NEW AIRPORT AT SINMAK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004600460003-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 10, 2000
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: April 7, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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Approved For R69 a e~ 6 IVR '82-004 06
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Korea
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SUBJECT ;Neer ~iirnort at Sinr?at-
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On laoi rkwt? "c.,,,p9.;, construction was c F aan an a new airport at Sinnak
(126:..1/+ :&8-26)..; North Korea.: "ork was supposed to be corr;4eted by Christ
ras 1949, the field, U,0,0OO pyong (1,,224 pyong equal one acre) .an ext-ent,
is about a kilometer and a half north of the Sinmak r ill?xy station and
across the Sinmak River, near a dairy farm. The land for he airport was
expropriated, with the promise that owners would receive other land in
compensation, This never aaterialized however, and aft;:r being sent to
work in local coal m nes, most of the owners were trap ,A'c!rred to coal ir-nos
in other areas
The airport is being built with compulsory labor from a-",l the provinces o,'
North Korea,, Each province was originally to contribute ten daysY labor
from one hundred men, with a daily rnobili zatioan. of :~ighri.een hundred men.
Only abcut a thousand are actually available, and the construction work
has been correspondingly delayed and is not expected to be finished by its
announced termination date., Workers are expected to feed and house then.
selves during their ten days at the field and are not paid for their labor,
Their working hours are from seven to five: Although may workers object
to the forced labor and its condit ins the penalties for failu: "e to ?erve
are so ee-^re that few men are willing to revolt,
The person in charge of construction at the field is "HONG Un-l.yong aged
0head of the Organization Section of the Sir nak Labor Party,.
ACom?ent. A rerart that an
airfield ,!as being built ht- Sinnak at the stn.ted tune. However, the two re-
norts differ in rany i' tai i.:;<
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