REBUILDING OF RESERVOIRS, PLANTS, AND CITIES IN NORTH KOREA

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700200041-2
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 31, 2011
• Sequence Number: 41
• Publication Date: August 26, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM RE
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD
COUNTRY Korea
SUBJECT Economic ? FuconstrucLion
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers, monthly periodical
WHERE
PUBLISHED Moscow, Hong Kong, Mukd0-n
DATE
PUBLISHED
LANGUAGE
17 Nov 1953-Apr 1954
DATE OF
INFORMATION 1953-1954
DATE DIST. .16 Aug 1954
NO. OF PAGES 3
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
RMUILDING OF RESERVOIRS PLANTS At,D CITIES IN NORTH KORE;
CHINESE HELP REPAIR NORTH KOREAN RESrdVOL?S
17 Nov 53 -- "Ong Fong, Ching-chi 'Pao-pao,
The Chinese Pnople's Volunteers }rr.ve OC'en heIpi,. t.h. North lioreans
rebuild reservoirs in Chason, irnwon, and Fusong ? Ti,e Ciauese
to restore the most iapcrtant irrigation reservoir, }n e,; ac the
[001 'L'o helped
5, 78931 Reservoir, which has a circuv-"ales-'e of 30
kilometersyandoag
capacity of 3ii,]20,Gi)i? cubic ceters, encty h to irrigate 3,460 hectares of
land.
Atukaen. Tung-Pei Jih-pao, 1) r,,
The Fyonyong Reserv
I 'vut oir is sitttatcd
g in h'yongan-nan,do near bhc !;order of
iwon-gur, and -Korea ttn . The Kyonyong Rese voir is more widely known
odc~ as the China-Korea Ft?i:?ri-lsl,ip Reservoir because it was rebuilt chicily
with the help of the Chinese People';; Volur,t?_ers.
On 13 and 14 NIay 1953, oval 100 U3 becberr, d?n ed so:ce 500 pow ds
he ; ""s on this reservoir and dams :
The ? ibu meters of t:h.: uO0-ureter
;raLe ter flooded 4,8oC hectares of farm land and rilled 80G hex' Cr, in
Susan-dun, Taedong-gun, P'yongwon-gun and Lh suburbs of dam. OOn20 I-lay g1953, the , the North ?Korea as co:apletedsschtcordc:?s, to re?,
14 the Chinese August s rail the
Volunteers who contributed 1,300,000ynurnth,:,urs harp 01
ported 2 million cubic meters of eaoth, rscavated 23 million cubic meter;;,
1nS:i 11;200 :ubic meters of , trans-
47,000 meters of roads. c 'alt'} `'r'`lt >,200 meters of ditches and
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STEEL AND CEMENT IN PRODUCTION -- Hong Kong, Ching-chi Tao-pao, 17 Nov 53
On 25 September 1953, the Songiin Steel Foundry in Kimch'aek City pro-
duced its first postwar output of steel. Repairs on electric furnace No 2
had been completed earlier. as bee in isomen
brick large
Seven the
kilns y have production
been repairedeandh13 newn
ones have been built.
At present, textile, rubber, paper, oil, tobacco, and confectionery fac-
tories are being repaired or rebuilt.
REBUILD CITIES AND FACTORIES IN NORTH KOREA _- Moscow, Tekhnika-Molodezhi7,
No 4, Apr 54
On 30 July 1953, the state plan of restoration work was put into effect
in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Reconstruction is progressing
in every city of the republic. Pyongyang is being rebuilt in accordance with
a general plan of restoration ara reconstruction. A large part of the city
will consist of parks and gardens. The central thoroughfare of the city,
Stalin Boulevard, which will be 2.5 kilometers long and up to 50 meters wide,
will run parallel to the Taedong River. The continuation of Stalin Boulevard
will be Mao Tse-tung Boulevard. Four-story and five-story buildings will be
erected on the main streets.
Many factories and mines have been restored from ruins. Machine -manufac-
turirg, textile, soybean-processing, oil-extraction, and tobacco plants are
already in operation and are increasing their output daily. The coking and
blast furnaces at the Kimch'aek Steelworks are being put back into production.
The restoration of factories for the manufacture of rubber shoes has been al-
most completed. After restoration, these factories will manufacture more than
30 million pairs of rubber shoes yearly. A new sugar plant and a number of
[fish) cane:?les will be built in the near future.
In view of the great demand for construction materials, special attention
is being given to the construction of brick, cement, and slate plants.
Many factories, including textile, silk, and sewing factories, which op-
erated underground during the war, are now being moved to new or restored
buildings.
The construction of the Pyongyang Textile Combine will be completed in
the near future. This cc..ibine will be composed of weaving, spinning, finish-
ing, and knitting plants equipped with new Soviet machinery. The combine will
produce five times the total amount of textiles produced in North Korea before
the Korean War.
Restoration work is also in full swing at the Hungnam Chemical Combine.
Railway repair work is progressing at full speed. Already there is reg-
ular train service from P'yongyang to Kaesong, Wonsan, Na,jin, and other points.
The 40O-meter railway bridge over the Yesong River was restored at record-
breaking speed, which made it possible to reopen railway service between Sinmak
and Kaesong.
During the war, the supply of electric power continued without interrup-
tion, although many power plants were seriously damaged. Special attention is
being given to the restoration of hydroelectric power plants. Already a
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tremendous amount of work has been done on the restoration of the Sup'ung
Hydroelectric Plant- By the end of 1954, this power plant will produce three
times as much power as at the end of 1953.
Moscow, Vechernyaya Mosea, 17 Mar 54
All of North Korea is in the process of reconstruction. The craters
in the fields have been filled up and for the first time spring sowing is
being carried out under peaceful conditions. The soil has been improved
with fertilizers shipped from the USSR and is being planted with select
seeds. Large-scale irrigation work has begun in the Anju plain, on the
left bank of the Ch'ongch'on River. This irrigated area is expected to
yield 53,000 tons of rice (yearly].
Thousands of people are at work restoring the Korean cities destroyed
by PS aviators. The North Korean government has approved the restoration
Yongyang,Namp'o, Sariwon, Konggye, Wonsan, Ch'ong,jin, and Hamhung. The
reconstruction plane for these cities were based on thorough study of the
experiences gained in Soviet city construction.
North Korea is receiving a steady flow of agricultural and construction
machinery, and equipment and materials for the reconstruction of hydroelectric
power stations, factories, schools, hospitals, motion-picture theaters, and for
the building of the newly established Korean Academy of Sciences.
The Kimch'aek Steelworks, the Pla,.t for the manufacture of automobile
parts in Huich'on, the Kangson Steel Foundry and other metallurgical and
metalworking plants under reconstruction have received from the USSR lathes,
drill presses, electric wire, and construction materials. The North Korean
miners have received various types cf mining equipment, including drilling
machines, electric motors and pumps from the Soviet people. The North Korean
cities have received Soviet excavators, b;aldozers, rollers, large cranes, and
concrete mixers. The North Korean railways have received large quantities of
materials and equipment, including rails, compressors, and dynamos.
Many young Koreans are studying in Soviet higher educational institutions.
So far, 313 Young specialists have been graduated from such institutions and
have started working in various fields of the national economy, science, and
culture.
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