1. LIVING CONDITIONS IN NORTH KOREA 2. INSTALLATIONS IN CH ONGJIN

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INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT 1. Living Conditions in North Korea.
2. Installations in Ch'ongjin.
This is UNEVALUATED Information
This material contains Information affecting the Na-
tional Defence of the United caw within the mean-
InR of the amlonep LAwe. Title 19. U.S.C. secs. 710
and 791, the Usnaolrlatt or rerNatian of which In
any manner to en VtaUthaelfed pnaon Is Invh1b1ad
by law.
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEPINITrVE.
THE APPRAISAL OP CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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Medical Facilities
1. Since the cease-fire, medical facilities in North Korea have been expanded and
improved. Each village has a dispensary with one doctor and two nurses, while
there is a people's hospital in each county seat and a central hospital in each
provincial capital. Government employees and employees of social organizations
are given both examination and medicine free of charge; others are given a free
examination but must pay for the prescribed medicine which is obtained at the
hospital pharmacy. Drugs such as penicillin and aureomycin are difficult to
obtain at the hospital, but they are available on the open market at high prices.
United States drugs are the most expensive, Japanese second, and European
relatively cheap. Even though examination is free at government hospitals, the
people would prefer private hospitals where they would get good treatment and
better medicine. There are no private doctors in Chtongjin, only "herb doctors."
The most prevalent disease in the Ch'ongiin area is malaria. There have been
no recent epidemics. If there should be an epidemic, the Red Cross would go to
each village in the area to give infections and issue. immunization certificates.
In Ch'ongjin there is a Czechoslovakian-operated hospital, formerly Japanese,
consisting of three two-story, concrete buildings. Both military and civilian
personnel are treated there. Individuals desiring treatment start forming a
line at the hospital at 5 a.m. In case of emergency, by notifying the chief
nurse who will inform the doctor, an individual may, at the doctor's discretion,
be treated before his turn. Labor Party officials can arrange for immediate
treatment by telephoning. The procedure for obtaining dental treatment is the
same as that for hospital care.
Utilities
2. Electricity is available to everyone on a 24-hour basis, except when there is a
power failure. Individual electric bills are payable four times yearly. The
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 charge is based on the number of light bulbs used. Government employees and
employees of social organizations pay 10 won monthly for each bulb; others, 40
won. The average bulb is 60 watts. The water system in Ch'ongjin is in good
condition. There are water pipes to most houses, although in the more damaged
areas some need repair. In areas where a great deal of water is used, such as
the market place, it is available 24-hours daily. In residential areas it is
on from 4 p.m. to 8 a.m. The water is potable.
3. Private telephones are installed only in the offices of key government personnel
and of labor Party members. The majority are the desk telephone, Type UTsB
(Soviet). In Ch'ongjin there are public telephones in booths in the post office.
The price for local calls is ten won. The telegraph office, available to everyone,
is also in the post office. A form on which is written the message, the name
and address of the sender and the addressee costs one won. The rates are three
won for each Chinese character. There is no limit to the length of the message
which may be sent.
Postal Service
4. In cities one may drop a letter in a mail box which is serviced daily by a post-
man or at the post office. Each letter must bear the name and address of the
sender. It takes three or four days for a letter to go from Ch'ongJin to Onsong
(N 42-57, E 129-59) (EC8055). In rural areas delivery of mail is often delayed
several days because it is delivered to the village office, rather than to the
individual addressee. Registered mail is more reliable, though no faster, than
regular mail. Personal letters are openly censored$ the censor's stamp appearing
on the envelope. Official letters to official organizations are rarely censored.
