THE SITUATION IN SEOUL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005400500004-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 31, 2000
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: July 31, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Korea
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CENTRAL INTILLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION RE-PORT
SUBJECT The Situation in Seoul V
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10 .le following are South I,ornan personnel who have joined the Tlorth `,orean
governuent: KIr.7 Ilyo-sots, formcr '.Tinistor of Home Affairs; Yi1 Tone-yol,
former Commander of the Conatahula -TI TCys?-si':, former Chairman of the
Lcgislativo Assembly; CIlO 1"an-ku, assemblyman; YU I su, assemblyman; SO! G
lie-song, Brigadier Genoral, former Conrinnclor of rhr' 4 Division; 0 Se-chang,
signer of the Korean 1910 Indonondonce "anifosto; Or! Hang-sup, propaganda
chief of' he Ilankook Indonondence Party; PAr{ Chol-!,yu, assemblyman; "I'" fle4
suk, investigation committee member; C!! ' G Yun-song, assemblyn an0.*
2? A political operational troop ontorod Seoul on 4 July and began operations on
5 July. They have IFcion chec':ing the populace throurrh the use of the old I'lao
Chia system. They are ee Doc?ally int,~?^^stoc4 in nor--ons who Pled *Tort1i '.or-.6
and in arc?ent South "'groan s nnnortera. Tiorth Korean support in Seoul generally
cones from the rrox':fing class anc? sturlon.t clenonts. '.T'rchants are classed as
neutral th South Korean leanings.. The intellerrentsia is nro-South Korean.
The feeling exists 'hat the :youth bergs,.. :army will return and would ho welcomed
by the majority of the people. South Korean and American leaflets got , good re-
ception . Sixty percent of the Seoul sstur ants are actively aiding North organs.
3, The Poopleas Army headquarters is at the former military police hnadc-uerterss
at Yongsan;. the police hcadc;martere is the sang as before; government offices
are the same as before; dramatic alliance headquarters is at the t!ttional Theater;
South Korea Labor 'artzy h-adgnerters is at the promises of the All Korea Labor
Union; the Pecmle's Con, -itteo hoadruarters is at the capitol.
4. Aix raid damage in Seoul is as follows: capitol building (slight); former U.S.
f nbaassy (slight); flrha University; Tankun University; Korea University;
CThasin Department store; Samisak Circus; Navy Iloadquarters; some buildings of the
4 Korean army hoadruartera in the Chongna area.
5. Source car some AussiLans in eca.*.l who -^re identified as pilots, tank drivers and
oporators of heavy guns. The number of ?ussians in Seoul is not t nown.
This oc ument is hereby regraded Fq_
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the Appro*ed.For Release 2000/06/
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6m Most South Korean am r and police were shot on the spot along with
their families. The People's Guard Corps., the Northwest Youth Or--
ganization9 and the Hanchung members were given a people's trial
and were punished according to the public verdict. Actually all were
executed. Extreme anti-Communists were executed at once; those ,o
fled from North Korea were put to forced labor.
7, The North Korean propaganda states that grain will be shipped to
Seoul from North Korea, This is not believed by the populace. On
3 July a celebration was broken up by a U.S. air raid wth some casu-
alties. The participants of this mass meeting included students., and
members of the South Korean Labor Party,, Korean Independence Party,,
Laboring Peoples Party,, Democratic Independence Federation,, Democratic
Youth Alliance., All Korea Labor Union., and a few bewildered peasants.
CHO Vannka and HANG Sop of the Korean Independence Party are propaganda
leaders,
?3, Source heard that a North Korean am captain secretly released a
captured South Korean artillery officer saying that the final victory
would be won by South Korea and he hoped a good deed would be re-
membered,
9, According to a rumor in Seoul, a South Korean force of unknown size under
Colonel YI Yong mun is in the south mountain sector without supplies,,
but awaiting orders,
25X1 A * - Cownent, It was not indicated -whether these individuals
joined the North Korean governument of their awn volition or were
forced to join for propaganda purposes.
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