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CIVIL INTELLIGENCE SECTION PERIODICAL SUMMARY CIVIL CENSORSHIP COUNTER INTELLIGENCE PUBLIC SAFETY SUMMATION GENERAL HEADQUARTERS FAR EAST COMMAND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SECTION, GENERAL STAFF I: CIVIL CENSORSHIP II: COUNTER INTELLIGENCE III: PUBLIC SAFETY IV: SUMMATION N9 DATE 15 Aug 47 SECTION II: COUNTER INTELLIGENCE 971st CIC DETACHMENT: XXIV CORPS 2. Subversive Activity a. Radical (1) Girls' Middle School Strike Ends: (Ref: PS No. 18, page 37, par(2)). The strike began on 2 Jun 47 when some 180 girls of the third year class of the Choju Island Girls' Middle School refused to attend classes in protest against the school's refusal to provide additional academic courses and facilities and to stop the use of the Japanese language in classes, and presented these demands to the principal. Later it was discovered that the girls' parents knew nothing about the strike, and when notified most of them agreed to send their children back to school. On 3 Jun the teachers and the parents met to discuss the demands of the students. The principal said that he was doing what he could with the limited funds at his disposal. He also said that he would advise the faculty to refrain from using the Japanese language in classes. The day after the meeting the girls returned to school without apparent resentment and seemed to be in high spirits. Investigation failed to show any political influence connected with the disturbance. Case closed. Information received from interviews with those concerned. (c) (3) Outlawed Youth Group on the Rampage: The Northwest Young Men's Association (Saw Book Chung Nyun Hwei), abolished for terrorism in Apr 47, has brought about a veritable reign of terror in some parts of South Korea. This Rightist organization enjoys immunity from the police who actually cooperate with it. (Ref: This issue Par 1a.) When members of the Democratic Peoples' Front (Min Chu Shui Min Chok Sun) protested to the police of Kangyong and asked for protection from the depredations of the Northwest Young Men's Association five of their number were kidnaped by the NWYMA and beaten unmercifully. The police did nothing about this outrage. On the night of 3 Jun 47 two men of Wol Sung Ri were beaten by the NWYMA while members of the organization surrounded the police station and refused to let anyone contact the police while the beatings were taking place. The next day the men of Wol Sung Ri banded together to protect themselves and were arrested by the police. The president of the Boys' Commercial School in Kangyong reported that the NWYMA captured and beat two of the faculty of his school on 8 Jun 47. Later the president said that the NWYMA threatened to kill teachers and students if the school is reopened. Information concerning the above reports has been sent to the American Adviser, National Police for his information and necessary action. (a)