ANTI-COMMUNIST UPRISINGS MORE NUMEROUS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600310170-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 15, 2011
• Sequence Number: 170
• Publication Date: May 11, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL "''ELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
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COUNTRY North Korea
SUBJECT Political
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PUBLISHED Daily newspaper
WHERE
PUBLISHED Seoul
DATE
PUBLISHED 15 Apr 1950
LANGUAGE Korean
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SOURCE Sopuk Sinmun.
DATE OF
INFORMATION 1950
DATE DIST. 11 pay 1950
NO. OF PAGES 2
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT N0.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
A "Mutual Surveillance System" has been enforced recently in North Korea,
apparently as a measure against anti-Communist uprisings which have become
numerous in recent months. It is reported, however, that the above system
has not only failed to curb subversive activities, but rather has encouraged
organized anti-Communist mutinies. The individual and sporRdic uprisirps
ctanged to concentrated group activities in P'yongyang~ the 38th parallel
area; the industrial areas in Hamgyong Pukto, particularly in Wonsan and
Hamhung; in the city of Sinui,ju in P'yongan Pukto; and other important locali-
ties where the "Mutual Surveillance System;' has been enforced with extra strict-
ness. The same tendency prevails even in'izpper echelons of the military and
political hierarchies.
Recently, a group of 50 members of the North Korean navy which attempted
to escape to South Korea by sea was intercepted by another ship 50 miles out
of Wonsan port. They exchanged fire with the pursuing vessel, but the entire
group was arrested after a 3-hour battle.
The League of Korean Residents in Japan., which was officially disbanded
by the Japanese government recently, procures funds from North Korea for its
underground activities. As the hotbed of Korean Communists in Japan, it works
closely with the Japanese Communist Party, and uses every possible means to
extend its influence over Korean residents in Japan.
STATF
ARMY
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This organization came to the attention of the Taehan Republic govern-
ment when it led recent attacks upon the Yoshida government for alleged mis-
treatment of the Koreans in Japan. At that time the organization's hidden
intention of creating friction between the two governments became clear. It
is exxected that North Korean Communists will exert continuous pressure upon
this organization to attain the above goal, the success of which may be fatal
to the two remaining democratic countries of the Far East.
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