P YONGYANG CITY PLAN

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• Publication Date: February 20, 1958
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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. Seca. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prbhtbited by law.
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COUNTRY North Korea
Pyongyang City Plan
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REQUIREMENT
descriptions of numbered installations within the city
A plan of P'yongyang and brief, unedj
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DATE ACQ.
SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
STATE X ARMY X NAVY X AIR X 91 AEC
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INFORMATION REPORT I N FORMATION REPORT
February 1958
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1. Details
P' yingvang City Plan
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nOEORR1
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o. Name of Structure ;
W x L x I: (ml
1. Karuge Market
-
-
-
2. p 'yingan-namdo , Combined
Building
20
80
16
West P'y)dngyang Rail-
road Station
6
20
4
4. West P ' yAWang Market
5. Historic Museum
15
30
6
6. Moranbonp; Theater
30
60
12
7. National Planning Corn-
mittee
15
40
12
8, Cabinet Executive
Bureau
12
30
12
9. Pot'ongmun Market
CuNFII)EN T.LAL
Rate: 6 25X1
Stoib Structure Remarks
1 Private shops (about 10),
selling, food, c:lothings,
grainlc and groceries.
Red brick natin ?a.l slate-
4 roofed building, used by
P ' y*gan-namdo Pe ople ' s
Committee and Party Com-
mittee.
1 Wooden building'.
1 About 50 shops selling
clothi ng6, fooc. and
groceries.
1 Red. brick builc.ing, with
exterior wall mortared,
displaying cla sic goods.
2 F tck galvanized iron
plate-roofed b'..ilding,
with exterior wall mortared,
having 800 sea.As. Often
used as an assembly ;.?tiall.
Red brick bui].c:ing, with
3 exterior wall mortared,
occupied by the Ministry
of Culture & Propaganda,
the Ministry of Inspection,
and the Mi.ni.su;;y' of :duca-
tion.
3
,Stone.hf4atural ,,Late--::roofed
building;d used by the
I'rsmi.er and Vice-Preza er.
About .50 private shops
selling green pgroceries,
fcod, grains, clothings,
.ems'
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10. Cabinet Executive Bureau
3.3
50
16
11. - *Nft Apartment
12
50
16
4
12.
Taedongmun Motion Picture
.Theater
30
40
10
2
13.
Anti-Japanese Struggle
Memorial Hall
15
20
8
2
14.
Taedong-mun (gate)
10
15
.10
1
15.
Laborers t Apartment
15
60
3.4
4
16.
lot National Depart-
ment Store
15
30
16
4
17.
Combined Building
15
240
20 5
18.
Ministry of National
Defense
15
240
20 5
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Red brick natural slate-roofed
building, used by the advisors
to the Ministries.
Red brick tile. roofed build-
ing, occupired by families
of NK soldiers. Interior
stroowre unknown.
tied brick natural slate-
roofed building.; *i ie is
.played five (5 ) times
eonsewativo1y a dyy.
Stone flat-;roofed structure,
with co=-zcrete floor, display-
3ng ansmorisl-;edd,s on the
struggle .
A historic-remain; Korean-old
Za&,I, ..oned style s?i;ructure.
:brick- natural s1a-,e--roofed
building,, with exterior wall
mortared. Interior strtic
Lure unL',inown.
Rents on Lath i=l.o r, and
suits on 5th.floor;
Br??.c;k slat-roof.. d building,
with ex~.erior mortared,
:selling groceries and cloth
on 1 t floor, sta',ioner - on
2nd r, sporting roods
on 3rd floor. niasf.c' instru-
Stone (:lower part; and ar?ick
(upper part) galvanized iron
-plate-roofed building, with
exterior wall mortared
Stone (lower part) and 'crick
(upper pares-) t,al,r..nized iron
plate -roofed builcing with
exterior wall morl:ared.
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- 3
-
19.
First Aid Station
15
20
V.
Soviet Embassy
12
30
12
3
21.
Sj6mun Market ; .
(market outside ofl s,n)
-
-
-
1.
22.
P'yingrang Motion Picture
Theater
20
30
5
1.
23-.
Industrial kxhibition ENa.U
30
60
10
2
24.
T'osAng~-long Market
-
-
1
25.
Central Committee, KLP
15
50
14
2
& 4
26,
P'ybngyang-si People's
15
40
12
3
27.
National Library
20
20
14
4
28.
Central Telephone Bureau
12
30
16
4
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4160 -
ormerly use-3 by the Tong-
Yang hotelild brick tile-
Croofed building I rior
str tune .unkno n.
Four () brick iuatural
slate-.roofed buildings s,
with exterior wall mortared.
-Iatorior- structure unknown,
The biggest market in
P'yyngyang, consisting of
about 100 private shops
selling suits, groceries,
stationery, etc.
