The purpose of this study is to investigate about security service history during the 1st
and 2nd Republic. The 3rd Republic, one of the important periods, deserves special emphasis
until now. But Compared with 1st and 2nd Republic, the 3rd Republic is inferior. Although
security service history excluded the 1st and 2nd Republic. This research focused on the
two points about the chief of the presidential security and the law of presidential security
special order. Firstly, the chiefs of the presidential security in 1st Republic were Kim,
Jang-Heung⋅Seo, Jung-Hak⋅Kim, Kuk-Jin⋅Kwak, Young-Joo. Secondly, The law of presidential
security special order be specified in Korean presidential security for the first time. Before
the 1st Republic already recognized the importance of security services when they adopted
the first security service regulations on December 29, 1949, which comprised 25 articles. But
this law was only focused on presidential security and promulgated the law more than 10
years ago than law of the office of the Presidential Security in 1963. Deplorable in this law
was declared by statute on July 7, 1953 from the 1st Republic, but repealed in 1960 after the
2nd Republic. Thirdly, 2nd Republic established the presidential security organization with
the new government has been formed. In spite of this organization can not be kept for a
long time, 2nd Republic attempted to professional forms of presidential security organization.
The research of secret service history must continue to advance for academical learning.