Telegram from General Douglas MacArthur to the War Department

WAR DEPARTMENT CLASSIFIED MESSAGE CENTER INCOMING CLASSIFIED MESSAGE DECLASSIFIED E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) TOT OSD letter, May 3, 1972 OPERATIONAL PRIORITY BYULT-be NARS Date 7-11-75 CORRECTED COPY CRYPTOGRAPHIC SECURITY DOES NOT APPLY. HANDLE AS TOP SECRET CORRESPONDENCE PER PARAS 448 and 53a, AR 380-5 From: Commander in Chief, Army Forces, Pacific Advance, Tokyo, Japan To: War Department Nr: CA 52562 1 October 1945 From CINCAFPAC Adv to WARCOS Joint Chiefs of Staff cite CA 52562. This message is TOP SECRET. Following message just received from General Hodge in Korea: "First authenticated reports of Soviet political activity in north Korea substantiate rumors that the Soviet Army is doing everything possible to spread communism despite the objections of the people. In one town a successful "self-rule council"; created after the Japanese surrender, was forcibly replaced by the Soviet commander with 8 "people's political committee Y in which Korean communists were given the dominant position although they are only a very small minority of the people. A Korean communist group was permitted to organize while en opposition "democratic party was forcibly disbanded. Radio, press and dropped leaflets are used to spread communist propagenda. Informant giving above eyewitness report says similar political activity taking place in other areas in north Korea, and he believes Soviets are determined to communize their zone of occupation. In view of such conditions, it is not believed that CM IN 171 (1 Oct 45) non COPY NO757224 THE MAKING OF AN EXACT COPY OF THIS MESSAGE IS FORBIDDEN