Brick galvanized iron
plate-roofed building,
having 1,000 seats, each
for 4 persons.
Red brick slate-roofed
building, origine.lly b'jilt
as isrr;iers' noarket.
About 50 shops selling
grocer-,' grain, ete.
1Aaial building (2 story),
red brick, exterior wa:L].
mortared, flat-roofed.
Annex (4-story), red
brick, exterior wall
mortared, slate-roofed.
-interior structure unknown...
Brick (erst flat-roofed
buildings with exterior wall
mortared.
Red brick slate-roofed
building. InteHi.ar-- stMc-
te unknown.
with exterior rail mortared.
ertor--structure -unkf,ev,vv.
Brick slate-roofed building5~
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29.
Newly buiat eteet,
30.
Central Bank
2`J
20
10
2
31.
Apartment, for Ministry
of Metal industry
15
50
14
4
32.
International Hotel
15
50
16
5
33.
Commerce Ministry
15
20
8
2
34.
Taedong Motion Picture
Theater
20
30
5
].
35.
Ministry of Construction
15
40
8
2
36.
Standing Committee,
People's Supreme Council
15
40
12
37.
Fatherland Liberation War
Memorial Hall
15
30
5
38.
Newly built street.
39.
Apartment
-
-
- 2
- 3
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WORN
25X1
Red brick galvanized iron
plate-roofed building
with exterior wall mortared.
Inter or.-structuure unknatvn.
Brick building:, inte : d car -
stvacture un'c IIOIM, b saute
he observed it m.nder
construction.
Brick natural s:Late-:r-oofed-
building, with 3xter:ior
wall mortared, installed
with steam heating; system.
Intwroa ? structure u known.
Brack Milting, with
exterior wail :m:rtaredt
iW&ev er s r ruc t ure u.?-known.
Brick buildinu;, ';entpcrarily
r3bui it, keep about
1,000 seats and, h&,vITR- an
op;.Hair thsater.
Red b ^ick build:Ln
exterior wall mortared;
natural slate-roofed#
interior struct~.re. uakna m.
Brick natural slate-roofed
building; with oy,;terior wall
mortared.
Fi'.re 1'5) red brick build-
ings, with galvanized iron
plate-roofed and concrete
floor, disal_aying wa::?
materials.
on both sides of ?ot'ongmun
street.
Brick buildings constructed
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40.
Foreign I???inistry
12
30
10
41.
Ministry of Communications
10.
40
12
42.
National Art Theater
35
30
12_
2
43.
Beer Factory
20
30
16
4
414
Revolutionists' Children's
Institute
20
20
14
45.
2nd National Department
Store
15
30
20
46.
Prosecutor's Office
15
30
20
5
47.
Central Post Office
15
30
12
3
48.
National Theater
25
35
12
2
49.
City Construction Ministry
15
30
12
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Brick slate-roof d building,
with exterior wall mortared.
late or structure unknown.
Brick building; interi or
structure ~ unknown, because
Source--observed it under
construction.
Brick natural s'.cAe--roofed
building, with. its exterior
wail twee,' acco;;unodating
about ;,500 pi p r:;on ~wivh-
ir--di.vitiusl chair' :
Brick building, with exterior
wail mortared.
Brick building $ i;ile-roofed;,
-nteriar -11tructu o unknown
Brink flat-roo~fec. building,
with exterior ~v L .l mortared.,
cor ,`5i siting of grocery :hops
'In l et and '2nd, f:'7.oor; cloth-
ing shop c3.n drug
ane record shops tun let.Ih ,
.loon, and dinar-;-.- hall. d.-5th, flc+or.
Brick nate;?a* slate-roofed
bui.ldirng,`wi-th E:~ t,e.rior wall
mortared. Inter2 or struc-
ture urdmawrr.
Brick building (:.ith exterior
wall. mortared a-d concrete
floor. further`- t ikeewn.
Brick natural slate-roofed
building, with eyte :dcr wall
mortared, accommcdatinr; about
1,5CX0 persons., and consist-
ing of waiting room ansl
salesroom.
Brick building, ith o-terior
wall tiled; Inter-.or sitra.ic-
t re unkno1;.
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50.
51.
52.
Power Distribution Station
South Ply~ngang Motion
Picture Theater
Bathhouse
10
20
20
20
30
20
8
5
8
2
1
2
53.
Kimch"aek Engineer
College
10
60
20
54.
National Hotel
10
50
16
4
55,.
P ?y~ngyang Medical
College & Hospital
12
80
8
2
56.
Natinal Hotel
6
20
3
1
57.
National Department Store
6
12
3.5
1
C004FIDENT1AL
wolm
4W I
Brick tile-roofed buildings
with exterior wall mortared.
