LOCATIONS OF NORTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002500030007-7
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 17, 2013
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: September 25, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
CONFIDENTIAL
SECURITY INFORMATION
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.
REPORT
SUBJECT Locations of North Korean Government DATE DISTR. 25 September 1953
Organizations
NO. OF PAGES 2
DATE OF INFO. REQUIREMENT NO. RD 50X1-HUM
PLACE ACQUIRED REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. In June x.953 various ministries of the North Korean government were at the
following locations:
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a. The Ministry of Internal Affairs was in two concrete underground rooms at
the foot of a hill at YD-371395 in Taeyang-ni (N 39-10, E 125-45)
(YD-3739) The Ministry had been in these rooms since February 1951. Each
room was 50 meters long, 4 meters wide, and 2 meters high.
b. The Ministry of Labor was in three underground rooms on'the side of a hill
at YD-386323 in unwol-ni (N 39-06, z 125-45) (YD-3832). The Ministry
had been in these rooms since May 1952.
c. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was in three concrete underground rooms at
the foot of a hill at YD-365322 in Sambong-ni (N 39-07, E 125-44) (YD-3632).
The Ministry had been in the rooms since February 1953, This was the
former site of the Soviet Embassy which moved to So-ri in February 1953.
d. The Ministry of Light Industry was in five village houses in Ch'nggye-ri
(N 39-04, E 125-46) (YD-3928), and in three underground rooms at the foot
of a nearby hill.
e. The Ministry of Heavy Industry was in two underground rooms at the foot of
a mountain at YD-378270, on the outskirts of Pyongyang City.
f. The Ministry of Culture and Propaganda was in an underground room at
YD-393281, halfway up Moranpong Hill on the outskirts of P'yongyang.
g. The Ministry of Health was in an underground room at the foot of a hill at
YD-397284 in Ch'onggye-ri.
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a. The Central Committee of the Korean Labor Party was in an underground room,
under a foreign-styled, three-story building, at YD-381231 in Kyongch'ang-
ni, Pyongyang City.
(YD-4130).
b. The Korean-Russian Cultural Association was in a Korean-styled, one-story
building at YD-510324 in Songmun-ni (N 39-07, E 125-54) (YD-5132).
c. The North Korean Social Insurance Committee was in three village houses and
one underground room at YD-416307 near Changhyon (N 39-06, E 125-47)
h. The Ministry of Commerce was in an underground room at the foot of a hill
at-YD--340223 in Tangsang-ri, Pyongyang City.
i. The Ministry of Agriculture was in an underground room at the foot of a
hill at YD-340217 in Tangsang-rig Pyongyang City.
2. In June 1953 various North Korean government organizations were at the
following locations:
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