Letters may also be sent to Communist China, to the USSR, and to the satellite
nations. Stamps are purchased either at the post office or at state-operated
stores. It costs 10 won for a regular letter, 40 won for a registered one, and
3 won for each newspaper. A package costs 60 won for 600 grams weight.' Postal
money orders can also be purchased at the post office. The required form contains
the name and address of the addressee, the sender, and the amount of the check,
which must be cashed at a post office.2
5. There are no regulations against the possession or sale of standard-wave radio
sets in North Korea. Short wave ones are forbidden. Although sets with six or
more tubes were confiscated during the war, they are no longer prohibited, but
most be registered. Second-hand radios available on the open market include
the National and the Televia, made in Japan, and the Columbia and the Victor,
which are the most expensive. Prices range from 2 000 to 3,500 won for a four-
tube set; 3400 to 7,000 for a five-tube set; and 6,000 to 10,000 for a six-tube
set. In Ch'ongjln broadcasts from South Korea can be heard on any five or six-
tube set after 8 p.m., the beat hours being between 9 and 10 p.m. Seoul is
picked up at around 900 kilocycles, Taegu at 750 kilocycles. Japan can be
heard even on four-tube sets after 6 p.m. Reception from Japan at night is
better than from Pyongyang. It is difficult to get Japan during the daylight
hours. The fact that a radio can receive foreign broadcasts is a strong selling
point, although people listen to foreign programs in secret for fear of appearing
suspicious in the eyes of the authorities. South Korean and Japanese news
broadcasts are popular because of the contrast to the limited and stereotyped
terminology of North Korean broadcasts and because Japan's reports of the news
are from a bystander's viewpoint, while South Korea's present the point of view
of the opposition. In addition, the large amount of uninterrupted music pro-
vided by the Japanese is very popular.
6. North Korean radio programs consist mainly of speeches and news. Occasionally
music is heard. The most popular broadcasts are the interludes of music that
follow news broadcasts which end before the scheduled time has elapsed. Most
North Korean programs are not popular and have been nicknsmed "percentage
broadcasts" as a result of the endless stream of statistics which make up the
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bulk of the programs. These broadcasts are heard not only by the people who
own radios, but street loudspeakers have been set up in the market area, in
schools and factories, and in other organizations of cities and larger villages,
while in the country there are loud speakers in any area where people are apt
to congregate. The Ch'ongjin radio station broadcasts from 5 a.m. to midnight,
the Programs consisting mainly of relays from Radio PI olay
Mo coiping
and Moscow. Between 8 and 8:30 ,y relays a a Radio and from
program in the Korean language which cone consinformation on Soviet aid to
Korea, Soviet news, and music. News broadcasts are at 5 p.m., 7 P.m., and 9 p.a.
Theaters.
7. Stage Plays are presented in cities and villages by touring groups of state
eaploYed actors. The themes of the plays, such as the play "Nov Fact" which
concerns the struggle between bureaucracy and the laboring political. The are however' very ctheses, are
all
rY popular as they are a.rather rare event,
ocCUring in Chao ~ p three or four tim a year for IL period of thr
or four days at aStime. Tickets cost betweens50 and 70 won. Performanceseare
given from 7:30 Pon. to 10 p.m., and occasionally from 1 P.M. to 4 p.m.
8. There are three motion picture houses in Ch'3ngjin, the Provincial which seats
about 1,000 people, the Ch'o`ngjin seating about 700, and the Soviet-Korean
oe Purchased at the window about 500. There are no ushers, patrons choosing any seat they desire.
seethe
stub is retained. At the Provincial a the terrathhere are ten reserved at the eats r . 10
key labor Party, government and Ministry of a ai rss(MIA) seats ter
The Provincial and the Ch!3' woodoodenen Affairs hs wiael.
backs. I the ~s theaters have w, five-man beaches with
do not. n the Bon eis the t-Kcrrean movie house half the beaches have backs, and half
same in all three theaters. All theaters hale ewer.
gency exits. Smoking is not permitted inside the buildings. Seventy to 80
percent of the motion pictures shown are from the USSR and about ten percent
from China. Showings are ntuden and ehe five time daily and run for about three days.
Usual at tde. and tra tradesmen go to the movies during the day; people with
uments leave
document theater. In most cases,, the citizenship cad sethedo when
only document checked.
Restaurants
9. Restaurants in North Korea include Privately owned Korean and Chinese ones,
stateaopersted ones in cities, and consumers' guild restaurants in rural areas.
00vernment and labor Party officials usually Patronize the state-operated or
consists' Private s restaurants When having parties, but when eating alone
prefer the iwhere the food and service We Generally Since the government wants ultimately to merge all restaurants, into states
operated or consumers' guild restaurants, prigs in the latter are generally
later. Ration stamps are rarely used. Therelsa*e waitresses, but there is no
tipping. Beaus are a is carte, the moat c Seel ordered being rice with a
side.dah and tea. There are generally no reserved tables or seances,
Documentation of military personnel is occasionally
Primarily ascertain how the military got the checked military pOuQe, Money
als" they receive so little Pay that ' with which to buy a 1J
travel. carry their rice with them when they
Jfonrv amd Nerve re
10. Although anyone may utilize the banking facilities, the JftJOrItY of indly
am" at home even thongh'beaks Pay interest on depoaitp.
