOLOGICAL Translation of SEOUL Newspapers. (See Incl. #1) 5. SABOTAGE AND ESPIONAGE Negative 6. INTELLIGENCE CONCERNING ADJACENT AREAS Negative 7. OTHER U.S. Carbine Recovered A U.S. carbine, lost when a U.S. patrol was ambushed near the 38th parallel (915-1695) on 14 May (See P/R #834), was recovered following the attack by North Korean Constabularymen on the police box at the YESONG River (941.8-1693.9) bridge on 27 May (See P/R #845). (7th Div Flash Rpt. A-1) -2- Confidential DECLASSIFIED Authority NND 74570 XXIV CORPS G-2 P[illegible] #846 Confidential [signature] AC of S, G-2 1 Incl. 1-Translation of SEOUL Newspapers Under the provisions of par 33a (1), AR 380-5, 15 Aug 46, authority is hereby granted for destruction of this document after it has served its purpose, and is of no further value to the receiving agency. This authority is extended to cover destruction of previous issues of this publication in accordance with the foregoing instructions. -3- Confidential DECLASSIFIED Authority NND 76070