Brick tile-roofed building,
consisting of store booking
poer,,, toilet, and wooden
chairs (each for 4 men),
acconntc>datir. about 1,000
persons. lnsuff'~cient
acccrmnrdat,i-on.
Brick tile.-roofed builcli{ig,
with exterior wall mortared
and concrete 71ocr, consist-
ing of male and female bath
rccma, (sepa.rx: e ) hcrie:.
roor,,s, a3.nk.o.e both roc":1,
barbor shop, r:aa.'' in S; rcorri,
stvre# charge
&ingae bath roots and 2!; iWV7n
for public t.a h roorr;..
Brick tile-roofe:l building,
with wooden f:? oorl ::.nrterior
s:Lructure unIcnoj, ,.
Brick cement t:,il.c-.roofed
bui)..it g, cc'nnisting of
about 50 matted rooms,
(each e.cconarodat(: s 6 a,nests),
din9.a; room, barber shop,
tailor shop, recreation
room, and bath-r ;,m, art
instal * . with
Brick flat-roofed buiiciing,
with exterior wa1.l mortared.
late-r-ior_ structure unknown.
roofed, selling k. roveri.es,
and oattdie
Wood-sn straw-rooted bu_'.lc-
ing, consisting of' about
50 rowans with fl.cor heating
system. (provisl,;naJ.
structi?re).
Brick building, t.ement tile-
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58. Newly built steet.
59. Market in front of Rail- -
I-
- -
road Station
60.. National Department Store 6 12
3.5
1
61.
P lyingyang Rail .road ,Station 20 80
12
2
(Newlyconstructed) ,
62 p
F'yy6ngyang Railroad Station 12 40
6
1.
(Temporary)
63.
Central Committee, Trade 25 30
5
1
64.
League
Red Cross Hospital . 12 1~0
10
2
65.
West Peyingyrang Market -
-
1
66.
West PByySngyang Movie- 15 25
5
1
67.
Newly-built street.
68,
National ,Hotel 5 40
4
1
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Consisting of about 100
individual shops, selling
clcthings, groceries,
stationery, etc.
Red brick tile-roofed
building, viih concrete
floor, selling groceries,
Red brick building with
exterior wall mortared;
Three (3)-story at center;.
Expected to be completed
by 15 August 19157- Interier
structure unknown.
Brick slate-roofed bu:.!ling,.
with concrete floor, eon-
si: ing of booking room,
~~rilian waai ~;irq: roam, CCF
wanting roc:n, a? rt NKF,1
cnr _i Ling room.
Brick title-;ool`f'd bui:.di.ng,
used by the c;o.itt,ee and
its sub-ord:Lnat..; comtponants.
Th , biggest hoo ital. in
Norr'ch Korea Pon sistinp: of
three (3) wards; brick;
natural slate-roofed; 500
bed3 for patients.
About 100 pr iva'.a shops
sel ing grove r tic: s, fo:d,
clothing, a n;d F,,-rains.
Red brick galvanized iron.
plate--roofed bu.ti..lding,
owning about 500 seat?
guests' rooms.
Red brick tile-r iofed ~Ouild.
ing consisting of about 30
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69.
Laborers' apartment of
Ministry of Light Industry
15
30
16
4
Apartment
15
ts0
12
3
71.
Spinning Professional
School
20.
40
16
4
72.
''ygngyan, Norrial Pro-
fessional School
10
80
8
2
73.
West P'yyngyang Internal
Affairs Department
10
20
8
2
74.
Ministry of Netal Industry
12
40
20
5
Ministry of Coal industry
20
20
3
i?.inistry of Machine
15
40
8
2
75,
P'yyngyaesg Spinning Factory
-
76. Grain Factory
Brick tile-roofed building,
with exterior wall mortared.
Brick buildin with exterior
wall mortared. Interior
structure. unknown,
Brick natural slate-r;iofed
building,, with exterior wall
mortared.
Brick flat-roofed building,,
with exterior wall mortareds
intrance is inst.-,:lied vit.h
steel shutter.
Same as above
Cone:'eta ga7.van i z'ri ii on
plat. :roofed b-i-ii ir..g~, with
exterior. -a ,1 ;n rta.redh
interior struc cure ual:cioscn.
Brick buildi )p, c,iiith exterior
wail mortared, lo, ated behind
of the Ninis',ry of i eta.1
Ind.:.,try.
Brick galvanized iron plate-
roofed bu-ildin o f ocr
mortared.
Brie.':, buiidi : ,, vii';h e;,,tcrior
wall morttarec~,. nc..?a in rn ra-
tion after the nc~ ~ -.' r~l
reconstruction.
Now J ,,n opera .ion, struc ure
unknown,
The bridges, temporarily constructed on Iaedong-gang; at ?,f
@]GStaC3o6. e~nrnn~i ~~~1~l~ITI
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