BARRACKS AREAS, HWACHON-NI, NORTH KOREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000200410050-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 7, 2000
• Sequence Number: 50
• Publication Date: October 1, 1963
• Content Type: REPORT

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Geo Coords:
COMOR No:
Publication No:
Barracks Areas,
38-44N
127-49E
None
'.EPIC/R-1494/63
Hwachon-ni, North Korea
NPIC Target No:
BE No:
Date:
0380-44-B
None
October 1963
References: USATC Series 200, Sheet 0380-9A, 3d ed, Jan 61 (S)
NPIC Project J-243/63
Two road-served barracks areas, Area A
situated on the east edge of Hwachon-ni and
Area B 1.9 nm east of Hwachon-ni, cover a
total of approximately 100 acres.
Area A (Figure 1), located at UTM coordi-
nates 52SCT965885, contains one T-shaped ad-
ministrative building, 9 barracks (ranging in
size from 120 x 30 ft to 150 x 30 ft and total-
ing 29,800 sq ft of floor space), 13 trucks, and
one probable truck. Area A can house 920
troops.* A small storage area with 11 dis-
persed, sernirevetted buildings (25 x 15 ft and
totaling 4,125 sq ft of floor space) is situated
on the south edge of Area A.
Area B (Figure 2), located at UTM coordi-
nates 52SCT993885, contains one administrative
building, 3 administrative /support buildings
(totaling 5,500 sq ft of floor space), 5 barracks
(ranging in size from 115 x 30 ft to 140 x 30 ft
and totaling 19,650 sq ft of floor space), 3 sup-
port buildings (two 35 x 15 ft, one 55 x 20 ft
and totaling 2,150 sq ft of floor space), 36
semirevetted storage buildings (30 x 15 ft and
totaling 16,200 sq ft of floor space), 11 open
storage revetments, and 5 trucks. This barracks
area can house 490 troops.*
*Troop capacity is based on a figure of 40 sq ft of floor
space per man.
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