NORTH KOREANS CONTRIBUTE FOR PLANES, TANKS; CLAIM POPULAR SUPPORT FOR SOUTH KOREA GUERRILLAS

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• Document Release Date: August 9, 2011
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• Publication Date: June 27, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION NF II ENTIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
COUNTRY North Korea
SUBJECT Military
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED P'yongyang
DATE
PUBLISHED 26 Nov 1949, 5 Jan 1950
LANGUAGE Korean
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF ESONAGE ACT qO
U. S. C.. SI AND 32 .AS AMENDED, TITS TRANSMISSION ORITHE REVELATION
OF TS NIEITED CONTENTS
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
NORTH KOREANS CONTRIBUTE FOR PLANES, TANKS;
CLAIM POPULAR SUPPORT FOR SOUTH KOREA GUERRILLAS
DONATE 200 MILLION WON FOR WAR MATERIEL -- Chokuk Chonson, 26 Nov 49
According to an announcement by the Fatherland Defense Aid Society, the
total value of contributions in cash and kind made by the people of North
Korea for purchasing airplanes and tanks reached 200 million won as of 20 Novem-
ber, 1949. This amount included 40 million won in cash, 25,000 bags 1,190 US
bushels of grains, and 3,000 articles of various commodities.
Also, as evidence of the people's untiring enthusiasm for Fatherland de-
fense, the merchants in Hamhung city who felt the need of strengthening naval
defense, decided to donate 10,500,000 won to the People's Army ~i] for con-
struction of naval vessels.
GLIDER TRAINEES GRADUATE -- T'usa Sinmun, 5'Jan 50
Graduation exercises for the first group of elementary glider trainees took
place for 29 December 1949 at the Pyongyang race track. The students received
certificates of accomplishment from Yi Yong-kun, chairman of the P'yongan Namdo
chapter of the Fatherland Defense Aid Society. After presenting the certificates,
Yi praised the trainees for their brilliant accomplishment in glider training in
an amazingly short period, which, he said, was made possible only by their burn-
ing enthusiasm and patriotism.
PRISONERS, FARMERS, YOUTHS AID GUERRIIJU -- Chokuk Chonson, 26 Nov 49
The People's Guerrilla Force in Najin area in Cholla Namdo annihilated over
20 puppet army troops and constabularies in the battle of 17 November 1949 and
captured a squad leader. On the same day, our force made a surprise attack and
dealt a severe blow to two puppet squads which were closing the Yongsan River in
the east of Yongsanp'o. Also on the same day, one of our guerrilla groups in
Munp'yong-myon performed a great "purification" of the reactionaries in that
area by capturing several landowners and terrorists and prosecuting them in the
name of the People's Justice.
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On 17 and 18 November, our guerrilla group blew up bridges and cut the
enemy's supply line. This group severed the enemy's communication lines more
than 100 times.
On 18 November, about 550 farmers in Ch'ado-myon rose in revolt against
the puppet government, demanding democratic land reform. On the same day,
about 300 patriotic men in Masan prison in Kyongsang Namdo broke out of pri-
son, "punishing" nine prison guards. Supported by enthusiastic farmers, the
men fought bravely with the puppet troops and constabularies, and eventually
defeated them. A reliable source reports that the men later joined the People's
Guerrilla Force in the northern sector of Ch'angwon-kun.
The guerrilla force in Ch'ungch'ong Pukto is waging military campaigns in
close coordination with the farmers' antipuppet government activities. The
guerrillas in Koesan-myon attacked a puppet army outpost in that area on
15 November, exterminating 15 enemy troops. On the same day in Ch'ongch'on-
guerrillas enemy squad
police icrdetectivesCe The annihilated
troopsanother
supported by 100 farmers, captured 20 reactionaries and puppet troops as well
as three commanding officers, and prosecuted them in the name of the People's
justice. The farmers in Toksan-myon, in the same county, actively participated
in the guerrilla invasion of the town of Chungsokni. In Ch op ylyg-aYtig in
the same county, about 60 patriotic youths joined our guerrilla force. attacked our force o in u-ni, wi ingnouin -the se province, t the local headquarters of thegso called "Civil
the village of f Upp P g
Defense Corps." In the same town our force rounded up 30 reactionaries and pro-
secuted them in the name of the People's justice, and seized many weapons from
puppet troops and corps members.
According to a recent report by the newspaper The Laborer, our guerrilla
forces in Cheju-do are keeping up fierce fighting. During 2 7 27, and 28 Octo-
ber 1949, they wiped out some 200 enemy troops and constabularies. On 26 Octo-
ber, our force operating in the area known as "Hankol" in Chungmun-myon in south-
ern Cheju-kun, exterminated seven terrorists. On 27 October, the same force ex-
changed fire with enemy scout troops, killing 10 of them. At midnight of the
same day in the area south of the county seat of Cheju-kun, our guerrillas,
under cover of darkness, made a surprise attack on a group of 200 puppet troops.
and at the same time
They captured seven M1 rifles, 300 rounds leaflets.
distributed F-veral thousand propaganda
The force operating in Aewol-myon attacked a group of 60 puppet troops on
the evening of 28 October, killing 10 and capturing many weapons.
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