NORTH KOREAN GUERRILLA ORGANIZATION IN SOUTH KOREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007900380006-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 6, 2001
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: August 10, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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'CENTRAL `INTELLIGENCE 4GENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
SUBJECT North Korean Guerrilla organization in South
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1, Whenfthe North Koreans re-occupied Seoul on 6 Jr=uary 1951k YI Song yop
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char-rman of the city people s coo 3.ttee, re-or ;an .zecr guer-
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
rrilla actIv .t.els hav6 'o e D evioaialy r eported
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of South Korea. Their chief function was to dis-a'rb security and cause
confusion.
By 16 January, these guerrilla forces were estimated at 6,000, divided into
sir branch units. The first and second brand,. units were active in North
and South Kyongsang,~.the sixth in North ,and :'.outh Chungehoxag~', The loca-
tions of the other t ea branches are unknown, The only of?i era of the
ern aie" YI ",.n,,1,--yop~; over- aU co~m;na~ader,, and. SONG Hong--p31.
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"'L ) g comniaTtd: of the sl th 'branch unit.
3. Fa$h~r be _jaxzit is composed of .about a thousari = mef, orgy # zed into sAx-
. ttalis Each battalion is composed of three -ompa bas ' .z.h corlpr.u?y of
tree p Sato 9, and each platoon of three squads of about ton moon each. Ion
addltioi, each unit- has attached to it a culture and politax%l bureau, a aul-
tiv .tion bureau Wsi) a rear services bta.-eau., and an irx