제주 4‧3폭동 발생 / <남조선과도정부 활동> 제31호

SECTION 5 NATIONAL POLICE Illegible … … violence in April … … … attempting to … … … the 10 May election. In … … … as usual in … … … … Election Grievances … … … Attacks were made on registration booths and registration cards were stolen, usually with the threat that the signers would suffer for their registration. Other methods included beating or killing election officials and candidates, sending great numbers of threatening letters and staging as many public demonstrations as possible. Registration Centers Attacked 5. Considering the number of trained trouble-makers, the number of attacks on registration booths—approximately 52 out of 13,455 booths—was small, and considerably less than anticipated. Kyongsang-pukto led with 21; Chungchong-pukto and Seoul had 10 each; Cholla-nando had eight. Cheju-do reported two attacks on registration booths and Cholla-pukto had one. 6. Although mounting interest in the election caused more press and public discussion of the attendant disorders, the total number of attacks on police boxes and government buildings, casualties, and cases of rioting fell off sharply in comparison with the two previous months, despite the upsurge of violence on Cheju-do. Police reports, however, listed an increase in the number of "innocent by-standers" injured and the number of "miscellaneous disorders". These "disorders" were of a type hard on by-standers — arson, intimidation by leftist and rightist strongarm squads, and dynamiting of printing presses. School strikes also were called — probably more to head off examinations than for political reasons. Some of the fighting was between various groups of rightists or within the ranks of the same organization. The concerted attack on communications and transportation of the previous month clashed off, at least for the time being. Cheju-do 8. The month's most serious outbreak occurred on Cheju-do, where disturbances began on 3 April. A recapitulation of events dated 5 April read: "One police box destroyed, 13 boxes attacked, five police killed, 28 civilians injured, one policeman's wife killed, one Dai Dong Youth killed." Police reinforcements were sent on 5 April. It was reported in the press that there were 2,000 well-armed … guerrilla rioters who occupied Japanese-built shelters … well-left … … Constabulary. As reported by the Seoul Times, … … … … … … by night. The papers reported that Lt. Kim … …, commanding officer … the constabulary, on 21 April attempted to … … rebels by … … guerrillas appealing to them to cease fighting … … forces would ask … … … quoted that American troops would … … …tly. The last casualty figures appearing in the April papers covered only the period from 3-15 April. These included: policemen killed, seven; injured, … members of their families killed, three; missing, two; civilians killed, 12; injured, 45; missing, 21; houses destroyed, 19; burned, seven; rioters killed, 29; injured, 10. RIOTS AND DISORDERS 13. Disturbances in the southern provinces continued through April with violent outbreaks in Cheju-do. Initial attacks were launched 3-7 April. The police report, as quoted by the leftist Dok Lib Sinbo (Independence News) on 7 April, said there were 15 killed and 50 wounded. The rightist Kyong Hyang Shin Mun (Rural and Urban News) on 23 April asserted that the riots were getting worse. According to this paper, special troops of the Ninth Regiment of the Korean Constabulary had been dispatched to the island and with the police were drawing a cordon around the two chief towns. 14. The neutral Seoul Shin Mun (Seoul Daily News) on 29 April published the report of the Korean head of the public safety bureau on Cheju-do. He said that 2,000 men armed with machineguns and ample supplies were using Japanese-made dugouts in the mountains. Martial law had been proclaimed.