1lhaatnwksea mused mainly by various organizations and by merchants. In addition
them notet. ,BNeatnKoea ,currency is also available in 5, 10, T0, and 54
o
hm mat verything costs over 50 won, the 100-won note is
the
in statt commlpnly used. One chun is 1/100 Of a Mon and is rarely used exOpt
'operated stores where goods are priced in both won and shun motes,
 The Chinese JMP is not legal tender in North Korea, although it is used, mainly
by smugglers. It is confiscated when found. The exchange rate on the open market
is 1,000 JMP to 40 won.
11. In 1950 the North Korean Government issued three grades of National Bonds in 500
and 1,000-won denominations. The bonds were allocated to pan chiefs and to
various organizations which, in turn, allocated their quotas among the people
under their jurisdiction. It was mandatory that people purchase the assigned
quota.
months the government holds a nationwide lottery bear
to redeem bonds. A
selection committee chooses a few bond numbers from both the 500 won and 1,000
won denomination Grade I bonds which are then redeemed at 500 percent of the
face value. The selection committee also picks a number and all bonds ending
in this number are redeemed at 150 percent of the face value. The selected
numbers are published in the newspapers. No bonds have been issued since 1950.
Taxation
12. Taxes are levied and collected from farmers, merchants, and laborers in the
following manner:
a. Farmers pay 25 percent of the rice crop and 23 percent of the dry-field
crop as taxes-in-kind. They,*Iao pay grain as a tax on the water used in
the fields, in addition to a wagon tax in cash, and a fertilizer tax. The
amount of tax-in-kind is determined by a five to seven-man committee which
visits each farm and assesses the fields as gold, poor, or average from
which they estimate what the harvest should be and assess the tax on the
potential yield. The judges'decision may be appealed for reconsideration.
The farmer is responsible for delivering the grain for the tax-in-kind and
water taxes to the County Crop Administration Bureau twice yearly, in August
and in December. The wagon tax is paid to the village chief four time
annually, in March, June, September., and December.
b. Merchants pay an income tax, a local self-government tax, and a market tax.
The income tax which is based on an unknown percentage of the merchant's
profits is determined by the City or County Finance Bureau officials who
inspect his books four time annually. The books are supposed to show all
sales, the amount received, and the profit on each sale. The officials,
however, assume that the merchant has not been honest and levy a much
higher tax than would be justified by the figures shown on the books. The
self-government tax is figured by the Finance Bureau officials on a set
rate based on the size of the individual's shop or house. Both the income
and the self-government taxes are paid four time a year. The market tax
of 30 won daily is levied on anyone owning or renting land in the market
area. Those who have establishments in the market area are registered
with the Market Custodial Office to whom the market tax is paid. It is
becoming increasingly difficult for an individual merchant to maintain his
business, During the war the private businessmen sold luxuries and other
goods not available in the government store, which sells goods at lower
prices than those on the open market. Since the cease fire, as a result
of aid materials received from other countries, government stores also have
luxury items available for sale at prices lower than on the market.
c. Laborers and office workers pay one percent of their salary as income tax,
0.5 percent for social insurance, 10 percent for-tabor Party dues, 20 won
monthly for Democratic Youth Alliance duos, and 10 won monthly for the
Vocational Alliance, for the Korea-Soviet Cultural Association, for the
Fatherland Defense Assistance Committee, and for the Red Cross. The
organization or factory in which the individual works deducts all tax ea and
dues each month. The income tax money is sent to the City or County Finance
Bureau, while the dues are distributed to the pan-level representatives of
the organizations concerned.
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Stores and Rationed Items
13, Commodities may be purchased in the following establishments: (Be. attach.
ment for a list of commodity prices in Ch'ongJis)
at State-operated stores in cities, in which both rationed and unrationed
items are for sale. Prices in the rationed-goods section are well
below those in other stores.
be Consumers' guild stores? in rural areas. Items in the state-operated
stares and in the consumers I guild store are generally lower than similar
items an the open market, but more expensive than corresponding items
purchased with ration stamps in the rationed-goods section of the state.
operated store.
at Open market, which carries a such wider variety of items, including
smuggled goods, than does the state-operated store or the consumers'
guild store. Although the sale of smuggled items is technically il-
legal, it is tolerated, and merchants sell such items openly. The
people, therefore, regard the market as an open or from one, rather than
as a black market. In Ch'onWin it is also referred to as the "fly
market." Some rationed items are found in the open market, and oc-
casionally at lower prices than in the state-operated stare, because
many people entitled to ration books are willing to sell at least a
part of their rations at a very small profit to stores in the open
market. The government controlled lierahant Mnrket office is responsible
to the City People's Committee for management of the market area.
d. Workers' cooperative stores or incorporated stores are the result of
several small companies selling their combined output in a single store.
