NORTH KOREAN TRAINING AND RECRUITING METHODS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006900330007-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 16, 2003
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: February 6, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2003/08/11: CIA-RDP82-00457RO06
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Beggars and cripples used by the North Koreans before and during the war.
Relatives of Republic of Korea officials or sympathizers who were arrested,
by the' Communists and taken North. The relatives must work for the Communists
or risk the execution of the officials who are being held as hostages and
whose fate is unknown.
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1. In the Chunchon (127-44, 37-52) and Chujon-ni (127-56, 38-00) areas 'forth
Korean mobilization officers are selecting young men affiliated directly or
indirectly with the Korean Labor Party for training as basic and specialized
shock troops in undetermined areas near the 38th Parallel. There are four
or five North Korean officers attached to each training school. The trainees
are divided into groups according to their education or lack of it; the educated
trainees receive a two-week course, and the uneducated are trained for one
month. Graduates of the course receive the rank of sergeant.
2. All young men remaining in areas occupied by the Chinese Communists and North
Koreans must join the North Korean army regardless of their party affiliation.
Seventy percent of the conscripts are anti-Communist.
3? the State Security Units of both Chinese Communist and North
Korean forces in the Chunchon area were recruiting and training informants
and anti-UK spies chosen from the following:
Underground Communist workers and others who have proved loyal to the
North Korean government.
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