NORTH KOREAN ORPHANAGES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007900360011-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 12, 2001
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: August 8, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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5. A soeeiel orphe.nege at rang onvdae (fl25-09, :39-39), called the l eao1uti c;r. '
Orxaha.nea School, accepted, not only orphans but also children of North Korean
revolutionaries. It was established in. 1946 for the purpose of edvcating pram
teing children as future leaders. It accomnodated 470 boys and girls and gave
elementary and secondary education, orere.ting on subeidiet from the national
treasury. After co'rnletirr secondary educations :5tudente could choose their
Own colle;7e or uni.vernity for further stuco
6. When the United ations forces ix venced into North Yore,-., most orph:.mage em^?
ployees withdrew northward with the retreating north Norern troops. 0 -,hap
boys, however, were loft behinff with careful instructions to note and keep
track of rersons who ooororated frith the ROK and United Y tions forces? The
boys, who had been well indoctrinated during their training frith the nccer ei y
of renorting anything euspieiov.s to the State Security Bureau or the t`"nist? '
of Interior police, proved efficient at observing persons syr ?aathinin^, or co-
operating with the Uhitpd i'atiens forces,.
7,, A chart of the relation at the orphana to the government orgaflt ation Is as
follows
Central Committee of the
North Korean Labor Party
North Korean Mlntetry
of Education
Provincini' Bu-"e= Of
Education
City and County Bureaus
of Education
Nursery
rim by a eonferonce of (directed. by the Min-
its inmates istry of Public Health)
Director
Orphan's Relatives Aftini strative Indoctrination
Staff staff
Orphans
attending cell meetings at their respective schools
and also at the orrhana;-e
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