MACHINERY AND MATERIALS ADMINISTRATION P'YONGYANG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007900560011-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 15, 2008
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: September 8, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 703 and 784, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorised person is prohibited by law,
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COUNTRY North Korea
SUBJECT Machinery and Materials
Administration, Plyongyang
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
DATE ACQUIRED
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buildings with annexes.
2. The main functions of the Machinery and Materials Administration were stock-
piling, warehousing, and custodial responsibilities. All stockpiled materials
were to be used. for North Korean reconstruction. The main materials stock
piled were:
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This is UNEVALUATED Information
In January 1955, the Machinery and Materials Administration in Pty?ngyang had
moved from the area in front of the Ptyongyang Railroad Stator to another
site at Th378241, about two kilometers north of the West Ptyongy'ang Railroad
Station. The move was necessary because there had been insufficient office
and working space. T h e Administration in J a n u a r y 19 wale h?i e s 4 i + " 4
a. Standardized lumber, procured from Musan Lumber Mill.
b. Plate glass, made in North Korea.
c. Railroad rails, made in China.
d. Galvanized iron, made in China.
e. Oil, heavy and light.
f. Gasoline.
g. Machinery of various types.
h. Carpentry tools.
i. Nails of various sizes.
J. Papers and roll paper.
k. Cement.
I. Lime.
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a. Trucks, made in Czechoslovakia
n. Medical supplies., made in Hungary)
o. Passenger cars., made in Russia.
p. Lead pipes.
3. Supplies and materials were shipped to the warehouse area on a railroad, siding;
most of the incoming Wad. outgoing materials were crated to prevent unauthorized
observation of the contents. Yl Yong-kwon (2621/7693/2938), chief of the
Third Warehouse, states that in January 1955 the quantity of daily shipments
decreased), about 25 truckloads of cargo were stockpiled daily. YI i'urher
stated that in the future there would be more cutbacks in stockpiling.- Cement
and standardized timber accounted for approximately 40 percent of the inzoming
materials.
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4. YI Yong-kwon said that invoices and bills-of-lading were received from the
national government. When these documents were received, the respective ware-
houses charged with the incoming materials dispatched trucks to collect the
shipment; materials were then stored according to type. All materials in the
custody of the Machinery and: Materials Administration were registered in a ledger
file; a current inventory was kept on each item stockpiled.
5. Materials were requisitioned by the national governmen? only. When a requisi-
tion was received by the Administration, an issue slip was seat to the chief of
the warehouse concerned. The warehouse chief issued the requested:mater:ia:
when he received, a copy of the government requisition. At the beginning of each
quarter year, issue slips were prepared against which spli:ea could be drawn
during that period: of time; but emergency requisitions could: be i?i1:l:ed. The
chief of each warehouse kept a file of all documents received and. was responsible
for its safekeeping. A general inventoFy was made by an in?spec tar from another
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6. The Machinery and, Materials AdMinist:ration: was divided into the following open.
sting sections s Labor, General. ,Af'f'airs, Planning, Rhipping, Cus:to , tester,
and Control. About 350 people were employed; about; 20 were clvtrks, 35 were
warehouse-keepers, 50 worked in the Shipping Section, 20 worked: in the Custody
Section, and 50 were guards. Guards stood watch at ach warehouse in pairs.;
regular mounted patrols covered the entire cc pound. loyeee received a
daily food ration of 600 grams and were paid about 1,100 to 1.,200 wot monthly.
Employees dormitories charged about 45 won per month.
Comments
1. YI Yong-,kwon, Chief of the Third Warehouse, said that medical supplies
were kept for two months only.
2. Twenty to twenty-five Russian-made trucks of 1 to 2.12 ton capacity were
seen being loaded with outgoing shipments of all kinds of materials.
3. According to rumor, incoming foreign shipments would be decreased: severely
in the future.
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reconstruction of the Rin gnaw Fertilizer-Factory had to be 25 to 40 centi-
meters in diameter and four meters long.
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One inspection party was made up of three men who carried documents
and. about 20 men who counted the goods being inventoried.
YI Yong-kwon said that materials valued at 700,000 An were missing from
the warehouses during the period from October to December 1954. All ware-
house,.chiefs were closely checked.; the case was still under investigation
in January 1955.
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