NORTH KOREAN VEHICLE DIFFICULTIES

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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP82-00457R006000220006-9
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RIPPUB
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C
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1
Document Creation Date: 
November 16, 2016
Document Release Date: 
April 6, 2000
Sequence Number: 
6
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Publication Date: 
October 10, 1950
Content Type: 
REPORT
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i~~c1.~.I1F11~ Approved. For Release 2000/05/18 :CIA-RDP82-004578006000220006-9 CLJ4SSIFICATION Cf}NF'IDLNTI.AL CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NOm COUNTRI~ KKorea SUg~E~" North Korean Vehicle Difficulties er v~ ~araeo aaneus srsvea~ twe rsatttn? or ease esnoeaes war sv ~, e. e,o sa aaa se, ne awe, rss rsausstas~oa ~ ma sev?unocA cr ~xs dror~smns ~ mn samtma~o an r~u-axowa~rree resin u nm? s3 6R~, iSTF4Dl1 AF 1Pe06~ 4+ORA Yffi r~ifSri7'Rp,. 25X1X 50URCE =LL~ ~~ ~~ T ~~A ~~RARY GATE ?ISTR, ~ NO.OF PAGES NOe OF ENCLS6 cussecr s~ww~ SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO.. TWIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION 1~ Because a].l vehicles in North Korea except those used by the military forces azxd a few civilian agencies have bAen equipped to operate on charcoal, car- bide and othor substitute feels, coils' condensers and spar}-plugs rspidly become defectiveo Replacements for these parts are received through the Churin Company, which imports the Parts Pram DairenA Distribution is onlry to military agenciesp 20 To overcome the d3.fficulty of replacement, the Kiyang factory (a25-~~2g 3~ 5t~) and the Pyongyang arsenal attempted to manufacture these partsa The atter~ts failed, ho~ever9 because of the poor t~;chnical s'~.ll of the workers at the plaxits a 3 o About two hundred six-a~~iieel vehic~.es, w3.th d3.ese1 engines, were left at 1',~on~ang by the Japanese at the end of the ~r ~ One hundred and fifty of these ~~erv shipped to the USSR after the Sovl.ets occnried North Kareap The remaining fix:~~~y were coxiverted to gasoline coa~svming vehicles and turned over "~ the ~EOple~s Arr~ra Because of frequent engine trouble, the vehicles were seldom used, and in Play 195p, forty of the re~aaining vehicles were shipped bar freight cars from F'yongvang to Navin (130-],5, 42 10) far trans- shipment to the USSRo I$? Changa I~ Declass6~?~ Class. Cpange~ Tc: e s S C A~~tls.s Hit 702 Aug ~~_ ~. - 25X1A Approved For Release 2000/05/18 :CIA-RDP82-004578006000220006-9