CONDITIONS IN THE WONSAN AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008000690007-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 20, 2000
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: August 17, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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Conditions in the Wonsan Area
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lLn cagy MMey"1951, the food situation in the area of 'onswt was not as bad
as it was reported to be in the Republic of Korea. Jiield rice was about two.
inches high, and farmers were at work as usual.. Prices in Wonsan on 1 Piet'
were 1,700 North Korean won for a small mel of rice and 1, 200 North Korean wone
for a large bottle of soju~*.
2. Railroads were operating in the Wonsan area. Damage to tracks from United Na-
tions air raids was usually repaired within three days.
3. Civilian residents of the area reported that large quantities of army food
supplies, T 'incipally rice,, were stored in newly dug ttsdnels in surrounding
hills. Most of the tunnels are along the Pyon?;won railroad line between
Pyongyang Pend Wonsan and in the mountains near rsaengean (128'30, 39-39).
4. Some civilians, including farmers, of the areas of Kansong (128-28, 38'23) ad
Sokoho (12035, 3812) were reported to have moved to the north. According
to Wonsan rumors they went to southeastern Manchuria."s`
5. Many residents of the Wonsan area believed that T. ited Nations troops would
reta to the area by August 1951. They could eve no reason for their belief.
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for this area at this date are not known.
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