여순반란 사건

[illegible] DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY MESSAGE WINTER COPY STAFF MESSAGE CENTER INCOMING-CLASSIFIED MESSAGE RESTRICTED PRIORITY PARAPHRASE NOT REQUIRED. HANDLE AS RESTRICTED CORRESPONDENCE PER PARAS 511 and 60a (4) AR P380 [illegible] FROM TO PLACE DATE [illegible] From: COMGENUSAFIK Seoul Korea To : CINCFE Tokyo Japan for G-2 Info: Dept of the Army Wash DC Nr : ZGBI 12306 22 October 1948 This is G-2 Highlight 305, 21 Oct 48. Capt St Ele, CIC, departed from Kwangju (990-1350) at 1700 and submitted the following report: 1. 2 American Lts (Greenbaum and Mohr) accompanied one Co of the 4th Regt into Sunchon 20 Oct 48. Subsequently, a Korean Lt who had been in Sunchon reported that the 2 American Lts had the freedom of the town. Nothing further has been heard of the Lts or the company. 2. 2 other companies that went to Sunchon 20 Oct afternoon returned to Kwangju that night. They suffered no casualties. 3. A Bn of the 4th Regt is in position across the road about 6 miles Northwest of Sunchon having gone into position at 211500 Oct 48. 4. Police report that rioters have captured 4 police boxes, 1 in Beryangmyin (1040-10), 1 in Polgyo (1034-1314), 1 in Chosung (1025-1309) and 1 in Naggan (1034-1324). 5. The train consisting of 3 carloads of soldiers which was previously reported as proceeding North out of Kwangyang (1060-1330) was actually proceeding North out of Sunchon at approx 211205 Oct 48. 6. 26 of the mutineers were captured by 3 loyal Constabularymen while the mutineers were en route in a truck to attack the police at Posong (1000-1300). Prisoners state that on the night of 19 Oct they were told to fall out and draw weapons; they thought that they were drawing weapons to go to Cheju Do. One of the prisoners states that they did not kill anyone but simply fired their rifles in the air as they went through various villages proclaiming North Korean Govt. 7. The Kwangju Constabulary Hq estimates 2,400 Constabularymen among the mutineers. Only estimate of nbr of civs is a prisoner's statement that there were very few. (F-6). 8. Constabulary and police morale at Kwangju excellent. (F-2).