COASTAL DEFENSES IN THE WONSAN AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R011700130007-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 3, 2006
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: May 2, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
CLASSIFICATION SECRET
SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
CD NO.
COUNTRY Korea
SUBJECT Coastal Defenses in the Wonsan Area
DATE OF
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DATE DISTR. 2 May 1952
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
AND 794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
PROHIBITED BY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
.The Communist forces have constructed: coastal defexhe works it the area 5
kilometers north and south off Munp ty .gni (12-2z, 39-]A) (CV-584);, on
`Tox~,g ,ig Bay., northwest of Wonsan (12.26, 39-10). line- connecting
with iamhung (12.32, 39-55) (cv.7519) is 2 kilometers vest of .pty4IRP .
Details concerning these coastal defenses'. and a safe comtnun:ications router
are as followi o
Pointed steel ,bars set in concrete have been buried along the beach in the 5
kil Teter area- centered on.Munp Hygn&ni from Hs iaokengli (iJ ;~N )
( .c ~hgn ) t? ' cop. sun (~J ~ .o ) (T So Ioc.hon) .. 'these obstructions are
'visible during ebb tide, but are hidden below the surface of the water during
flood.. tide-. The steel. bars are facing outward so that they will be able to
rip the bottoms out of boasts attempting to land on this beach,
Sea' ,es have been. vla.ced under the sea surface from. 2.3 hundred meters off
shore; they can be observed, but not distinctly.
3.,,, The area between np'yo 1gtd and Hsiaokengl.i has been, mined for a distance of
1
t meters from. tie sholre. Land mines are buried ten meters apart and are placed
in. a 16hessboard pa;tteu.
A prearranged safety route through these defenses was established when the defenses
wer?e installed. This route is for the use of Ca u : ist intelligence personnel and
for fishing boats which recooxnnoi.tre the sea. This safety route is marked as
follows o The safety route for d:;ea landings is located near Munp ty 1i' and 1.6
eked, by' old gasolJme d.ra i> floating on, the sea sur.race about 20 meters apart.
Two other safety routes for pedestrians through land. ml..ne positions also eft;;
one is located between Munp'y iszguL and )siaokengli., and the other is about amp,
kilometer south of iaokerigl.i. Markers for these safety routes are not ]mown.
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