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GENERAL HEADQUARTERS FAR EAST COMMAND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SECTION, GENERAL STAFF INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY INTELLIGENCE DATA COVERING THE MILITARY ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL FIELDS IN: JAPAN KOREA PHILIPPINES CHINA-MANCHURIA SOUTHEAST ASIA N. E. I. SECRET GENERAL HEADQUARTERS FAR EAST COMMAND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SECTION, GENERAL STAFF TABLE OF CONTENTS Selected items for the Information of Commanders NO. and Staffs of the Far East Command DATE 2316 11 January 1949 # INTELLIGENCE HIGHLIGHTS (4) NORTH KOREA Withdrawal of Soviet tactical units from North Korea completed. Limited number of advisory personnel, under co-ordinating head, probably remain. Communists plan invasion of South Korea in conjunction with widespread fifth column activities. (5) SOUTH KOREA North Koreans attempt to infiltrate South Korean Military Academy. Guerrilla activity causes 191 deaths. President RHEE may replace Prime Minister LEE. KOREA Military, Political, Economic, Social Situation, Press Review, Civil Intelligence, Miscellaneous No. 2316 Selected items for the Information of Commanders and Staffs of the Far East Command MILITARY SITUATION 1. Communist Activity: (a) Trainee Infiltration: Trainees of the Pyongyang Political School in North Korea have been instructed to join the South Korean Constabulary and attempt to enter the Korean Military Academy, according to Constabulary officials in Taegu. Source Comment: Constabulary units have conducted an intensive screening campaign to eliminate dissidents since the Yosu-Sunchon revolt in October (Intell. Summary 2241). However, the infiltration of South Korean security forces apparently is a continued objective of the Communists. (a) (b) Casualties: Guerrilla activity in South Korea from 1 Jan to 8 Jan resulted in approximately 191 deaths. During this period, 100 guerrillas, three policemen, and three Constabularymen were killed when police and Constabulary forces clashed with raiders in three engagements in South Cholla Province. Twelve rebels and six policemen were killed in South Kyongsang Province when police engaged a rebel force of unrevealed size. In four attacks on villages and one attack on a Constabulary unit on Cheju Island, 20 raiders, 46 villagers, and one policeman were killed and 27 Constabularymen wounded. POLITICAL REPORT 2. Current Developments: (a) Control Relinquished: LEE Bum Suk, Prime Minister of the Korean Republic, reportedly has relinquished control of the Korean National Youth Corps (KNYC) to SHIN Suk Woo, a personal friend of President RHEE Syngman. SHIN was the Secretary of Finance of the old Korean Provisional Government in China from 1919 to 1926. He served a brief prison term in Korea in 1926 after he was apprehended by the Japanese police. He returned to China in 1938, acting as an intelligence adviser to CHIANG Kai-shek. Returning to Korea in May 47 at the request of President RHEE, SHIN has not taken an active part in governmental affairs, although he was considered for the post of Prime Minister and was offered the position of Minister Without Portfolio. SHIN is a brother-in-law of Prime Minister LEE. Source Comment: The relinquishing of nominal control by LEE Bum Suk is not necessarily the release of real control. (a) (b) Prime Minister to Be Replaced: Persistent rumors in South Korea indicate that Prime Minister LEE will be replaced probably about 15 Jan. SHIN Suk Woo reportedly has been offered LEE's position but has declined the appointment. Members of the National Assembly have indicated that they would accept the appointment of SHIN Ik Hi, chairman of the National Assembly and member of the Great Korean Nationalist Party; KIM Seung Soo, chairman of the Hankook Democratic Party; or LEE Chung Chun, head of the United Young Men's Party. Another possible choice is CHO So Ang, chairman of the recently organized Socialist Party. CHO might gain confirmation by the National Assembly, since approximately 40 Assemblymen reportedly are affiliated with the Socialist Party. Source Comment: Prime Minister LEE's reluctance to relinquish control of his KNYC and merge it with the Great Korean Youth Corps, the youth group amalgamation, has caused strained relations between LEE and President RHEE for several weeks. Although LEE reportedly has relinquished control of his youth group, it is believed that RHEE has not forgotten nor forgiven LEE's actions. LEE's successor may have been decided upon among the Assemblymen during secret conferences. (a) (c) Women Sponsor Petition: Three members of the Women's Union of the South Korean Labor Party in North Chungchong Province are collecting signatures on a petition objecting to recognition of the Government of the Korean Republic by the UN General Assembly. (a)