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CIVIL INTELLIGENCE SECTION PERIODICAL SUMMARY CIVIL CENSORSHIP COUNTER INTELLIGENCE PUBLIC SAFETY SPECIAL ARTICLES PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY GENERAL HEADQUARTERS FAR EAST COMMAND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SECTION, GENERAL STAFF I: CIVIL CENSORSHIP II: COUNTER INTELLIGENCE III: PUBLIC SAFETY IV: SPECIAL ARTICLES V: PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY NO. 39 DATE 15 Apr 49 SECTION IV: SPECIAL ARTICLES PROBLEMS CONFRONTING SOUTH KOREA 2. Communist-Inspired Disorders: c. Clean-Up Campaigns Against Guerrillas: (1) Cheju Island: Terrorism is being brought under control. The island has been a bloody battleground for the past year with Communist-led raids on towns, destruction of buildings, murder of civilians, battles with police and soldiers, sabotage, arson and pillage. Chiefly responsible for checking terrorism on Cheju Island has been Col. Yu Jai-hung, a leader of the Korean Military Academy. Since arriving on Cheju, 2 Mar 49, as over-all Task Force Commander, he has routed the rebels to the hillsides. His men have wiped out some 300 of the enemy and captured 1,000. There remains an estimated 250 armed rebels on the island, backed by some 1,000 to 1,500 non-combatant sympathizers. The small number of arms captured in recent clashes, compared with the number of rebels killed and captured, indicates a scarcity of weapons. The seriousness of the fighting on the mountainous little island can be seen from the estimates of the numbers of persons killed and the damage done. Approximately 15,000 persons have died in battle and one-third of the homes on the island have been razed in the past year. (J)