BOX 1, FILE 3: Kwangju Aftermath – Arrests – Chun Visit
These documents are primarily US embassy reports on the military trials of over 175 people arrested by the martial law authorities after the Gwangju Uprising. “Most of the defendants are apparently clergymen, professors, and students.” (Oct. 24 cable). The documents also include reports of a Korean military incursion into the USIS Information Office in the Kwangju US Cultural Center, and the US government complaints about that. The troops apparently entered the USIS Library after a student from Chonnam University was arrested with materials about the Park assassination he obtained from the library.
Use links below to view documents in PDF format:
- Press Distortions of the US Reaction to May 17 & Other Events | May 30, 1980
- Kwangju Library Incident (1) | June 27, 1980
- Kwangju Library Incident (2) | June 27, 1980
- Six Catholic Priests & a Woman Helper in Custody for ‘Fabricating Propaganda’ | July 14, 1980
- APF Interview with Former Peach Corps Volunteers in Korea | July 19, 1980
- Police Visits to ICA Kwangju Center | July 22, 1980
- Wanted Student Reportedly Flees to Japan, U.S. | July 22, 1980
- President Chun Visits Kwangju – Mixed Signals | September 5, 1980
- Stepped-Up Efforts to Recover Arms Taken in Kwangju Uprising | September 11, 1980
- Mass Public Trials in Kwangju | October 24, 1980
- Sentences Passed in Kwangju | October 25, 1980
- Press Guidance on Kwangju Court Martial Verdict | October 27, 1980
- Suggested Press Guidance on Sentence of 175 in Kwangju | October 27, 1980
- Kwangju Verdicts (1) | October 27, 1980
- More on Kwangju Verdicts – Almost Half of Sentences are Suspended | October 27, 1980
- Kwangju Verdicts (2) | November 3, 1980
- Congressional Inquiry about Kim Tae-Jin | November 14, 1980
- Reply to Congressional Inquiry | November 19, 1980
- Kwangju Trials | December 10, 1980
- Kwangju Appeals – Trial & Arrests | December 23, 1980
