NORTH KOREAN CONSCRIPTION

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CIA-RDP80-00810A002600060006-1
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RIPPUB
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C
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1
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December 16, 2016
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June 27, 2005
Sequence Number: 
6
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Publication Date: 
October 15, 1953
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Approved For Release 2005/07/13 : CIA-RDP80-008 AqP2600060006-1 15/~ 1-9 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT CONFIDENTIAL 25X1 SUBJECT North Korean Conscription 25X1 DATE OF INFO. 25X1 REPORT NO. DATE DISTR. NO. OF PAGES REQUIREMENT NO. REFERENCES 25X1 15 October 1953 25X1 1. On 1 July 1953 the draft age in North Korea. was still 19 to 30 years of age, although persons between the ages of 18 and 35 were required to carry a new type of draft exemption card. 2. There had been no draft call in the Chuui-dong (N 40-53, E 129-33) (EA-4625) area, although there were a few men available for the draft. 3. Home guard training, for persons exempt from the draft, was continued after working hours. 4. It was rumored that bribes were taken by North Xorean government officials to keep certain persons out of the draft. 25X1 CONFIDENTIAL. 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. [AEC 25X1 (Note: Washington "iri pprovedlor Release 2005/07/13 '111