국방경비대, 게릴라 순찰 개시

PART I SOUTH KOREA SECRET From: 231200/I Apr. 48 To : 301200/I Apr. 48 Headquarters, USAFIK Seoul, Korea 30 April 1948 No. 137 A. ARMED FORCES 2. Operational Activity (Confidential) 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. Civil Unrest 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 occasions. During this same period police killed 25 people associated with the guerrilla bands. 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 CIEJU-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 KYONGSANG-NAMDO. 3. Eleven communists killed: seven on CHEJU-DO, two in CHOLLA-NAMDO, 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.