They are not state controlled,
e. Welfare-type stores. The Ministry of Transportation maintains in
Ch'ongjia a commodity supply office which operates one or more businesses.
The proceeds of these businesses, in the foram of basic foods and com-
modities such as clothing are turn" eves' to station stores at various
railroad stations. These are, in turn, distributed to railroad employees*
f. Military stores are found is large cities, county seats, and in areas
is which there are large concentrations of troops. Prices are about
30 percent lower than at state-operated or consumers' guild stores.
g. A central supply center is a type of supply int which sells articles
to 1st through 5th-gra6e gaverrossat official43 at low prices. It is
rumored that the centers my be clad because of complaints about the
system from lower grade government personnel and because those using
the centers abuse the privilege by reselling articles to the open market,
14. Food and daily necessities are the two categories of rationed items in North
Ka-es. The Commerce and Industry Section of the City People's Committee is
responsible for printing and issuing the ration books for daily necessities.
The books are requested from the Commerce and Industry Section by the various
organisations which, in turn, distribute. the books to their embloyees. The
one of the store to be patronised is. printed on the front of the book, and
Sn organisation sends the Asses or the employees who hold the books to
the appropriate stores.
15. The type and quantity of rationed goods available is determined by the Can.
=roe and Industry Section, which receives from factories and from the
Provincial and National People's Committees a report of all the goods
produced in the area. The Committees decide how much of the local production
will be shipped out and how much material produced in other area will be
permitted in. The City Commerce and Tatustry section allots the goods to the
various stores and indicates how, when, and in, what quantity the goods are to
be available. There is no expiration data on the ration books, extra pages
being added as columns are filled.
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iculture
16. The government tells the individual farmer what kinds of grain he must plant,
where, and now much be must produce. Each year the farmer submits to his
pan chief his plan for the utilization of his land.
plan to the village The pan chief sends the At county level, chief who submits the over-all plan to the county chief.
all the village plans are totaled and compared with the
county quotas, which had been established by the government. Necessary
Changes to the plans to meet the quotas are made and then forwarded to the
village chief as directives to be implemented. In areas where the manpower
shortage would make meeting the quotas impossible, mobilized manpower from
other areas is used during critical periods. The pan chief is responsible
for mobilizing a sufficient number of men to meet the quota set by the
higher echelons. Within a county, mobilization of farm labor from one pan
to another can occur at any time, the men involved working in the new area
during the day and returning to their own farms at night. Mobilization
involving the transfer of men from one county to another occurs only after
completion of the harvest in the county from which the manpower is drawn.
The men take their own food with them while away from home. There is no pay
for mobilized farm labor. Due to the heavy propaganda program, mobilization
of farm labor is not regarded as forced labor, but as a part of the mutual
assistance program.
17. State-operated cooperative farms are divided into working-pan areas which
may or may not border one another, depending upon geography of the area.-
An empl employee provided oh 300 housing.* a ponthly salary of the
1,100 won plus a 25
perch he P'Yong0f of land to work as his own and from
w may retain all he produces. Each member of the farmer's family
who works in the cooperative farm fields also receives 1,100 won and the
25 percent allowance. The farmer reports to the pan headquarters each
morning to draw tools, works in the fields. during the day, then returns
the tools at night. To increase the amount of land being farmed, the gov-
ernment offers as much waste land to a farmer as he desires. No taxes are
collected from this land. The farmers, however, do not want to take ad-
vantage of the offer because of the heavy production goals to be fulfilled.
1 nt
ltl. There is some unemployment in North Korea even though there are many jobs
for laborers available. Most unemployed would prefer a position as an
office worker, but since the government is concentrating on rehabilitation,
the number of office workers has been reduced, it is very difficult for a
l
aborer to make a living because in addition to a daily ration of four hop5 only
Of rice, he
dOO
200
mon In addition,ihe woks more than eight hour daily, pay grossing duo ed whe whe
is absent, and, if he is absent 30 (sic) consecutivea is ditotd n he
notice, he is fired. Although wehaut giving
laborers, it is very tiBh occasionally . basic commodities are given to
mamorr of the serdifficult for a laborer to make a living unless every
family also works.
