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GENERAL HEADQUARTERS FAR EAST COMMAND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SECTION, GENERAL STAFF TABLE OF CONTENTS NO. Selected Items for the Information of Commanders and Staffs of the Far East Command DATE 2134 17 June 1948 ## KOREA **Military, Political, Economic, Social Situation, Press Review, Civil Intelligence, Miscellaneous** Selected Items for the Information of Commanders and Staffs of the Far East Command No. 2134 POLITICAL REPORT 1. Cheju Island Election Postponed: (a) Disorders Cause Postponement: Maj Gen William F. Dean, Military Governor of South Korea, has postponed indefinitely the election on Cheju Island that he had ordered to be held 23 Jun after declaring the 10 May election null and void in two of the three electoral districts (Intell. Summary 2122). Gen Dean's decision to postpone the election was motivated by the desire to guarantee the voting population of the two districts a peaceful and undisturbed election which would represent the will of the people, and by unsuppressed disorders by subversive elements on the island, which would be aggravated, with a corresponding loss of life, if the election were held on 23 Jun. Postponement of the elections was discussed with the recently appointed Liaison Committee of the new South Korean National Assembly, and an agreement was reached that the election should be postponed indefinitely rather than create a cause for agitation by admitting the two candidates to the Assembly who received the highest number of votes from the less than 50 per cent of the registered voters, who actually voted on 10 May. The Liaison Committee believes that Cheju Island will be well represented by one candidate from the southern district of the island (where the election was successful) until a satisfactory election can be held in the other two electoral districts. (a) 2. Political Conference Held: (a) Conference for Uniting Korea: Dr. KIMU Kiu Sik and KIM Koo, South Korean political leaders, recently held conferences with their followers, allegedly to devise measures for accelerating the unification of North and South Korea. KIM Koo's Korean Independence Party was represented by CHO Si Moon, UE: Hang Sup and KIM Kee Wan, while Dr. KIMM's National Independence Federation delegates were WON Si Hoon, KIM Poong Jun, and YU Suk Hyen. The conferees conducted their first meeting on 4 Jun, acting as a standing committee for the unification of Korea. Dr. KIMM and KIM Koo are urging support for the unification movement and issued a joint statment which contained the following proposals: (1) an organization to further the unification movement should be developed and strengthened; (2) the public should be convinced of the idea and methods of attaining independence through an organization; (3) the reconstruction of Korea and promotion of prosperity can succeed only through peaceful methods; (4) sabotage, terrorism and murder must be rejected as a means of gaining true independence; and (5) world opinion should be sought to support Korean efforts for the unification. Although Dr. KIMM and KIM Koo have great hopes for their program, the unification movement is not attracting much attention among the average Korean. This political conniving by the two KIM's detracts to a certain extent from more wholehearted support of the National Assembly on the part of all factions, and gives the Communists a field for agitation. (b,c) Comment: Apparently Dr KIMM and KIM Koo are endeavoring to regain their political prestige which they lost after attending the conference of North and South Korean political leaders at Pyongyang in April (Intell. Summary 2089). Both KIM's are presently considered politically dead. However, if they can convince assemblymen of the nonpartisans and small parties that their unification movement is the paramount need of Korea, the possibility of either or both KIM's regaining political prestige and power becomes greater.