PROPAGANDA IN THE NORTH KOREAN ARMY

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CIA-RDP82-00457R003900150009-8
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December 20, 2016
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December 16, 2005
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9
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January 12, 1950
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REPORT
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L }...9i COUNTRY Korea SUBJECT Pro )a ancla in the _ +rth Korean A7 25X1 PLACE ACQUIRED L DATE OF INFO, 4SHO DOCUMENT CONTAINS I017OMATIO9 AFPLCTi17U VHS 0ATIONALDSPttUSE OP YHE UNITED STATES BITRItI WE UCARIU4 OP THE RSPtODASK ACT SO U. D. C.. 31 AIOO 52. AS AUCPDCD. ITS TRADS11153{O11 OD THE UGYELATiOD OP ITS GOIIT55 10 AHV S*SSER TO All UUAUTROA SDP'MESOII CS P110. DISITID 6Y LAW. REPDODUCY1014 OF THIS FORA t0 PSOI"DITQD. JAN & THIS.IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION 2, Propaganda within the North Korean army,'is part of the training of conscr ' pts eis well as p iysical and wi]..i.tnry drill,. "Thought" training courses are based or five slogans, with the following interpretation: v., It us assembled" ylffien the People's Army was first orpahized,, all persons crreL eA ghteen years, of whatever social b;,ckground, were accepted if they supported the North Korean government and were not criminal., V ith the increase in applicants for the army in 1947, however, all sons of the rich and of war-time or prewar officials were expelled from the army,, Since then, the People's .Army. has striven to be an organization of sons of workers and peasants, and the slogan means that they are to assemble in the army, b, "Let us uni e,' This is connected with the idea that "victory comes to a united people." In the future struggle.; the enemies will be classes, not races, and unity is far more important in a class struggle than any weapono r.o ".Let us develop our: strength," This, slogan was adopted to counter?- a?ct the forniwrtion of the South Korean republic and army. In order to increase the strength of the North Korean army, it was planned to launch a thought offensive against South Korea and disrupt the southern ax7Vy through sabotage units from the north, c.~ "Let us fight,," Rebellion is attributed 25X1 to successful underground wor c by the People's A rmvy and is considered act indication of weakening morale in the south. The slogan is therefore interpreted to mean that the North Korean army will invade the south as soon as !American 1.rdops are withdramm, a.0 "The ultimate victory is ours." The sense of this wider used slogan is that the victory of the Chinest ,Communists over the Nation- alists is a precedent for the victo r1 ? t,,~$[{~J'mTi.na Koreas ~t 11 r.Ct~'I t".L1?'itl At /~!1~yT1i ?1'[y-eTfT4'V"A i. rm LLI, ^ 1'A' AIR Next Review Date: 2008 Approvea root i e - ~K 1NFORMATI!qU: R CONFl,~ENTlRE DATE DISTR. .2 NO. OF PAGES 25X1 NO. OF ENCLS. (LISTED BELOW) REPORT NO. ?DiSTRlBuToJc f This document is hereby regraded. to CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the letter of 16 .October 1978 from the Director of Central Intelligence to the Archivist of the United States. roved For R I~ 5/. Approved For Release 2005/12/23 : CIA-RDP82-00457R003900150009-8 C0NFIDEI T COt } ID_.'NTIAL C~"cUTRAL I?TTELLIGT'I`TCE AG'`.TCY page 2 2 25X1 25X1 The North Korean Army informed parents and relatives of s^ldiers killed in the Ongjin incident (see below) that ti,e bodies of the dead had been taken by the South Korean troops. This explanation was not considered satisfactory by many of the relatives, and some discontent resulted The Northern army also announced that the South Korean forces immediately killed all North Koreans who surrendered and army authorities notified the families of captured or dcfectinp soldiers that the men were dead,, 3- Propaganda against South Korea has also included mention of Japanese tro+ps in the southern army,, A newspaper propaganda campaign which began with announcements that the North Korean army had occupied Ongjin (125-22) 37--56) was drooped because of reverses in the field. The South Korean a .my, on 3 June, was accused of employing Japanese troops in the engagement, b;; CHO Siaku (Ai chairman of the Pyongyang Railway Union, in a sp ech he gave at a union conference? CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 2005/12/23 : CIA-RDP82-00457R003900150009-8