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EPARTMENT OF THE ARK STAFF MESSAGE CENTER INCOMING CLASSIFIED MESSAGE SECRET PRIORITY MESSAGE CENTER COPY PARAPHRASE NOT REQUIRED. HANDLE A[FROM/TO CORRESPONDENCE] DATE PER PARAS 511 and 60a ([illegible] AR 380-5 CROSS REFERENCE [illegible signature] From: COMGENUSAFIK Seoul, Korea To: Dept of Army for CINCFE Nr: ZGBI 1585 30 September 1948 Reference WX 89039, ourads ZGBI 1268 and 1360, and ZPOL 1301, the following answers questions set forth in WX 89039: 1A. Communists knew that they were voting to sustain North Korean elections; others (presumably moderates) voted as means toward unification; still others voted under duress, through ignorance, because of promise of reward or a reward. Duress was used on Cheju and in some of southern provinces; on Ongjin Peninsula 3 Dai Dong (right wing) party members signed a paper when they were told they would receive land. Forgery was perhaps most widespread means of marking ballots in South Korea.