MEDICAL FACILITIES, P'YONGYANG AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010600410006-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 26, 2011
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: March 10, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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? CEN r RAL. I JTELLIG~NCE AGENCY REPORT
I FORMAT REPORT
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UBJ EC = Med 1 a1 Facilities P' yon azrg Area NO. O PAGES 3
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OF TI1E U MUD STAT25 W1 . IO THE NEAHIUG OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 799
AND 791- OF THE L S. COLE, AS AN EMDED ;TS TRA:ISPIISSIOM OR REVCE-
AT".ON OF IY6 CON T iN4's T s OR RECP.IFT LY AH UNAUrlORiZED PERSON
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REPORT NO.
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the North Koren t tniatr r of He l th, with its heads uar teT
in the former North Korean cab..net bu.f.lding 111yon afa e had jurisdiction over
Cho medical bureau at Chon s-vi (?a 71% ) , Ii nor y6n (12,5-44,, 39-06). ('i) 3631)
t h. c nl dern c prevention bureau at taii san~ni (125417 4, 39-04) (Yl 4127)v the
-2,., Th,~ health department of Pyang nga, directed by SIN ', 6xx-ch. 1..
nz t_`_i.ta ry me :,cal b?ir^,au near the headquarters of the North Korea Labor Party;
an.,i ti .e 52 A ; Hoap:Ltal, reserved. for North Korean casualties.. at !'ongsong
(1',,?5.4^r 39` 1'7) (YD 4133) The medical lwreau included u staff departments
a gpl.?anning dapartrner~t a pharmacy department, -and a women and children's do
pa::,tyaanL.: The military :a ical. bureau had been established in a 4ugout 100
me, era from the KKongchang-ni price boxy on the left, hand side of the row.
epproacha ng, the Nort=h Korea Labor Party headq?zarter:. Soviet advisers were
at the -,,r ' ktarv bureau and the 52 Ar:? '; Hospital., X-ray equipment had been
in 3ta.:l:l..ed by the ministry In. the 52 Arxr Hospital-and the 2 People 7s Hosr-. ral;
>.~..,ro 11 5,.16 39x0) (ID 2531). 50X1-HUM
pe.$ i ons , was in a n t h e F on ang city, committee buil,c1. gR
`find: department controlled the I. People us Hospital at Inhiusg'-ni (125-458 39-03)
i ! 3825) r the 2 People's Hospital at f - acan*il media centers in the north
scj:th? east , and west districts of Pyongyang., and the P r6nn ?rang, Medical College
at !'and;-ni 26a-12, 39-11A (FU 5840). Approximately 150 students were enrolled
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Tai; epidemic prevention, .z stl. , a f.n. the 1 Peowle0s Hospital building, directed
b - HAi 1~on r; u c tg ( )
.: S. A X.~ G t i i' ~ orA ^I *rt` P?l1Tk G x "*I e3. `$)7iy"A '_? k? nvn ; g s:~ r Af l-lf nreven o
saaztitst1on9 bast> ric ogA and ac;cs is sections. 13Fl.N served as a member
of the r.Iannin.g department of the t istr^j of Health. 55
f?e?ons Tin x^ on r~4 were epid nio victims of eruptive typ 9,a and recurrent
The mortal ity rate was f F fe percent, .. In addition, in each of the North,
. orea~a provinces 150 persons a< r~e epidemic patients., excopting in +Chalcang 50X1 HUM
P: 4avinca , which was ens imated to have between 2000 and 300 epidemic cases
CL_f,SSI ICATION
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No Ckange In Class. 50X1-HUM
[0 Declassified
Class. Changed To: TS S C
Auth.: HH 70.2
Date:-_.7 SE.PJXB--
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Si..,t.," 11ITf iNFOWATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
:~stser l IIoa.L ti , as vice-chairman, had the "c loin. members
??fe agency com'iit?-lee for epidemic prev'enl.ion, -rith IHuNC
Vice Premier of North Korea,, as chairman and YI Pyorag-n3m
chief of the medical bureau of' the North
r n~~al hcnadcniaxtors..
.nister of Industry.
'Fiuister of Transportation,
#;-Minister of City P1airning.,
'in?i stor of internal Affafr s,
t #.s an ! ;" ,. Deputy Hl ..n.istarr of Culture and Propaganda.
:in-hwr Y.0 Deputy Minister of Hee_lthn,
'i :'' Id Hun
a . . ) chairman of the Trade Unions Central Committee.
:f N Kuk -mo (-bt ? ! ) s chairman of the Tabor department,, North Korean
Leber arty,
`+ f -hyc~ny; t , assistant prosecutor genera..
]4 ng wa I thief clerk of the military committee,
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Ton,,-y6ng ~, _ char c, , North Korean Red Cross.
in accord with the coi nittea ~ s order the ocu-50X1-H U M
on o---;' persons :and domestic animals began. Persons were issued health
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Yu r;-n% sand directed by Yf7-kun
o ta.ined U rooms for 120 patients requiring;
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- Five doctors and 25 nurses ere on the hers ital. aff
neluded fG f. '*NIG Yong tcsk . ,. %Wgrean,
MUF, Hwar 50X1-HUM
head of the stirrien1 _. emh.
M Tal-pas
head of the meca .,,
were tny?. rrn s ers of the Labor arfi,y, although IIIf IG had previously be !dismissed
y r c m. t