미군정·이승만 정권의 제주4·3항쟁에 대한 인식

The understanding of the United States Army Military Government in Korea and Rhee Syngman government on the Jeju 4·3 Resistance

This paper tries to investigate into the level involvement of the United States Army Military Government in Korea(USAMGIK) and Rhee Syngman government during the process of suppression of the Jeju 4·3 Resistance. The Jeju 4·3 Resistance against the separated election for the separated government in Korean peninsula was the refusal of policy U.S. and USAMGIK. It was a shock to U.S. and USAMGIK. Therefore, Military Governor of USAMGIK, Maj. Dean decided co-operation of the Korean Constabulary and Korean Coast Guard in Jeju-Do. After the failure the election in Jeju, he dispatched Col. Brown to suppress 4·3 Resistance. The USAMGIK and the Rhee Syngman government killed a tenth people of all provincials. The Rhee Syngman government fabricated them the communist and consequently they were massacred by the government. The Rhee Syngman government also used them an instrument for escaping a crisis oriented a weakness of itself. After establishing the Korean government, the U.S. Army participated still with the massacre through the Military Assistance Advisory Group. In conclusion, Rhee government utilized discourses and ideologies to legitimize the use of state-led violence, in name of national security. Also, the USAMGIK and U.S. regarded South Korea as bulwark of anti-communism in Asia. Despite the fact that they Knew the mass slaughter among civilians by the 9th Regiment and massacre by rightist groups in Jeju, they did not resist such illegal and cruel activities. the USAMAIK and the U.S regarded jeju as the ideological battleground only.