The traitor has so far insisted that he was not involved in the operation for suppressing the uprising as he was security commander.

But the document, worked out by the then U.S. secretary of State on May 25, 1980, showed that Chun, the man of power in the army, drew a conclusion that military operation was necessary and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff agreed to inform the U.S. through the U.S. commander in south Korea before the military operation.

Another document worked out on May 26 specified that Chun decided to quench the uprising in Kwangju and the result was notified to the U.S. commander in south Korea to the effect that the martial army would launch an operation in Kwangju at 00:00 on May 27.

It was also clarified in the document that it was Chun Doo Hwan who spread the false story about the north's involvement in the uprising.

The traitor, at a closed-door-meeting with U.S. businessmen in south Korea after the uprising, reeled off sophism that "22 unidentified bodies were found and they were suspected to be those of agents infiltrated by the north".

Reporting this, the media contended that it was false to insist on the north's involvement in the uprising, referring to the U.S. State Department document which said that "communism was not behind the May 18 uprising and there was no infiltration of the north army. This is certain.