NORTH KOREAN ARMY ACTIVITY IN KANGWON PROVINCE

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 12, 2001
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: April 7, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains Information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 744, 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.
COUNTRY
Korea
REPORT NO.
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North Korean Army Activity in Kangwon
DATE DISTR.
7 April 1954
Province
NO. OF PAGES
2
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DATE OF INFO.
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT AR EFINITwE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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North Korean Army `T`roops, in. Kan on Province
Between 21.and 23 September 1953 the following North Korean army troops and
installations were observed south of Pohyon-ni (N 38-36~ E 128-16) (DT-362717):
DT-359629 - One kilometer southwest of gill 55l there were 90 bu er=type
barracks, each 2.5 meters high and 2 meters wide, spaced at about
10-meter intervals. An estimated three to five men could be
housed in each bunker. No gun emplacements were visible.
DT-373693 - One kilometer northwest of Hill 321 there were five of the same
bunker-type barracks and one platoon.
DTT371682 ?? One kilometer southwest of Hill 321 one squad was digging a bunker
about 35 meters long and 1.5 meters wide, facing southeast. About
five meters in front of the new bunker six triangular bunkers for
one-man guard posts were being built at three~.meter intervals.
DT-372700 W One platoon. of about 30 soldiers of the 7 'Division., VII COrps9 was
stationed at P'ibang.
DT-367703 - Two squads were working on the road at T!odong, A number of bunker-
type barracks about 2.5 meters high and 2 meters wide, capable of
housing three to five men, were spaced at about 10-meter intervals
in the valley along the road.
DT-381697 - One squad was standing guard at 25-meter intervals on Hill'267 in
a trench 2:meters high and 1.3 meters wide. One squad was digging
a new bunker about 35 meters long about 10 meters below the sentries.
Another squad .s digging new bunkers about 30 meters long at 10-
meter intervals about 200 meters north of Hill 2670 No sentry was
visible.
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DT-399703 One kilometer north of Hill 267 two squads were posted on a
diagonal line, at about 25-meter intervals. They were armed with
Soviet rifles and PPSh's.
DT-382708 - One squad was digging a bunker about 25 meters long, about 1,300
meters north of Hill 267. This was an extension of an already
completed bunker, 10 meters above.
DT-368715 - Two squads were digging a bunker 4+5 meters long and 2.5 meters
wide on Hill 226.
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Roads Leading Into Pohyon-niL
2. The road from Songt'an-ni (DT-375770) to Pohyon-ni was three meters wide, com-
paratively smooth, and in good condition. Either ox carts or motor vehicles
could travel on it. From Chakpong (DT-337665) to Pohyon-ni the three-meter
wide road was comparatively smooth and in good condition, capable of handling
motor vehicles, though no tire tracks were visible. The road from Paekch'on'gyo.-
ri (DT-326721) to Pohyon-ni was three meters wide and in fairly good condition.
Transportation of Supplies
3. Supplies were transported from Songt'an-ni to Pohyon-ni by Soviet-made C
and Molotov trucks which operated only between 7 and 11 p.m. Five or six
loads were transported daily. Horse or ox carts were not observed. Since
the cargo was covered with canvas, the type of supplies being transported was
not determined. The following groups of trucks traveling at about 30 miles
per hour at ten meter intervals were observed:
a. On 21 September at 8 p.m. three fully loaded trucks were headed north from
Pohyon-ni toward Songt'an-ni. The lead truck used one-headlight; the others
none. At 9135 P.M. twin rucks, both without headlights, were headed south.
One truck had a load. of lumber, the other straw Backs.
On 23 September at 7:20 p.m. i.x trucks without lights were going north
toward Songt'an-ni. At a later hour five trucks with headlights on were
headed south.
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