HAEJU AIRFIELD, NORTH KOREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002300700004-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 8, 2003
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: September 15, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
CONFIDENTIAL
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Haeju Airfield, North Korea
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This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the anean-
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.
REPORT NO.
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DATE DISTR. 15 September 1953
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REQUIREMENT NO, RD
REFERENCES
ALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
MRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. On 21 March 1953, laborers were mobilized in the Haeju (N 38-02, E 125-42)
(YC-3713) area to do repair work on the Haeju airfield. The repair work was
25X1A conducted only at night and consisted of filling bomb craters.
2. On 20 April reconstruction work on Haeju airfield began.1 Between 20 and 30
April, about 100 men were recruited, and an average of 50 men worked at the
field each day. The laborers.were recruited from Yongch'onmy8n (N 38-30,
E 12541) (YC-3464), Ilsin-my8n (N 37-55, E 125-51) (YC-5100), and Naesong-myon
(N 37-58, E 125-51) (YC-5006), and were from 16 to 60 years of age. They worked
from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day with their on farming tools. One North Korean
air force junior lieutenant and five soldiers, who were stationed in a nearby
branch police sub-station, supervised the work.
3. Policemen told the recruited laborers that the North Korean air force would use
the airfields in the near future, and encouraged them to complete the recon-
struction work. It was rumored, however, that the work was being carried on
for the purpose of luring United Nations bombers to the field. The airfield
was not guarded, but some armed village self-defense team members patrolled the
area between the airstrip and the coast at night.
4. On 20 April one laborer was killed and three others were wounded by the explosion
of a delayed action bomb when they were mowing the area. The explosion caused
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several other bombs to explode and two-thirds of the airfield compound was
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5. In early June Haeju airfield was in operation and four planes were assigned
25X1A to the field II There were also nine damaged planes at the field.
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have been engaged in minor repair work on Haeju airfield, but no major
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25X1A omment, also reports
that reconstruction was begun in April 1953 on Haeju airfield. Yongyan,g-ni
is another name for Haeju airfield.
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