NORTH KOREAN NAVAL EQUIPMENT FROM THE USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006700710009-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 18, 2001
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: January 31, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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North Korean Nava!, &qua,piifent front hi USSR NO- OF F GES
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s a-[? r"'Orcala ."ove'.'rment from the U 35R,* -'he ,rice of t>,7le sE' E!n craft ,
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JO. OF' ENCLS.
(LISTED SEL(W:
SUPPLEMENT TO
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for which they had been deli. ed.. were purcha3ed at 500,000 wan each, a' l e
seven vessels -:aere all, out. of action because of mechanical di.' ' ,culties by
27 'august .T 9 0.1
"-t ::r rotation Eae p- c ;.
a Propeller
of 800 to 1?00 RP
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-:!Ce for ?r'?;.ch each was gor d 'PI-le ,
I ~. T l S3 flagship of the North Korean 3 Fleet linitt, was purchased frisr!
race for rc 9000000 won, although it reputedly originated in. the Ru so.
J p anew 7ar?. It was armed. with one IOSImm gun,, t. o 45z gun and four anta_~-
,1 r c.-aft mach-i r e guns of unknown calibre t The TOSS was sunk. by T71.1 planes on
25 uT us t., and two other unidentified ships of the same fleet unit were rlasr ,g~ d,
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ra chine gun bu.].letn,,
USSR charged the ;Torts :'Korean government
I OW won per thousand round
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Comieent., Dates of purchase were not stated?
Comment,, In vit3w of the lack of in.for?mation as to date of trans-
action? na equ-ival_ent sure can be expressed in, hard currency. The naval
personnel stat-'Ln the prie?: e found it excessive.
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.
Next Review Date: 2008
CONFIDENTIAL
STATE NAVY I ' SRB _ Q35 RIBUTION COMI VPHI
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RETURN- TO ARCHIVES & RECORDS CPSTF!
IMMEDIATELY AFTER USE
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