TREATMENT OF RETURNED PRISONERS OF WAR IN NORTH KOREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002500030006-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 17, 2013
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 25, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE -AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 anti 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person 15 prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
CONFIDENTIAL
SECURITY INFORMATION
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COUNTRY Korea REPORT
SUBJECT Treatment of Returned Prisoners of DATE DISTR.
25 September 1953
War in North Korea
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DATE OF INFO.
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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In June 1953 all sick and wounded prisonera,?who were exchanged-at Panmunjom,
were welcomed and well-,treated by the Communist authorities and citizens of
North Korea when they entered North Korea. The prisoners were-transferred
from Panmunjom to Kaesong by truck. Here they were entertained at parties
where they received luxurious foods. The cost-of eggs-in-Kkes6ng went from
400 North Korean won to 650 won because of the many eggs-used-at.the parties.
The prisoners were put in a temporary hospital in Kaesong.for 10-days. The
Chinese Communist prisoners were then taken to Nanchuria, and the North Korean
prisoners were moved to Plyongyang where they were pit in army -hospitals for
medical treatment. The recovered prisoners were.then.sent home, but those .
without families were given jobs according to a directive from the North Korean
Army General Command. While in the hospital, each prisoner received 700 grams
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