PRICES IN HWANGHAE PROVINCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004300600002-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 9, 2001
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 17, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Korea
SUBJECT Prices in Hwanghae Province
25X1 C
This Doctunent 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.B. 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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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. In early April 1954 prices
Hwanghae Province, were as
in Sohang-nil (N 37-54, E 126-01)(BS-375999),
follows:
COMMODITY
UNIT
PRICE -IN NK W
N
O
Beans
1 small mal3
280
Rice
1 large ma13
1,500
Shoes, rubber, black
1 pair
500
Shoes, rubber, white
1 pair
1,600
Soap, laundrLy, "GI" size,
made in Hungnam
1 bar
130-150
Soap, toilet, Chinese
300
2. In early April prices in Hunam-myon (N 3'8-07, E 125-08)(KC-8720),
Province, were as follows:
COMMODITY
Rice
Penicillin, Soviet-made
Hwanghae
UNIT
1 large mal
1 small bottle4
CONFIDENTIAL
STATE I x ARMY
NAVY .x AIR
I Y FBI
JAEC
'RICE. IN NK WON
1,x1.00
350
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(Note: Washington Distribution Indicated By "X"; Field Distribution By "#".)
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Shoes, canvas
1 pair
1,000
Soap
1 bar
300-500
Towel, 24+ by 10 inches
each
300
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1. Comment. Sohang-ni appears to be a local name only.
2.
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Comment. A small mal equals 1.03 pecks, and a large mal equals
2.05 pecks.
Comment. Informant said that the bottle was about the size for
units of penicillin.
Comment. Soviet-made penicillin usually comes in form of
crystals, rather than oil.
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