NORTH KOREA: SEEKING US TECHNOLOGY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP04T00447R000201210001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 19, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 14, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

25X1
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/19: CIA-RDP04T00447R000201210001-8
14 February 1985
North Korea: Seeking US Technology
Summary
For years North Korea has actively sought denied
US technology through firms in Japan and Western Europe
with varying degrees of success.. P'yongyang's
priorities include electronics equipment such as
integrated circuits, computers, and microwave
equipment. Recently, North Korea has purchased about
60 US-made helicopters through a West German company.
P'yongyang's efforts focus heavily on Japanese companies.
Japan accounts for 70 percent of North Korean imports from the
developed countries. Many Japanese trading companies dealing
with North Korea are headed by Korean residents in Japan who are
sympathetic to P'yongyang. Over the past several, years,
P'y'ongyang has approached Japanese firms to obtain various types
of US-made equipment, including computers, integrated circuits,
microwave receivers, boat engines, and radar systems.
This memorandum was prepared by 'Korea Branch,
Northeast Asia Division, Office of East Asian Analysis, at the
request of the International Security Affairs, Office of the
Secretary of Defense. Comments.and queries are welcome and may
be addressed to Chief, Korea Branch at
25X1
Duplicate of C05422629:
RIP
Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/19: CIA-RDP04T00447R000201210001-8
 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/04/19: CIA-RDP04T00447R000201210001-8
Firms in Switzerland, Austria, the United Kingdom,
West Germany, and France are other important sources of US
technology. P'yongyang has sought computers, microwave
equipment, microphotometers, measuring 25X1
and smelting equipmr,nt in these countries.