1. 경비대 활동
제주도의 국방경비대는 부대 재편성 작업에 들어갔다. 제주도에 주둔하고 있는 제11연대는 7월 23일 수원 인근 지역으로 이동할 작정이다. 제9연대에 배속될 제3여단 소속 2개 대대가 7월 21일 부산에서 제주도로 이동했다.
PART I
SOUTH KOREA
From: 091200/I July 48
To : 161200/I July 48
Headquarters, USAFIK
Seoul, Korea
16 July 1948
No. 148
CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY: APRIL, MAY, JUNE 1948
(See W/S #133 for C. S. cf preceeding period)
03 April Serious rioting begins on Cheju-Do.
08 April Cheju-do rioting figures show 19 killed since 3 April (4 police, 12 Rightist civilians, 3 Communists), 21 wounded (5 police, 16 Rightists), 3 police and 4 Rightists are missing.
01 May Eight American dependents are evacuated from Cheju-do as fresh raids break out.
02 May Six people are killed in May Day violence on Cheju-do.
10 May More than 6,000,000 of the 7,000,000 registered voters go to the polls in Korea's first election.
26 May Major General John B. Coulter is announced as Deputy Commander, USAFIK and XXIV Corps.
01 June Civil Administrator AHN Chai Hong submits resignation, effective 08 June.
08 June Several Korean fishing boats are bombed by Japan-based U.S. aircraft off Dok-Do (Liancourt Rocks). Fourteen Koreans reported killed.
10 June Military Governor postpones Cheju-Do elections for an indefinite period.
19 June Colonel PaK Chin Kyung, commander of the Korean Constabulary in Cheju-Do, is fatally shot while asleep in his quarters.