MONAZITE MINES IN HWANGHAE PROVINCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005900160002-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 16, 2003
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: September 29, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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Monazite Iron in }iwanghae Province NO. OF PAGES I.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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compu soY jr a or mo 1 1Ze o io
mining activities totals 0,000* persons between the ages of 18 and
Ines in the province are at Samehon (125-22, 38-22), Wolpong, Chori-
rayon, Sinchon County; Nambu-rayon (.i25-12s, 38.30)4, Ullyul CountyY, and
Satn1 a-rr1 (12084; 38-22), Songhwa County
The average daily production of monazite is about 3 tons., This is
shipped to Hungnam (127=33, 39-52) for forwarding to the USSR,,
T"h min os aria c .rc.oterl by ISTW T"ae=-in ( -,) with the assistance
of Korean and Soviet technicians.
Mine laborers receive 50 won per day as wages and draw an additional
30 won for clearing 2 meters of ore. Their r
rice daily.
ations a
re 800 gram
s
of
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t Sa
mchon-ra
i(approxima
te
ly
125.,22, 38~-
-22
) , Kungh
un
y-;nR; .:inc ion un, Hw
anghac
Province,,
It
s
planned yie
production
5. The Samehon
ld
ha
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for 191
d reache
ine empl
9 w
d o
oys
as 2x,000 tons, but by
nly 800 tons.
about 9,000 persons,,
the mid
drawn f
dle of Dec
rom various
emb
er,,
provinces a
Committee o
ll
f
over No
Sinchon
rth
Cou
Korea. They receive
nty is responsible for
no wage
their
s, but the
food.
Pe
ople's
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en
t, This
fi
gure seems somewhat la
rge,
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.
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Next Revinv, Date: 2003
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Approved For Release 2003/08/11: CIA-RDP82~00 450-i9i~1dN62-2