PROPAGANDA IN THE NORTH KOREAN ARMY
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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
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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?
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