NORTH KOREAN CONSCRIPTION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002600060006-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 27, 2005
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: October 15, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
CONFIDENTIAL
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SUBJECT North Korean Conscription
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15 October 1953
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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.
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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.
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