POLITICAL INFORMATION: CONTROLS IN NORTH KOREA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001000030014-6
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 1998
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: October 9, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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INTELLIGENCE REPORT
SUBJECT Political Informat .one Controls in Worth Korea
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1~ The only requisites for traveling in North Korea are a personal identification
card and a cholera aerti#i4ate. All persons must receive cholera shots before
making a trip. Written permission from the traveler's "section" leader is
desirable but not nycessary and most travelers do not bother to obtain it. Each
district in North sores is divided into "sections", each "section" usually
consisting of but 20 families.
2. Inspections by un.i,f or;n d ~mbere of the Railway Constabulary (Ch'ol To eng
A lee / ?x I15tt ) are being conducted in all railway stations.
Usually an i~4o?or its )next to thO ticket seller and all ticket purchasers
are required to sho~ar him their identification cs,rda and cholera certificates
bef c:'..a a ticket can be pur,3hased-. The i.rapection is superficial, except when
the purchaser is considered suspioious. Those regarded as Ruspi.cious are
generally young people between the ages'of 16 and 23 who do not belong to any
"o:.fioial" (?North Xoreasn soa-sun.iat Government anonsored) organization or
:,:hoee persons carrying a isrge amount, or a peculiar kind, of luggage. Such
questions as the fo.).Iowirsg are usxatt?.1y asked: "Are you a member of any politioa.l
party or offiolal organization?" "If not, why not?" "Where are you going?"
",What. is the purpoeio of your trio?" Members of the Railway Constabulary also
move :shout in the s-ration ,.;0fo?6 train time and often question persons who are
per xg for trains.
3,; The.?,,, are foar or i i -ee inspectors an each train. Almcst all the inspeotors on
th eiina are in uc.if:rsi.. Only two plait clothes inspectors were personally
obser;rad on trainn in Norte Korea during ;:ulya These were on a train running
betwasn Pyongyang ;tiei.1o) (12b-44, 39-01) and Chongju (Taisho) (125A12p 59-42),
The inspectors do not ride the same train from its point of origin to its fine ..
destination, but aye replaced by other inspectors along the route. The inapec,;urs
go through the entire train and question all suspicious persons? However, the
number of persons queationed its very lour in proportion to the number of
passengers. Probably not =care than one out of every ten passenge---;r is questio:ied.
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in the railmay station at liamhung (Kanko) (127Y-32, 39-54) there is a branch t ffice
of the Railway Constabulary. Suspicious passengers are often removed from
trains at this station and questioned in this office by a uniformed member of
the Rnilvad Constabulary who seems to be primarily interested in ascertaining
whetter the person under suspicion is familiar with the information contained on
hic r-ersonal identification card. the questioning in conducted in a very informal
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6d For an individual or a.fa-ily in North Korea to move from a residence in one
section to one in another section is a difficult and involved procedure. A
permit must first be obtained from the leader of the section from which the
individual or family is moving and must be signed by the leader of the.distriot.
After moving into the nev.. residence, the individual or family must submit the
permit to the.nev section leader who forwards it to his district leader.
6,. Al:_ ;.otel keepers are required to keep a register of their guests and to ohtaa
al' reformation contained on the gue?t's identification card. At 20OU hours
eve:_ evening this information is turned over to the Peace Preservation Corps
(Pc L . , - Tae / ~ _ ! V which checks the information and investigates any guest
who has aroused suspicion.
7? The order issued by General K1!,. I1-sung in April 1947 requiring any family having
en overnight visitor to register the visitor with the section leader is not teing
ri;;idly enforced. There have been many violations to which little or no attention
has been paid.
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