제주 3‧1사건과 총파업

CIVIL INTELLIGENCE SECTION PERIODICAL SUMMARY CIVIL CENSORSHIP COUNTER INTELLIGENCE PUBLIC SAFETY SUMMATION GENERAL HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES ARMY FORCES, PACIFIC MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SECTION, GENERAL STAFF I: CIVIL CENSORSHIP II: COUNTER INTELLIGENCE III: PUBLIC SAFETY IV: SUMMATION NO. 15 DATE 15 April 1947 SECTION II: COUNTER INTELLIGENCE 971 CIC DETACHMENT: XXIV CORPS 2. Subversive Activity a. Radical (4) Political Groups Clash in Southern Korea: CHEJU ISLAND The third incident of consequence occurred on Cheju Island when a large crowd marched on a police station. Police fired into the crowd killing six persons. One policeman was injured. (5) General Strike Breaks Out: Information received from National Police on 13 March 1947 stated that the following report had been received from Cheju Island (Saishu To): "Sixty-four policemen have resigned since the 1 March incident. Demonstration made by all the middle school students in the city (Cheju). Business stops as employees strike". Telephone reports from Pusan CIC on 14 March 1947 stated that all Military Government employees with the exception of the police and court officials had gone on strike on the island. Police reinforcements from Cholla Namdo and Cholla Pukto were dispatched. The general strike on Cheju was prompted by the 1 March 1947 incident. The public made several protests to the police and Military Government Officials over police brutality, and finally staged the over-all strike as a protest. The Seoul Han Sung Ilbo, moderate right-wing newspaper, stated on 13 March 1947 in an article regarding the Cheju situation that 90% of the population of Cheju is left-wing.