SOVIET SHIPMENT OF MILITARY SUPPLIES TO NORTH KOREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004300860003-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 25, 2002
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: June 15, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY USSR (Far East )/Korea
SUBJECT Soviet Shipment of Military Supplies
to North Korea
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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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REFERENCES
15 June 1954
The shi=exit of pharmaceuticals and other medicaI supplies to North Korea
by the Sovfet'-,linistry of Foreign Trade prior to the outbreak of the
Korean War wa,s,.,incomprehensible because these goods were
in short eutily in the USSR. Supplies of a military nature- such as
..s-ma1l arms a zunitd.oa, were also sent, by rail, to North Korea.
Crated, these items were labeled as ordinary commercial commodities
(unidenti 'led) and addressed to the Soviet Purchasing Commission in
Pyongyang.
unable to learn what the Soviets received in return under this agreement.
These negotiations were c alducted directly between the Koreans and the
Soviets,and the Chinese Communists were in no-wgy involved in these
dealings.
countries. Other than some "important" raw materials,
The Soviet-.2=,chasing Commission also accepted orders from the North
Korean Government for Soviet-manfactured trucks and ammunition. This
was part of the barter-trade agreement existing between the two
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