STATE MANAGEMENT OF THE GINSENG INDUSTRY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600260273-0
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 4, 2011
• Sequence Number: 273
• Publication Date: October 25, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
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1 Apr'1849
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ao1111aat+~ ne roll ns its fntnre, and~oa I.A October 1948 9ueaed Cabinet ~oet.eion
Po 32 :'E=?tslninE to the dereloptaenti of 6lmeng indnetry in North Eurea. 3hie
deoieios provides that:
1D QApesng onltir~tion rights of these sympathetic tarexd 8onth )fares or +.hoae
rho rely bsavily npcn t}re gavernaent for enbeidJ rill be rerokod and thstr property
aortisoatsd.
~. The gorernseat shall grant ae mah ne ona-half of Ghe Cotal. regnired capital
to indiridnal ginseng georsn ae sa adraaca loan.
3. All private r3lnseng neeooiatioas shall be diesol~ed is favor of the Pnbliu
aiaeeng A6rl.nistrdtion Cffiae.
4. (iinl.sng winery shall be Hader state aeaegesaat. There eheiGl be a ginseng
i'J nor j+~av9.
5. All faoilitiee needed in ginseng onltivation shall be provided by the
gatiaoa7. llaaaiag z:r=~ittea. The oapitel needed by the ginseng grore:ro shall be
I~applied by thesti~etry of aiaance. psoh fravinoial people's Cassdttee ehaL esanne
the svsra~rih191ty ct pru~id3ng ~..ffioie~ aoreaga for tha ginseng groreas.
.All of Sacsn ie esitable faa~ ginseng arltiration azoept Heagyong 3fnsdo, ~argrong
Yattb, emd Takto. The area planted Sn gfnse~ pr? x to the libeaatia~lrae
5~,~ PymB ly~+B e4nale 3.95 agnara ;,ro:~!!s~ far ell Korea, bat division alasg
the 3Sth lara11e1 game Bonth Eorea tro thirds.
at tnkeF S years fofr ginseng to satnre iron seed to harvest crc;p, and the field
Eras rhioh it rns harvested met be left idle for 15 years befcae pleating again.
3neeong ie loDOra ne the h^eb of ginseng. As :;he glaearg indnaCry ~~SS~e~ M~pc,
the ginseng fields bare been ezpaaded lraa ynseoag to lb~n, math af.tlrr 3~th
Parallel. A oonsiderable atbount of ginseng rno grodncsd from< Hrang~n fields, bat
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~'os processing all o? it bad to be sent to $aeeang there that processing !'acilities
area Ia 19b6, 66 ginaeng??proceasing tdcbnl:cians rare brought to ~reng~n tktsr~es~es~
!o B~sssyB, and ~r ~9b8 on7R~i.Soeer oP then remained in ~rana_5n,
Nor, bure~es, these are eau~t ginseng tachnioians in Borth Sere!, and the #~'ea
planted in ginseng in 19b9 is expsated to be !boat '(6,008 p7cng? We are nor
~ePende~ in the ginseng indnstx,.
Aationaliaatiaaa of the ginseng indastx~r' ras a asttes o~ grsa~t aeaeeeitS iY' fiche
ginseng SadeutrS ram to encased baoawe it tales ~nJ' !sate: to harrsst the ginseng,
atoll animal iscssetaent is necesserT. Tee eaanple, it ginseng is planted is as area
1;006 p~smg, it will require n capital of aria than 786,000 ton. Tbat is rhS oniT
11 +~!' t2GF 50 ginseng grorsrto in 8oatb. &~ea'e ginseng Y,istoa~r rata anooeaaf4~1.
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