POLITICAL INFORMATION: TRAVEL CONTROLS BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001000030015-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 1998
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: October 9, 1947
• Content Type: IR

Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457R001000030015-5
ENTRY Korea
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
SUBJECT Political Inforn-a ..on: Tr^esel Controls between
orth and South Korea
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the 38th pars: llel in North Korea tlher?e are three lines of wards to check
on all persons en ;,)ring North Xcrea,
2:. The ?irst line of guards nearest the 38tth pare.llel consists of Soviet troops.
Soviet troopa merely check earn trpffelsr's luggage and other belongings
very closely?
3, The second line cl guards cox-Bata of members of the North Forean Constabuler.
;Ky 'n; Pi Tae - (Antung Note i Source bases this information on t m
fa that chase tr .,cps weer unii'or_r:r very eimi?ar to those worn by members of
th:: silvay Connatebu'srv r These troops ohaok for the travelers' pereanal
id _'{i. ~ifioation dar?-'.s and c,holera Lnoculstirn ert-+.ficatea and also ask clues: .as
;or;!-~rninct their be said other baxran .'inga,,
4 The third line of T=roops conslste zo1` members ,of the Peace Preservation Corps
[ p? An Tae 'h )
50 All persons entering North Korea from South Korea are sent to one of several
border camps near he 38th parallel and rein there for about one week.:
6. At a> .;nohonni (l26-='`30, 38-02) there is one of these camps which is under the
eupoa?vision of the Peace Preservation Corps.
7p ?CK ;fan t"ae yL: a Korean, is in zhar?c? of this camp,, He is also the
heaci of the Fevre i-reservatioi Corps (Pc An Tae/4 rjiL kin the Simohonni
ar,,.
In t>de early Art rr July there werz. 3!) t?.oa~~l?ste a this camp.
9* Al; -ersons hid at thin A,np vxa rt p y for their food but are given free iodg:zg.,
If the traveler^s 'hone ,) ,n 9!oi Y TW'e . i?.3s ,o:oona1 identification card is
taken from him by .R :ie cam( au uho 'fid e arxd cant to the loader of the
section in which he :fives.. ;.nis i.A dor,u in order to have the section
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