THE KANGWON-DO POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT AND POWER STATIONS UNDER ITS CONTROL

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A052700190001-6
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 85
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 17, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 10, 1960
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the lspionage Laws. Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorised person 1s prohibited by law.
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SUBJECT The Kangwon-do Power Transmission
and Distribution Department and
Power Stations under its Control
DATE OF
INFO.
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REPORT L
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`Information on the Kangwon-do Power Transmission and Distribution Department
and the stations transformer stations and branch offices under its 50X1-HUM
control ower The report deals with the history,
source of supply and employees of the department and the location, appearance,
personnel, financial statue, equipment and functions of the provincial power
stations, with a partial list of charges for goods and services at these
stations. Finally, there is a statement of the power output at each.NoWth
Korean power Tilant In IQ;8 and 'h criptions of power plants under
construction
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10 C xationt The -do Power Tvmum~srjion Distribution Department
bcei a-GW*r the control of the Power T rsau, faeio and 1raras "ax atian
Pimgmwt- Dam-U, stay of Fuctricityr, The aftiniet stive ee up of t
Ministry of Elactric its' was as fowl a
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T Vial Ministers
Desk Construction ) n t Bur mu
.:.Devi. and ; .h Station
-I terlals end Eauipassga't t nt Bureau Booming 1 nt
TEcosxoaal c Planning Diviolon
Stf Divuiosa
~;P ` r Supply DivivIn
Bmrer Gemystion 14anagpont Bureau
Sup ung Pr r Coneriti ma t
-? smo?gen P r Generation eta ant,
(i, n -gang Power Gmeration pepart n it
Pasrsong Pow Genei*t o n Dep
Paver Ger.asntatio Depart t
h? =gag Power C ration J nt
Potaaer Tniesioa & Traanfaiiation. g at Burs u
g-si, Power Tsransmissio am Diaatribautioa Doparbaent
POy n ukto NAnr omission and Distribution Department
?f'0y _ Power Traanas Sion and Distribution nt
-.Y,klrre sat -b"U Po+a r Trmsmission anA Distribution Department
Power T enele.ion ant Distribution Dayartment
., Kea ag??ei Power Tx iaa eicn and Di:Ba'a?.-ibution Depart nt
3 ?I~n.da Pis sierra and. Distribution Department
- ` aaaas"o Paver Trance aaelon i Distribution Departs nt.
-' o Pow Tr eion aani D i ctribsati on I r a nt
r i* -do Power Trleei and Distribution Deraarta nt
':l ChUZW-do Power Tr elon and Distribution De at"
OW istx ttwe setup of the rover Tr ission
at bureau wane an folds
Bur"U Chief
a??I uty Dm eu chief
~` Q f Egin r
h t eff Thetructor
, Aftinistraati a Aeeo ntt mat
labor WmFp Dwpar tmnt
' Posbr Dw-w & Supply Departw=t
--ftnence & s' epins * rt nt
. Poa-er Trann ssion Dwpartw.nt
?=Power T=W:Cor=t,1cn De t
Materials & Equi t Dot
f CCNfideaatial; Doet>nt Officer
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h p o two techmicien t pox 9.1. bi ,t; A rp 1 t i, 30 motors 1mg..
34 uQt villa, 1 t ssoters hi*; aka vvre arranged in tvo roars along
beft , ,i t of tba case; Umd electric liJiting 4 canIlAm is case of po r
a s; Tbo Jr-al vork r lived here; Underwent hobings once in
Apr31 1951, but snfforvd no ss at &11
Skketch of Air-raid Shelfifrc A
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Location., CU 62953$69, approximately 50 meters from the WWn . Second
T for r motion (See Pare,g mph 2 below); Dag dur3.ng the period from
August 1951 to April. 1952; Underwent bombings about September 1952 at the
left entrance, but suffereed no do ges except two wounded cenuealitiee; The
im pext at the rift hen which was approximately 15 maters long was shored
ui with timbers because the walls were not of stone cempletely0
l Housed the Inspection Department and the Planning Departzento
2 Housed the Mnna eras Office.
Housed the Staff Department and the Labor Wage Dbperbentd
Housed the Power Supply Department end the Construction Department,
y> Housed the ent.
6) Housed the x,OOO--KV vransformors which were installed
at the 6lnasan Transformer Station as of the information date? 50X1 -HUM
Air-maid Shelter C: located in a former pit called K gnn.ggul of the Hagik
t in gin8~ni, S01png-eyon, Anbyon-gu, Kengvn-do approximately 20
kilometers southwest of W$neen-si; Poved to this pit in early February 1953;
Well hidden in a mountain gorge,
The F4ngwon4o Power Transmission & Distribution Department received power
from the Chs ngg in?gang Power Generation Department end. the KAmpangsan Power
Generation ant via the Munp'y$ng Wansformer Station, and distributed
it to industrial establishments, mines, military installations, rural areas
It was responsible for repair and maintenance of all the electric installations
electric installations in the province It had poor distribution stations,
transformer stations, and branch offices in counties of KangVOn-doo It was
within the purview of this department to install a neevr power transmission
line sad to give power to factories or not.,
Chungjin-gang Power
Generation Dept,
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K en nan Power
Generation Dept?
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