19. The Ministry of Labor maintains a Laborer's Employment Agency with branches
in large towns and in cities, at which a laborer may apply for work. In
areas in which there is no such agency a laborer may go to the Labor Bureau
of the County People's Committee. To obtain work an individual must have
an unemployment certificate from the Dong or Village People's Committee,
a citizenship card, and a health certificate from the state-operated hos-
pital. According to government regulation an individual works eight hours
daily at a fixed national wage scale. In actual practice the number of
hours a person works varies with the organization for which he works.
 Office workers average ten hours daily, with no overtime pay. A factory
worker may receive overtime pay if he exceeds his daily production quota,
but he does not receive overtime pay for the time over eight hours he
spends in merely fulfilling his assigned quota. Workers are entitled to
two days off a month without pay and to two 15-day paid vacations each
year at free state-operated rest camps, but in actual practice they are
granted only one such vacation. Laborers are paid twice a month, office
workers once.
Attitudes of the People
20. In general, non-Labor Party people in North Korea have no confidence in the
government because there is too much discrepancy between official propaganda
and actual fact. Taxes-in-kind cause the greatest resentment among farmers.
According to law, farmers are to pay 25 percent of their harvest as taxes-
in-kind; actually the tax amounts to 50 percent. It is the government ,s
policy to increase the number of collective farms in North Korea. The
policy is disliked by farmers who own fertile land and have sufficient
tools with which to work. Those who owned poor land and few tools have been
forced to accept the collective farm system as the only means of making a
living because of the excessive taxes-in-kind. They blame the Labor Party
for the conditions that drove them off their own farms to the collective
farms. Under the Japanese, taxes-in-kind were low enough so that a living
could still be made on marginal farms. Merchants are supposed to be taxed
a small amount of their profits; in practice about 70 percent of their
profits is taken as taxes. Merchants also resent the government measures
to increase the program of state-operated stores. Among office workers and
laborers there are many complaints against the low salaries, small food
rations, and the number of dues and contributions taken out of salaries.
Although farmers and merchants attempt to avoid taxation, it is largely to
no avail. Despite the fact that many people have grievances against the
government, there is no rallying point nor anyone who can promise them a
change; hence, there is little resistance activity of any kind among the
general populace.
21. Relationship between Labor Party members and the rest of the people is cool.
The people hesitate to invite Party members to their homes for social visits
because they do not want to hear the inevitable propaganda lectures and
because they cannot talk freely in front of Party members. If a non-Party
individual ewn3d ftezt y entertains Party members in his home, he also becomes
suspect among his non-Party friends and is subjected to the same cool treatment
given Party members.
22. North Korean civilians who have no connection with either the government or
the North Korean Army (NKA) secretly feel more good will toward the Chinese
Communists than the Soviets. The aid given North Korea by China is a
tangible thing consisting of such items as food, clothing, and vehicles,
whereas the well propagandized billion-rubles worth of aid from the USSR
consists mainly of industrial goods which give the people no material comfort.
The Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) are also favored over the Soviet forces
whose barbaric actions at the end of World War II are well remembered. The
CCF are also favored in contrast to the NKA because when the CCF use the homes
of the Koreans as billets, they give the Koreans material goods. In addition,
there is the common bond between the Koreans and the Chinese because China is a
neighboring country and the people are of, the same race. The North Korean
civilians believe that China is a very rich country (second only to the United
States) which is helping North Korea with men and materials.
Installations in Ch'ongiin
23. The following are the locations and description of some of the major installa-
tions in Ch'ongjin:
Provincial Labor Party Headquarters at EB6652-2676 is in three small, one-
story, brick buildings surrounded by a herbed-wire fence. There is one NKA
sentry armed with a rifle.
 City Labor Party Headquarters at EB6736-2635 is in a two-story building with
concrete walls. It was not damaged during the war. There is no guard, but
visitors stop at a receptionist's shack in front of the building to state
their business.
Provincial Peoples Committee in Ingok-tong (EB6526) consists of two or
three one-story brick buildings built against a hill. It was not damaged
during the war. It is surrounded by a barbed-wire fence and guarded by
one NKA sentry armed with a rifle.
