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G-2 PERIODIC REPORT From: 240800/I Jun 48 To : 250800/I Jun 48 Headquarters, USAFIK Seoul, Korea 1000/I 25 June 1948 Confidential No. 869 MAPS: KOREA, 1/250,000 Eastern ASIA, 1/1,000,000 1. ARMED FORCES a. North Korean Constabularymen Attack Police Boxes Near Parallel (1) At 230130 June an estimated 20 North Korean Constabularymen attacked the KO EUP (930.1-1696.1) police box. The fight lasted approximately one hour with no reported casualties. (CIC P/R #149. C-3) (2) At approximately 232300 June 30 North Korean Constabularymen came 300 yards south of the parallel and attacked the CHANG KOK (917.9-1696.4) police box. South Korean police after two hours repulsed the attack without casualties. (CIC P/R #149. C-3) b. Rightist Leader Killed by North Korean Constabularymen in KANGWON-DO At 250340 June 5 North Korean Constabularymen came south of the 38th parallel and entered the village of KOTAN NI (1068-1695) where they attempted to kidnap the local chairman of the NATIONAL SOCIETY for the ACCELERATION of KOREAN INDEPENDENCE. When the NSAKI chairman refused to accompany the NKC to North KOREA he was shot and killed. The NKC then returned to North Korea. (CIC Flash Report. C-3) 2. POLITICAL ACTIVITIES Negative 3. CIVIL UNREST a. Handbills Distributed in TAEGU A translation of handbills distributed on 19 June in the TAEGU City Hall states: (1) "We demand the immediate release of the patriotic officers of the Provincial Government who are under arrest without reason! (2) Remove the Police Force and the "American Dogs" who arrested the Patriotic Officers! (3) Remove the Officers and RHEE Syngman who sell our country to the United States! (4) Why does the United States Army remain in Korea while the Russian Army leaves? Retire as the Russian Army does!" (CIC S/I, 23 June. F-6) COMMENT: This handbill attack, having been issued subsequent to the recent arrests of more than 100 alleged communists in the TAEGU City and KYONGSANG-PUKTO Provincial Governments, indicates that the police allegations had considerable foundations in fact. b. Communists Threaten Judges in TAEGU Members of the SOUTH KOREA LABOR PARTY in TAEGU have stated that if the TAEGU provincial government officials recently arrested are given heavy sentences the judges will be assassinated. (CIC S/I, 23 June. C-4) Confidential DECLASSIFIED Authority NND 745370 CONFIDENTIAL XXIV CORPS G-2 P/R #869 COMMENT: See paragraph a, above. c. Communist Shift Reported Since the election on 10 May the SOUTH KOREA LABOR PARTY, as a political unit, has reportedly disintegrated with the exception of staff members. The staff members are attempting to continue operations through, and to organize cells within, other groups not affiliated with the communists in order to strengthen the SKLP position. (CIC S/I, 23 June. C-3) d. Raiders Attack CHEJU-DO Police Box (Delayed Report) On 18 June approximately 20 raiders attacked the CHUNGHUN Myun police box approximately 4 kilometers north of HAWON NI (945-1121) but were repulsed by the police after an hour's fighting. During the fight one raider was killed. (CIC P/R #149. C-3) e. Handbills Distributed on CHEJU-DO (Delayed Report) During the night of 06 June handbills, demanding (a) applicants for police positions be killed and (b) absolute opposition to the election of National Assembly members, were distributed in NABUN NI (932-1142). f. Constabularymen Attack Rightist Organization Members On 20 June an intoxicated South Korean Constabularyman broke into a meeting of the NORTHWEST YOUNG MEN'S ASSOCIATION in SEOUL, announced that he was a communist and threatened to break up the meeting. The participants in the meeting turned the Constabularyman over to the Community Protective Association (theoretically disbanded) where he was interrogated and later released. The intoxicated constabula men recruited 20 more Constabularymen who returned to the NWYMA meeting and severely beat 10 men. (CIC P/R #149. C-3) 4. PSYCHOLOGICAL Translation of SEOUL Newspapers. (See Incl. #1) 5. SABOTAGE AND ESPIONAGE Negative 6. INTELLIGENCE CONCERNING ADJACENT AREAS Negative AC of S, G-2 1 Incl. 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. -2CONFIDENTIAL DECLASSIFIED Authority NND 265070