CONDITIONS IN THE SEOUL AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005800180017-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 30, 1999
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: September 12, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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In early August the Seoul People's Committee was urging citizens to evacuate
the city, G-x~ 1 August there was a rumor in Seoul that the gavernu:ent
planned to evacuate half the population to North Korean The first a~rders
of evacuation mere issued between 27 July and 5 August far the Chungku
(Central. District) and Narnsan areaea It is rumored that evacuation district
by district will follow, with about 20 percent of the evacuees ~oir~g to
North Korea and. the rest to other areas
2, Qn ~ August two t~attalions of North Korean security troops were in Seoul;
a few were on the streets,.~~ at gun pondtions? There was a total of
2~ AA guns in tiia~ Seoul area; the locations included the following: Namsan;
on the hill near the tram terminal at Noryang3in; the field adjacent to the
papa police station; the hill behind the Yonhi radio station; and the hi11
which was the former sits of the Ri)K ar~ay bank unit in Changchundan Marko
~? t~ the night of 12 August 30 ox wagons loaded rorlth riaep and siaG trucks
loaded with ammunition and gasoline were observed between Ichon and iFmsongo
cJri the nit of 20 Au~,na.st s number of i~rucks passed through Uisong (128-42~
~f~21) fxt~m the direction of Andong (12$~ltl~,, 3fi~-31aj toward Kun~r3 (12$~33~
3611;~; 12 were loaded with ~tmmunitionp the' rest with guerrilla troopso
A similar convoy was observed at Koesan (127~~7, 3(~~854 Al.l. convoys were
without lights e.~cept when passing t~nrough an area destroyed by LiN air raids
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 18 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Nexf Review Date: 2008
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