NORTH KOREAN ARMY TROOPS NEAR HAEJU

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003600790010-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 30, 2005
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: February 24, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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2. At YCm868083 there wevc 25 NKA troops, assigned to guard the coastal area. The
rank insignia of the commanding officer was two small stars. Officers were armed
with pistols, and enlisted. men with Soviet rifles. The entrance to the unit
area was guarded 24 hours a day. The. unit had one telephone with which contact
with other units in the area was maintalned.
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an. unidentified Nor. th Korean army (NKA) unit with about 80
men was near Yongdangpao (N 38-00, E 125-42) (SIC-367082) at YC-375091 on the,
north side of a bill about 500 meters north of the company homes of the Yong-
dangp'o Cement Plant. About 25 NXA troops were at YC-372088 west of the Yong-
dangp'o-HaNJ -?' hi.gbway. ' hce' of'f,icer,: of 'both units carried pistols; the enlisted
men had Japanese rifles and'hard e adei. They trained during the day at YC-
374083 and at YC-372087. Part o:` th# training consisted of signal drills with
white and red flags, At night they were engaged in the construction of bunkers.
There were two bunkers at YC-38,1089, rnf, at YC-372086, and two at YC-367084.
Each bunker covered an area of abou:t?, si?x square feet. At YC-370085 a tunnel
was being constructed, with the Esc cif, exp,los ivies . The entrance was 2 meters
high and 2.5 motors wide.
a sailboat about 32 feet long and a sampan about 28 feet long
were anchored at YC-372079. The sampan was powered by a Soviet truck motor and
had a speed of about six knots. Both boats were manned 'by seven or eight NKA
troops who were armed with PPSh'e and two handgrenades each. The boats, carry-
ing lumber for bunker construction and other military supplies, made weekly runs
between Yon dangp'o, Sosuap-to (YB-4290), Taes?uap-to (YB- 587), and Yongmae-
do (YB-5583).
North Korean Army Troops near Haeju
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