MAGNESITE MINE AT TANCHON

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005900110009-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 14, 2003
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: September 28, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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DATE OF
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
:i_ Th? ma nesite mine at Tenchon (128-54, O.-2 ), bets een the villages of
Pukto-il and NSandu i:l, Tanchon County, South Iiam ong Prciv nce, war,
abandoned from the ?:rld of the war until June 1949. At that time it was
turned over to the Soviets,, who reopened and began to operate it The
!., uaff includes more than tcn Soviet soldiers, fifty to sixty Soviet
workers, and about five hundred Korean workers. Laborers are considered
well off, since they receive adequate food rations.,
2., About half the total output of ore is shipped directly to the IJSS L, The
other half is sent to the ma,g?n,esite processing plant at eu--dong 1n Son?LW
jin (12~ 12, 40-40) for refining and then sold in North Korea.. The factory,
,( aged.
u u.eh is government operated, is ,:: aV-f~3 by I-16 Sdng_chr 63.
42, with 71 Yan - p on (.2 ), aged 341, a s chi_ admi ni s ra or, and f16
Ch' of ( 7 } ) as labor section chief.. About twelve Soviet soldiers and
,,
ckv ,.lians are attached to the factory staff
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Railroad facilities to the mine are Drovided from Yohaejin ( pro:cisxately
129-c-02, )h0-3O) railroad station, the point nearest '.archon.
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This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 18 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
ArchMs", 4:? ,-;c^
pprohed For Release,2003/08/11 :I
CLASSIFICATION a&ff%0FrIAL
Clas:
Auth.:
IA-RDP82-b84