NARCOTICS SMUGGLING BETWEEN KOREA AND JAPAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005100120006-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 27, 2001
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: June 22, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATIO
Approved FosC1Ra~b ~~~1IP-00457RPI~2
~FT~ REPORT CD NO. 25X1A
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COUNTRY Ka~x'ta$jlape
CUNFIDLNTIAL DATE DISTR 22 JUN 50
SUBJECT asootioa Srauggltaag botal>reen Korea and xape NO. OF PAGES
PLACE
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DATE OF
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NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED DELOW)
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4 ter the arthe opium produced 3a the poppy gr wing areas of )(ys rchcr
( l29-28 G 4l J2) and Kilobu (12920& 40-58) yam partly used for legal
say: sac aural of phArt>sac Ut5.?sals aa*d partly sa$i led intea chtiria end
South Korea lestriotions imposed by the Chinese Cs uieta after they
gained control of )anehuria~ however fcroed most of the smuggled opium trade
ba into 3La~reaa8a opium is legally l filfatured late aaaelathetios
and anodyne s at the atiaanaaal Drug utaoturiu Center in Changdong
(l25'38 39.52) but some is still smuggled across the border into
South Kor?ea,
2 South Korean traders bel$e a that the forth Korean go,erm eat tacitly
approves the smuggling of opium into South Korea sad that the proceeds
export items are as follows
of opiate end naarcotlo smuggling are used for financing Communist efforts
in South Korea Opium is carxed from north to south by, sea or by lead
Sea to fi o la lx~pacted by the Saa?t Sea Coast Guard at Waaan (127@26~
39--l0) he principal exports carries by ship from the north arc carbide
and marine products such as ootopua and poUaok; opium and other a rcotics
are concealed in these goods Opium azax~s1ed over lad is buried immediately
after crossing the 38th Parallel It is recovered bates at less rtsk~
Paat?t of the opium smuggled lute South Korea is sold there to drug sdd1catss,
but past is smuggled from there into Taapan4 Escaume of the low rate of
exchange between dollars and yen on the Jaumneso black srnrket, morphine
and other drugs are mores valuable then t1io1 riol? ct?'a.Iv lonts for
t3_ di. F TraadeerE buy morphiner in South Brea at .,500000 won per pound
sell it in Japan tar 1.,2008000 yen., ifith tic profits at thus sake they
purchase ooamotloefl silks end other ootamodities which ha'e a higher sale
Lcaiue in South Korea and carry them back legaally. They obtain ordinary
export permits from the Maa ttim Se0%)Xity tereau and pair regular onsstaame
duty In the pc z^ 0f Pusan U29? O2 35-06)c. Comparative prices tar Japanese
Skirt material (meter?)
Shirts
Socks
cosmetics (face orawa)
Aluminum utensils
CLASSIFICATION'
ARMY
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AIR
NSRD
FBI
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58000
500
60O2 ,000
1,700
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.