City People's Committee at EB66a3-2596 is in a large, brick and wood-frame
building built about 1945. Is is two or three stories high and is surrounded
by a low cement wall. There is no guard.
Provincial MIA Headquarters at EB6565-2605 is in a two-story, concrete building
surrounded by a cement wall. It is a large building which was constructed
after the liberation. As one faces the building, the "public park grounds'
are immediately to the left.
City MIA Headquarters at EB67lb-2644 is in three, one-story, brick buildings
at the foot of a hill. The largest building contains the section which issues
citizenship cards.
Provincial Court House at EB6740-2610 is in a small, one-story, brick building
which was built during the Korean war after the old building had been destroyed.
An air raid tunnel was built in the hill about 50 meters behind the court house.
City Court House at EB6734-261a is in a new building similar in appearance to
the Provincial Court House. The former City Court House, which had been in an
area closer to the center of town, was destroyed.
Provincial Procurator's Bureau at EB6596-2614, across the street from the
Provincial MIA Headquarters, is in one large, three-story brick building and
in several, small residence-type buildings. It was built after the liberation.
Ch'ongjin Broadcasting Station at (6775-2554 is in a two-story, cement den building.t The xarehthreeror fwires our woodend ntte an poles about 15 metes high
angle to the ground.
Provincial movie house at EB6725-2630 is in a brick building built immediately
after the cease fire at the site of a bombed-out elementary school. The front
of the building is painted white, the sides and back are unpainted:
Soviet-Korea movie house at EB66b7-265a is in a one-story, wooden building
with a peak roof and a dirt floor.
Ch'ongjin Spinning Mill at EB6415-2569, which formerly produced rayon and
silk materials, is in one large, brick and cement building and several small
residences surrounded by a cement wall about four meters high. It is under
reconstruction. No smoke was seen c
are at the oming from the chimneys. Civilian guards
Choson Oil Refinery Joint Stock Company at EB665256 was destroyed and all that
remains are two connrai .over-brick chimneys which appear to be relatively
undamaged and which still have the name of the company painted on them.
Match Factory at EB666259 was completely leveled. Nothing remains but a
small wooden fence around the area on which is a sign saying Ch'ongjin
State-operated Match Factory.
Stalin Street going from EB660268 southeast and east around the harbor has
an asphalt surface and is about 20 meters wide. There is a dirt strip along
each side of the street for pedestrians.
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Nanam Street, the main east-west street through the city, also has an asphalt
surface.
Ohang Railroad station at EB6475-24130 id a 10 by 20-foot, one-story, wooden,
box-like structure about 100 meters from the former station which was destroyed.
Sohang Railroad Station at EBb2d1-2390. is similar in appearance to the Chang
Station and is also some distance from the site of the former station which
was destroyed.
Sunam Police Box is at EB6651-24135; Haebong-dong Police Station at EB6695-
2651; and the Songp'yong Police Box at EB6291-2416,
Central Post Office is at EB6721-2623.
Ctent. First-grade government officials include such individuals
as the chief of the Central Labor Party, members of the standing committee
of the Supreme People's Assembly, and members of the Cabinet; second-grade
officials are the vice-chiefs of the Central labor Party, vice-ministers,
and chiefs of the Provincial People's Committees; third grade officials are
section chiefs of the Central Labor Party and of the Provincial People's
Committees; fourth-grade officials are section chiefs of Provincial Labor
Party headquarters and chiefs of City or County People's Committees; fifth-
grade officials are chiefs of city or county political organizations other
than the Labor Party.
Comment. One p'yong equals 3.95 square yards.
Comment. One hop equals .327 pint.
Comment. the
Ch'ongjin City Broadcasting Station was in a grass-camouflaged building
at EB-6642613 in ]by 1953.
