제주도에서 발생한 폭력사태 상보

28 April 1948 MEMORANDUM FOR MR. PETRUS J. SCHMIDT Principal Secretary UNTCOK SUBJECT: Anti-Registration Activities. Transmitted herewith is a summary of all violence in South Korea, most of which was directed against the existing government by those groups opposed to elections. Inclosure No. 1 is a police report of violence during the period of 7 February/18 April 1948. Since statistics alone do not show a full picture, Inclosure No. 2 has been added to give details of some of the more important incidents. Inclosure No. 2, however, covers only the period from 29 March to 20 April 1948. Some of the incidents shown in Inclosure No. 2 do not appear in the tabulation due to the different sources of information involved. JOHN WECKERLING Brigadier General, U. S. A. 2 Incls 1. Total of activities (Tabular Form). 2. Total of activities. <첨부문서2> 제주도에서 발생한 폭력사태 상보(詳報) DATE PLACE INCIDENT 17 pr Cheju To In Sin Chod three civilians killed. One civilian seriously injured and two other civilians missing. 17 pr Cheju To In Cheju-up police lines west of town were cut. Total of 36 telephone poles cut down. 12 Apr Cheju Do In Cheju City police detail repairing telephone lines fired upon. 1j pr Cheju Do In Aewol one civilian was killed. 25 Apr Cheju To In Mosulpo the constabulary compound was approached by a crowd. 28 Apr Cheju Do In Cheju City snipers opened fire on Cheju City. • 제주도 선거 무기한 연기(1948. 5) (10) Cheju Island [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] On the island of Cheju, along the scene of [illegible] bitter family vendettas, the Communists apparently made their [illegible] greatest effort to disrupt the elections. Trained agitators and specially armed groups were sent to Cheju from other provinces to interfere and halt, if possible, the registration and balloting [illegible] Casualties on Cheju Island were considerable. For the entire period of the Communist subversive effort beginning 7 February [illegible] 1948 to 14 May (Communist subversive activities still continuing [illegible] on a diminishing scale on Cheju) the figures were: [illegible] Election officials - Killed 4 [illegible] (More than any other province) [illegible] Police - Killed 12 Wounded 25 (Second highest total among provinces) Families of Police - Killed 6 Wounded 3 (Highest total among provinces) [illegible] Additionally 42 persons were killed and 60 wounded by Com- munists in indiscriminate attacks on Cheju Island. The Communists were well armed, principally with Japanese weapons, and the mountainous areas of the island, afforded excellent concealment and bases for launching raids on villages. There was considerable intimidation of both election officials and voters and in some [illegible] cases complete destruction of balloting places, particularly in North Cheju. In some cases almost the entire village population either left voluntarily or by force on Election Day. Despite a vigorous campaign by the Communists, excellent comparative results were obtained. In the three electoral districts in Cheju (2 in North and 1 in South Cheju) a total of 69.8% were registered and 86.6 of actual registrants voted. (Inclosure No. 55). In North Cheju the voting was higher, however, than in any other area in South Korea: North Cheju No. of Reg- No. of Actual Voting Districts istered Voters Voters Districts Where Votes Could Not Be Counted Electoral Dis- 27,560 11,912 73 [illegible] 42 [illegible] trict "A" Electoral Dis- 20,917 9,724 61 [illegible] 29 [illegible] trict "B" [illegible] (Inclosure No. 54) [illegible] [illegible] In view of the situation prevailing on Cheju, the Military Governor, on recommendation of the National Election Committee, invalidated the voting in the two electoral districts of North [illegible] Cheju. Elections in these areas were postponed indefinitely. [illegible] [See Inclosure No. 46 [illegible] detailed report of U.S. observers). [illegible]