INCIDENTS OF THE FIRST NORTH KOREAN OCCUPATION OF SEOUL

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 1999
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: April 5, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT Incidents of the First North Korean Occupaticn
of Seoul
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l,, During t'rle first orth irean. occupation of ':^ =p MnY i c l re s.-dents left s we
n reon
the city for other areas. Recolss of tical reportsto eouleenivratio
authorities on a day t,o day bas Typical
District by the So,,th Korean Laboar
the folloiing, which were noted in Son:,P
Party (sKLP) .
i r 37 persons moved, including two families (six
south and 29 fami~.ies (51
'T Pu;ust- 40 fam lies totaling
persons) north, n7 ee farail.ies (30 persons) sr
persons) free riigration.-%t
persons moved, four families (nine persons)
rku;*ust: seven families totaling 21sons) free migrationo
south, three families (12 pe
9 August: five fannies (nine pe--sons) moved, four families (7 persons) southa
two persons) free migration. Dy 9 august (starting date
one f arai.ly
not stated), total erdgration was 29 families (122 persons) north
r a 5 free
127 families (441 persons) south, and 600 families (2,492 Pe
migration. till free emigrants went south, none to the north. ,.bout
ten persons wbo had gone south on free emigration returned to Seoul,,
10 August: nine families (23 persons) moved north 38 families (144 persons)
moved south. Six families (31 persons ,-?no had applied for permits
to move north had not yet left, but all persons with permits for the
south had gone?
For the same period, Jkku District SIIP cell reported a total of 96 families
d 393 families (1,578) Personscn free migration.,
2n
south an
(457 Persons) moving .-
also to the south. .o one moved north.
On 25 August, the second cell of Songpuk District SKVI reported to the li.strict
Organization CormitteeIf* a list of property c0zifiscated from "ene,::d.es and tr itorst'
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Two-story western-style house, 41 2-don?., owned by Li Yon-s" k
staff merrier of the 1)emocr tic :lational Party and former consul ge feral
in ::'ancLukuo, classified as a traitor, property turned over to the pro-
vincial prosecutor's office,
Tile-roofed one-story house, 5 2-dons;,, owned by PAK Yong,-ha
Deputy `_`ir_ister of Corrnauni caDions, classified as a traitor,) property
turned oven- to CUD Tu-hy'Kng ( . A- ii~ ) .
(>y .,G,
Tile roofed one-story house, 60--44 2-clan,, owned by CIIJ Ht9-yrng
PDa :ional Assembly, classified as tr itor, turned over to 0110, Tu hyKng,
Tile--roofed one-story house, 55-1 2-dong, owned by KIST Sang-Ijyc"p (-?J i,' 2J )9
son of ~'II Y6nsu (7J fi) ** cl. :;ified as traitor, turned over to
Internal. ",ffairs Office. I
Tile-roofed one-story house, 126-3 2-dong, owned by KID Il (7, ?.), chief of
the 2-dong civilian guard unit, member of the staff of the Taehan Demo-
r) a*
cratic Party, classified as traitor, turned over to YI T n- ; , (?,1 01
Tin-roofed wooden houses 305-2 2-dots;, owned by :) Harr-kap (,,,,~~ = "' , met-
chant, classified as enetr~y, not registered to a new custodian. 7
Tile-roofed one-stor, frame house, 289 2-dons;, owned by 17101IG Chu wwan --"
doctor, cl; ssified as enemy and traitor, not registered to a new
4. On 16 August, a squad of People's Army personnel surrounded the Commercial
College buildir and made a thorough search of the buildings arx1 grounds, last-
ing several hours. All personnel on the premises were ordered into a room and
searched. The object of the inspection appeared to be primarily removal of all
arms and weapons, but personal possession3 of students and faculty such as
clothing, blankets, watches,, cameras, lighters,, and electric equipment were con-
fiscated y individual troops, in addition to money.
5. Among SKLP members who were active in the Songpuk and Uk so areas were KO Sun-
Y6" (I ) , chief of Cell 2 of Songpuk-~ku, and YIJN Sow-u
chief of Uk ?s-Edon;; Cell.
Comment. This term was not defined. It apparently refers to move-
merit y farni:Lies as units rather than as parts of a larger group.
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_ Comment. This report indicates that local cells reported to a
hii,hrTdistrict organization section even matters of very low-level inform-
ation value.
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Comment. A colonel of this name in the IflK army was reported in
Au ust 19 as a Communist syn :. t izer.,
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~Comrment. YI was a professor of Znglish literature at Seoul Univer-
sity who remained in Seoul during the occupation. He was later shot as
a collaborator. 25X1A
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