INDUSTRIES IN NORTH KOREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001200390004-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 12, 2009
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: May 21, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CE-NTRAt -fNTElLLG~IV-C E. AGENCY
IN~4~MATIC)N REPORT
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SECURITY INFORMATION.
.COUNTRY Korea
SUBJECT
PLACE. ACQUIRED
This Document contatns lniosmatfon rfieotiil~ the !ia-
tional Defense of the. IInitsd states, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 709 and ?MI, of tha V.lt. dOde, as
amended. Its trdnamission pr rerelatlon of its aonten~a
to or receipt by an unauthorised person is prohibited
bq law. The reproduction of this iOrm is prohibitsd.
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DATE DISTR. 21 .May 153 "
NO. OF PAGES - 2
REQUIREMEN
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEfIN1TIVE."~:
THE APPRAISAL OP CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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1, the Tanch'on (N 40-27, E 128-5~+) (I1t1'-9877) breach f~yctoxy of 25X1
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the North Kore Industry was at 1~okch'
c!n-n1 X0-28, E 128~5~a
(~V'-g19785).l 'the factgry was bombed by ..the United Rations 25X1..
end plans were me.de to-move it to DV~911785 in the Hor~gge?ri valley. This factory
'prgriuced soy sauce, bean oily bean curd, bread, barre]s, and strsw erticles.-.The
bran qil was transported to Hamhung~ the other products were used. by the forth
.Korean army and .the local/o vilie~n~.
~e~ae~y~(F ~f North Kvrean Industrial Installatior~e
1~-~Y 1 1 1 I M 1 ~~1A1 ~ .1~.1~ ~....~1 _ _
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the Forth Korean Ministry of ~ea~- industry
publis~e'd order_ , 25X1
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number 7. This stated that elll industrial. installatigns in southern Ilorth area
-and. vulnerable coastal areas would be evacuated to central-and taorthera.Ngxth
.Korea because of United Nations s,ir attacks... In acogrdance with this grder the
fgllo~ing movementel of equipments materials, and labor we're to be~ ma+~e~
Ali machinery materials, and labor of the Nahung~Ar~s,chinery factory near
Iwon (N ~+0-20 E 128-36) (~-666+) e,nd the Yangsong' Machinery ~'actor~r in
Hungnam (N 3950, E 12736) (eV-841Q) were to be movefl to the Huich'on
(N 40-10, E.126-16) (SV.6605~1~+) machinery factor Cone ructi ee
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, 0 ~ ort :rear yron ~ were .
allocated by the Ministry of Heavy Industry ~ ~' a~porting
20Q.ma.chines, mostly lathes from the'USSR. 40 machines.
SECRET.
25 YEAR RE-RE~il~~n/l
Indufa:triea in Forth Korea
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had. been imported and the remaindea^ were scheduled to arrive during 1953.
The electric power-.for the factory was to be supplied from the 3up'ung TJI~m.
~'he types- of machinery to be produced were unl~no~m.. -
b. The equipment Q~.d materials from the Bae~ju I~chinery .factory, the Hae,~u
~:~~n Works, the 1~al~yon MS.nee izx Changyon-gun. '(N 38-~:~.. ~ 125.17) (YC+4~8),
aa~d; some machinery from the Ong,~in (~i 37"-S6, E ~~=~2j (YC-O$1J1) .Mines ~rere
to ~e moved temporarily to .the ~wanghae Iron Wc~rka in.~yomip'o2 (1~ 38~~+5,
E ~5~-37) (~'C427g~) , :Later it was to be moved. tc~' ~4 new 1?caton in
uhagang Pr4Yinee.
Hizich~cn Vehicle .Repair and Parts.. Fac~~or3es
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the Huich'on (I~ ~+O?lt~, E 126-16) (aV~-E'~1+9} veb,icle rep~i,r 25X1
ac? wry was a ? V-675498 on the west side of the hill. directly north of
Ruich.'on. .The offices were ix~ a building northwest cif the factory with a
repairshed 14 meter~.~outh of the factory. ..The Factory employed approximately
15o persons and was under the.super~rision of the: ~epaxtmen:t of Transportation of
the Mi,}~istry of $ea~ry Industry.
the Huichaan Vehicle Parts Factory way in two tunnels- ~t 25X1
B9'~- 7540 e Approximately 4 So~'iet ai~,d Japanese-m~..d~ ].~thes were instilled fpr
the manufacture of pistons:,. Some 2,Q~0 people, under tYie supervi~ian of one
So~riet advisor and three soviet mechanics, were employed at the factory:
Textile Factory
,, the Pyongyang ~.Cextile factory was- in a tunnel at YD-x+07187, 25X1
x+00 meters .southe&at of 84p'owdDng (N 38-59, >a X25.46) (xLt.~+018) . This.
factory employed 2~Of10 people and produced cotlton and hemp cloth.
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