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(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]