TRUCK TRANSPORTATION IN NORTH KOREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A000200450004-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2001
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: February 23, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2001/11/21 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA000200450004-6
C:.NTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SECRET
SECURITY INFORMATION
Truck Transportation. in.North Korea:
DATE OF INFO.
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PLACE ACQUIRE
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S, Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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23 February 1953
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1. Although the Military Affairs Committee of the North Korean govern-
ment had issued an order that all vehicles except Soviet FS and
KASTOBA1 trucks be converted into charcoal burners by August 1952,
and had directed that gasoline be issued only to ZIS and KASTOBA
trucks,, no North Korean vehicles other than a few in the rural areas
had made this change by 15 October 1952. Prior to August 1952 these
two ma~es of trucks had been issued to government factories and agencies.
2. On 10 Peptember 1952 the Ch'ongjin trucking office was moved from
52,
Ch ong in to an undetermined, spot in the Sokmak (approximate) N 41-
E 12~ -4 }(EB-606366) area near Ch 'oedal-gol (N 41-53, E 129-kL)
('B. 137). This trucking office was established in Ch'ongjin in in 1948
as a cooperative organization which included all truck drivers in
the city. The drivers reported to the office daily for assignments.
The cargo loading and fees were all handled by the office. In the
beginning, the office retained 30 percent of all fees, with the
remaining 70 percent going to the drivers, but as business increased
the.office retained a larger percentage until eventually the truck
owners were forced to sell their trucks to the office and go out Qf
business. At first the manager of the office and the clerks were
appointed b' the truck owners, but gradually the North Korean Labor
Party NKLP) gained control of the organization and only FXLP members
were allowed appointments. The organization bought new Soviet trucks
with the large savings that had been accumulated and hired only NKLP
members as drivers. In September 1952 the drivers were receiving 1,200
won per month, plus a rice ration.
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Comment. No information on the Soviet KASTOBA truck is
available o this office.
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