FACTORIES OFFICES AND OTHER BUILDINGS IN P'YONGYANG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006300160008-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 10, 2008
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: March 24, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTEWGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
T II no*" contains information affecting the i a-
tipnai aefss a of the United states within the mean-
Ing of the Ispionase Iaws, Title is, U.S.C. secs. 793
and 794, the tranami ce eetefation of which in
s":..us.ater to an unauthaslssd person Is piwhibited
by law.
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COUNTRY Korea
Factories, Offices, I-nd Other
Buildings in Pyongyang
REPORT
24 March 1955
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TIN SC MC/ IYAWATIONS IN THIS WORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
TNI APPRAISAL OF CONTINT IS TINTATIVE.
(FOR U! Ill RIVIRU)
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1. After 15 August 1954, almost all construction work in Pyongyang ceased 25X1
or was greatly reduced.1 Most of the work was being done by students and
North Korean army troops, but the troops stopped working after that date.
Work ceased on the new KIM Il-song road;2 construction of a large five-story
building at YD385245 was drastically curtailed, although only two stories
had been completed.
2. In September 1954, buildings in Pyongyang were being used as follows:3
a. The Pyongyang National Combined Beer Company produced beer and vodka
and was housed in an eight-story building at YD381244.4 At one time
about 200 people worked there, but from July to September 1954 the
company employed 50 workers. A motion picture theater occupied the
seventh and eighth floors of this building; the eighth floor was used
as the balcony.
b. The Pyongyang Monopoly Bureau at YD375244, also known as the Pyongyang
Tobacco Factory, consisted of large groups of buildings, two-thirds of
which had been reconstructed. This factory manufactured Diamond, Steel,
Swallow, Construction, and Industrial Promotion cigarettes. Another
tobacco factory was housed in two buildings at YD387237.
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c. A construction company known as the Second Pyongyang Trust utilized a
former medical college at YD382248 for dormitory and office space.
Employees allowed to live in the dormitory were those from farms, and
those whose jobs with the trust would last more than one month and who
lacked homes in the Pyongyang area. About 300 employees were living
at the dormitory. Persons desiring work with the trust usually
reported to the company at 0700 hours.5
d. Several buildings were being constructed at YD3830156 for the Ministry
of National Defense. In July 1954 one four-story building had already
been completed. Your other buildings for the Ministry were scheduled
to be built at this site.
e. The office building of the Ministry of Heavy Industries, a three-story
building about 80 meters long and 15 meters wide, was at YD392201.
f. The office building of the Ministry of Light Industry, a two-story
building about 50 meters long and 10 meters wide, was at YD389185.
g. Several buildings used by the Ministry of Transportation were near
YD377198?
h. The central headquarters of the Korean Labor Party, a new three-story
building about 100 meters long and 20 meters wide, was at YD380214.
i. At YD386221 was a government-operated department store about four
stories high, 50 meters long, and 40 meters wide.
J. The central area police station was at YD381222.
k. A government-owned trucking company at YD397205 had parking facilities
for approximately 50 trucks and a garage about 40 meters long and. 15
meters wide. All trucks operating for this company were of Russian
make and painted dark green.
1. The East Pyongyang Prosecutor's office was an old two-story building
at YD393206.
m. The East Pyongyang fire station at YD396205 housed two fire engines
and an observation tower.
n. The Pyongyang police station was a two-story building at YD375204.
o. A two-story building at YD381206 housed the Pyongyang City Prosecutor's
office.
The South P'yongyang theater, reconstructed since the end of the war,
was at YD378205 and would hold approximately 1,500 people.
q. The Central Bank was at YD383211.
r. The Farmers' Bank was at YD383213.
s. An army store for the families of military personnel was at YD384245.
This store occupied a two-story building about 30 meters long and. 8
meters wide.
t. The Moranpong theater at YD387237 was in a building about 80 meters
long, 40 meters wide, and 20 meters high.? An outdoor theater
accommodating about 4,000 people was next door at YD386239.
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u. The government-operated Pyongyang Machine Factory at YD378242 was in a
one-story building about 50 meters long and 15 meters wide. This factory
produced bolts, nuts, and gears; employed about 200 people; and operated
24 hours a day.
v. The city-operated rubber company at YD370227, which occupied three large
buildings, manufactured black rubber shoes and was in production 24 hours
a day.
w. The Sechang Rubber Company, a cooperative factory employing about 200
people, was at YD374219. Manufacturing was conducted in one large building,
and a small one served as an office building.
x. A power distribution station, consisting of a two-story office building
with more than ten large transformers in back, was opposite the city
prosecutor's office at YD381206.
y. Three old concrete buildings bombed during the war were being reconstructed
in the vicinity of YD395196 as living space for factory employees. Each
building was approximately 50 meters long and 6 meters wide, extended about
4 feet above the ground,9 and was to contain about 14 apartments when completed.
Although the buildings also extended 4 feet below the ground, there was no
water seepage. The floors were laid over concrete slabs and were going to
be heated to provide warmth for the buildings.
3. In January 1955 the Aluminum Manufacturing Guild factory at 14 Pan, 3, So-Dung,
Central District, Pyongyang City, produced dishes, bowls, spoons, and other
eating utensils. The average daily output was 305 dishes and 300 spoons;
approximately 70 workers were employed.
6.
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Comment. I I as of 10 August 25X1
orth Korean government began rehabilitating Pyongyang by using 25X1
enforced resident labor. Cited report also stated that no new construction
was apparent by 23 September 1954.
Caiaent. In October 1954 construction was again in progress on 25X1
the ~CII 11-song road, which was to extend from YD373203 to YD376226, based
on Pyongyang City Plan 1:12:500.
Comment. Many former merchants who had been forced out of business 25X1
y t e government were working for construction trusts.
completed.
a new National Defense ministry building about 100 meters long and 30 meters
wide was being constructed at YD 83213, and three stories had been
Comment. in September 1954
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7. The 12 August 1954 FBIS reported that the Moranpong Theater was completed,
according to Pyongyang Radio.
8. Pyongyang Radio reported three legitimate theatres in Pyongyang with a
seating capacity of 2100, according to the 22 October 195+ FBIS.
in June 1953 there were three underground 25X1
ers in Pyongyang; the Moranpong the Pyongyang, and the West
P'yongyang. that the Moranpong Theater opened 25X1
in larch 1951 and had a capacity of 800 persons.
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