1. GRAIN STORAGE AREA IN P'YONGWON-GUN 2. SUMMER GRAIN TAXES-IN-KIND FOR 1953

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• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: October 29, 1953
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1, on 25 June 9 3 app 'oxiZ&te$1y 8.0, 000 Mega' of ai .. we .e stored in" warehou g:e
at YD.24451.8 nea .. Wk ,yu-ri (1 39-19, . E .125-3) (YD a2k455 ), and in . 12 semi-under-
ground. .storage areas near the warehouse at the foot of a hill. These"grains
were oolle.cted in 1952 as taxes-in-kind from the farmers in Ptyangio n-gun,
The grains eomsisted,;of rice, unhulled.rice, ~ be ,ns, .and ..corn. h,of the semi-
underground storage areas, was 20 meters long, 7. meters wide, . and :2;meters..
deep. The bottom- was .lined with logs, . and ..the bags. of grains were. piled..10
meters high,, Each pile 'was covered 0i?th .,.straw mats and temouflage=d with grass
and .br nchea}.a The entire area was patrolled by
10 guards and'.15 vi :ions.
Approximately 20 laborers . worked. in the storage area storage area was
controlled by the P'"
y yQngwoa.gun People's Conmiitteet and ;wen headed by ICIpd yak-
pom (6815/1795/14.636), aged 1i-0 and member 'of the Food Administration 3eci;inxt Of
the P':yongw,om..gun eople,es Committee
2. The grain Was issued to. military personnel, government employees, std li emen,
North fires y up it* received their allotment through the Food Ad*,in tratioe,.
Section on c' seem from the Food Administration Siviaipn of the Provincial Com-
mittee 'Approximately two, truckloads Of grains .were' is1;ued to military "person-
neleach day,. Government employees received a ,semi -monthly ration from. the
P'yongw2n~gux Consumer I Guild on orders from the Food Administration Se ction of
the P' yongwon-gim People's : Coomittee Approximately 20 ox-carts of grains were
issued to government employees every 15 days..
3.. In July 1953.the summer ain,texes-in-kind. were- being collected i;t,tb
Yonbaek-
kun ( 38, 0 , ,E 126.Q8) T- B )area at the rate of 23. pence }t ! the crop;
Agricu .turel..inst'uctors Were sent to various pillages to super e. C tillection
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teyxes in kid. A .thou h the legal rate, of tax was Z3 ,percent.. actually
6J pence t of Che a p .was i tg c llected.l * Of the smaller firs
prod? ced al:L of their crops as taxes,, but still ,dial not meet 'their quotas,*.
Approxi ate1y 40 percent of the farmers in the TUb"i-kun area will be
s 4r. on food a most of their crops -went for taxes. The. Chinese, Com unist
aut i tie s in the area clai d that rel of reins. mere to arrive front.
Chi, and. 044 North. Korean people void be well-fed for: 3 mouths,..
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:2 nt According to in late Jul r far*e2 6 . I.A. North.
`e Ce a bait tame 80. percent .o... s-4.-the 0Ps they produced,.
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