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Commodity Prices in Ch's tin
MARIET PRICE
OOVERN!N (T STORE
BMW-
PRICE IN NC
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Rice
1 small mal
800-900
750-800
Corn
1 small gal
400
350'
Potatoes
1 small as
250
200
Soy beans
1 small mal
250
200
Soy bean oil
1 toe
500
Soy sauce
1 toe
50
20
Bean
Be
u
1 kilogram
20
a
n c
rd
1 piece
20
15
Eggs
10
150
125
Chicken
1
200
Pork
100 momma
100
90
Beef
100 mom me
90
80
Yeongtae (fish)
20
200
100
Salmon
1
30-40
Cart fish
Sugar
1
1 kilogram
10-15
Salt
Rice candy
1 bag
1 kun
2,000
GCr;
Honey
1 kun
500
150 (for 4
hop)
Cider
1 bottle
100
Sou (whiskey)
1 toe
540
Russian whiskey
4 hop
350
North Korean
Swallow
1 package
70
Construction
1 package
70
More Production
1 package
50
Steel
Chinese
1 package
30
Big Production
1 package
150
Sward Mark
1 package
100
Big Lobby
1 package
120
Harbin
Clothing and Materials
1 package
120
Cotton cloth, machine spun
Korean made
1 yard
250
200
Chinese made
1 yard
400
350
Cotton cloth, home spun
Suiting material from
1 p'il
1,500
1,000
Hongkong
25,000
Tailoring fee
2,500
1,250
Overcoat material from, U88R
For 1 coat
7,000-8,000
Khaki cloth
1 meter
400
Yarn, woolen, imported
1 pound
7,OOO
Mobondan skirt**
1
000
7,OOO 4
Injosuku cloth**
1 yard
,
150 8o
Trousers, wool, U.S.
1 pair
10,000
Shirt, wool, U.S.
1
10000
Sweater, wool, U.S.
1
7,000
Shirts (best quality)
1
2,000
Socks, Korean
1 pair
120 90-100
Socks, Chinese
1 pair
150 150
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Necktie (second-hand)
Lenin cap
100+-9uarter, imported
Czechoslovakian
Rubber, black, Korean
Men's
Women's
Rubber, white, Korean
Men's
Women's
Canvas
Chinese
Korean
Sneakers
Tennis shoes, Chinese
Rubber boots
Fire wood
Pine needles
Charcoal
Coal
Gasoline
Face cream
Korean
Chinese
Toilet soap
Chinese
U.S. (Lux)
Toothbrush
Chinese
Czechoslovakian
Toothpaste, Chinese
Toothpowder, Korean
Chalk, Chinese
Perfume, imported
Hair oil (vegetable)
Haircut
UNIT* MARE PRICE oOVERMO T STORE
1 pair
1 pair
1 pair
1 pair
400
300
1 pair
1 pair
1 pair
1 pair
1 pair
1 pair
1 pair
200
2,000
1 wagon load 2,000
20 bundles 1,000
1 bag 350
1 ton 2,000
5 gallons 1,500
1 can 200-300
1 can 800
1 cake 200-250
1 cake 250
1
1
1
1 package
1 box
1 bottle
2 hop
FR
200-300
100-150
120-170
250
27
800
200
150
50
Penicillin, East German 200,000 units Opp
Penicillin oil
Japanese 1 bottle 1,000-1,200
U.S. 1 bottle 2,000-2,500
M cin, U.S. 700
Diazine
Korean 1 tablet
U.S. 1 tablet
300
250
1,000-1,300
1,500-1,600
500-600
boo
175
30
30
100
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Watch, Swiss
Watch, Japanese (Seikosha)
Watch, U.B. (Waltham)
Watch, gold
Watch with sweep second hand.
Oold
Oliver
UNIT MARKET PRICE OOVESN $T STORE
nra-va- P*ICE I3
VON
1 3,OOO (second hand)
1 1,000.2,000 (second hand
1 4,000 (second hand
1 15,000 (new)
1 25,000 (new)
1 momma 6,000-6,500
1 mossae 200
Brick 1 2
Inlet 1 sai 100
Straw rope 1 roll 100
Window paper 1 sheet 30
Sewing machine 1 50,000 (second hand)
Pencil
Korean
Japanese
Fountain pen
Chinese
U.S.
Pen points
`3
C' :60
1,000
1,500
Chinese 1 50
Korean 1 30
Pocket knife
Korean 1 40
Chinese 1 300
Bas ride (within the city) 10
Bath charge 25
Movies 20-30
Plays 50-70
0One small mal equals 1.03 pecks or 9.02 liters.
One toe, or ten hop, equals about 3.27 pinta (dry) or .477 gallons.
One seam equals 3.75 grass.
One kmt equals 1.32 pounds or 600 grams.
A ptil is a bolt of cloth. lit number of yards in a poll is not known.
The Ibglish equivalent for the Xoresb word "sai" is not known.
*Mbbcndan is a heavy material with a large design.
Injosuku is a summer material with a light, coarse weave.