NORTH KOREAN RECRUITMENT OF TROOPS, AGENTS, AND FARMERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R012300230011-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 1, 2001
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: June 12, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
CLASSIFICATION COIt~'T~F~iT?AI.
SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT N0.
COl1NTRY 1~oxea ,
SU.6JECT Norte ;~?xean .Recruit>ent p#' Treu7pa, Agents,
ax>.~. Faxmex s
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DATE DISTR. 12 ~'uue .1952
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,.fin early January 1952- myon peoples committee ,members in. the ~i`on:san area. of
~t~th, ~prea registered s11 Males between :L6 sad. ~~ yea~x?s Q~ age and a.71 ~~les
between 16 and.. 25 yearn o~ age. These pe4~pie xere to be conscripted by I
April. 1g52.for.military sex?vice.~ Authars.ties WaY?z~ed that these who rei'used
ox evaded the registratican would be tried bq' a court martial and if ~QUnd
xeact~~y ~rauld be aevtrly punished ox shpt. ~ ca~tection .with.. tbi~ new.
registration. it ,'w'as required float 1951. milit>sry certificates be reneged .for
t2tie year 1952:.
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Apprcinaate 7 *y 1 Jan~aar~r 1.95 ~ CE ~ 0~ 7Cong 7~on (15 a$~69~'$,/~?25b } , ~oxth I~carean
meter 4f I3e~exl~se~ grdered the Fatherl~ld. Ps?ese=ration Support Aes~ciatian
G~ra~.itteel~ Apr oviz~ces (d4) end counties, (gym) to have t71e district (rayon)
axui v3,llsg~e, (ri~un.itel; select per>~c~ to hecc>m~.e 1~-iegel ~i.litary~ .espionage
egents ix~. 6QUth ~c~ree, . There were so f'ew valunte~r~ that --the cell leaders
had tp rea:grt tc3 1?ottery to select t~rro per. agna tQ dill: the monthly quota for
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~n .early ~'an~;X.ary 1852 the- l~or~th Korean government authorities- regie+~;ered
fax?mers thx?ou~tout all Korth Korea for the. p~zrgose of the3.r em~grat.ing to
I~snc~zuria> Farmers :who wex?e seleeteci w~':~"e grgani~ed. int? units or feasts
~f five famil3.e~ ee.chr and appraximate]tq 540 families lef~~ for I~laerichc~ia
can l'~ F'ebx?uary .
~'A,K Haut-sa-, a Bell leader for the.. Labox Party of Yona~,w~p (1~6-10, 3'~-5~)
(B~~~l~$) ~ stated at a meeting of the YQ:cian-up Labor .Party i.r~ February
that t~s ease. the severe. shortage of farffiers 19000 farmers and their famil.iea
w~ruJ:d be mc~vec3. from the north to Yonan-up .
Can ar~d ~$ February tYze CYti.nese Communia# trQOpa guar3.ing tYte ccm,stal area
of Yonan~~ap were relieved. by North Korean +rorags and Wore assembled in
ini.and ta~ans a;rtd viLla~es . Several ]forth Koreexr sal.diers had come- frc~a the
eaater~ .front .via P' yongyang a~zcl their duty was to clal.t ivate .about 500 acres
of land iaa the area anal grated the coast>- Thefie gaps wore regv:lar
.Forth Korean army un7.forms9 and apgro~:imately terra r?i..les ar sub~machir~.e ~s
.were al ~,c~tted _to each. 20 to 30 xrten; the ~anermed. troops Carr i.ed farm:i.ng
~:tupl.~:ments
1.. -.Comment ,. Far furthe~? ia~orma~ it~~n. on military conscription j.n
rea see
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Comment . About 70 ~~o $0 pereent of .the people Who 1-eft for
c ~.u~?ia v 1 feared bECaazsP of the, dii'fic~a7.t 1.i~'in~ conditions 3.~
'rsrth .Korea. -
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Car~ter~t . Note that this conflicts With pe, a~?aph 3 ? See a1,so
n~ phi a` . 'fhe ax?r i~ral o.~ a "f arrxer s~ army " i.ra pa~? is of Hwan~h~ie
Pravincenear the coast and. the front line lass alsr.~ been. reported
by other agencias..
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