MILITARY INFORMATION: SOVIET TROOPS IN KANGGYE (KOKAI) COUNTY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001100660009-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 8, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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SUPPLEMENT
ITRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
NTEL IGEf4CE REPORT
COUNTRY Korea
SUBJECT Military Information: Soviet Troops in Kanggy+e
(tckai) county
iRIGIN
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A7E WAR
The Soviet troar)s stationed in Ilan _ 50X1-HUM
g? 'e! (Kokei) City (12636 , 40--58) returned
-,th
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e
.r rec irnevtal heads rtera in &tnui ju (Shingiahu.) (124-24, 40-06)0
They were replaced bY a company of Soviet troop s under the c
d
a~umman
of a Soviet captain named NISUK ?NP' U (transliteration from the Korean Known
rmadfuig).. There are more than 100 soldiers in this c u r. Part of the
c spa y's equipxtent consists of one artillery piece with a bore diameter of
8Pproximateir three inches, two heavy machine guns, three light machine gums,
#: i ve sub-machine guns in each platoon 0 three platoons?),, hand grenades, three
trucks and one ,deep. The company's headquarters is in the former Kanggye County-
Japanese Government Building in Kanggye City.
PAE Ki-uk (1-1 m~) is attached to the unit as a KnronA
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One platoon of this company was sent to Mannojin (Manpachin) (126-18, 41-10).
There were ai orcximate]y thirfrly soldiers in the platoon and they were equipped with
two light machine guns, twenty rifles, two cases of grenades, one truck and one
jeep. The headquarters for the rxlatoon is in the former Japanese Banking
Association Building in . !anpo iin x
Daily liaison is maintained between the platoon headquarters at Manpojin and the
cc penny headquarters at Kang e,
This document contains information
affecting the national defense of the
United States within the meaning of
the Espionage Act 50, U.."-.C. 31 and
32 as amended. Its transmission or
the revelation of its contents in any
This document is hereby rear'adeJ to manner to an unauthorized person is
CONFIDENTIAL. in accordance with the iprohibited by law.
latter of 16 October 197-8 f
rom the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date; 2008
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