NORTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT DECISIONS CONCERNING MANPOWER

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 14, 2001
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: February 18, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLLG,E.NCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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SECURITY INFORMATION
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Korea
North.Korean Government Decisions
Concerning Manpower
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tlonal Defense of the United Bates, wlthln the mean-
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TMf A-IRAIdAL OF tONTlN1 IR TfNMfWf.
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Ini~l Mobi ization _
1. On 23 August 1952 the Central Committee of the North Korean Peopleis Assembly
decided to conscript the following numbers of people for industrial-work
during the months.of_8eptember through laecember 1952:.
.Norm ~'F'yongan .Province
South ~" ~ror~ge-r~ Province
8wanghae Province
Chagang Provinc?
North ~m,~yong Province
South $amgyong Province
ICsngwon Province
Total
2. Those :mbbilf,zed will be divided, e~mong
. ~ Mines
che~i~~z~
$ea-vy industries
~N1ect~icity
Forestry
C cthiazg
Printing
IrrigE-tion
Total
North
13,000
10,004
12,000
~F, 000
12,000
15,000
? 5,oQ0
71,000
Korean industries ae fallowea
21,000
5,500
7,500
1$,000
3,000
1, 500
1, 5?0
1 000
71,000
The purposes of the mobilisation were to 'offset the shortage of skilled man-
powex,in North Xorea resulting from the transfer of workers to .the 8pviet
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Union, to train a pool of skilled industrial technicians: and to prepare t'or a
drive. for increased production which was to begin in late December 1952._ Those
to be conscripted for service-were to be members of the small merchant class
under the age of 50, .Discharged .North Korean officers and soldiers were to be
conscripted to supervise the workers.: No .worker was to be assigned to work in
'the province from which he .was. conscripted.
Tre~isf~r, of ,Workers to the .Soviet Union
~+. On 23 August 1952 the Central Committee of the North IGarean People's Assembly
.decided to send 50,OOQ akilled`North Korean workers to the Soviet Union in
response to a.reque~t from. the Central Committee of .the-Soviet Workers' Alliance.
.The workers were to be assigned to coal mines in the.DQnets Baein.l~
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Comment.. -Tn early April 1952 the North Korean government sent
20~C00 laborers to the;8oviet,Union to work on the Volga Canal. After
'.the canal was completed none of the workers was returned.,
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Comment. It is dubious -that a large number of ..North Korasn
a.aborers would ~e transported such a long distance to work in European
coal mir~es~ especially with the scarce transport facilities in the VBBR.
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