THE NORTH KOREAN 526 ARMY UNIT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R015500050006-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 28, 2011
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: December 19, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
SECRET
SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPOR~
COUNTRY Kore
SUBJECT The North Korean 526 Army Unit
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE
ACQUIRE
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
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1, I the 526 Unit9' also known as the Guerrilla
Guidance ureau9 organized a system of joint operations with the North Korean
Labor Party. They planned to use agents dispatched by the North Korean Labor
Party s couriers to establish contact with 526 Unit guerr.,lla
forces. xne o s were to be handled through four liaison stations. 50X1 -HU M
The West Station was at Kwanmun?ni (126- 29 38-15) (BT?9936). The chief of
the station was YI Won?ch9ovl (2621/0337/0772), the chief of the political.
department was MUN Sok (2129/6932) N .and the chief of the military department was
PAK Chae-chin (2613/096i/6966). The Central Station was at Sangsonggwan-ni
(127?2519 38-30) (CTT6262). The chief of the station was PAK Hyong-sop
(2613/0077/3610)9 the chief of the political department was HONG (fnu) (3163),
and the chief of the military department was YI In-song (2621/0088/5110). The
East Station was at Yuchaon Temple (128-109 38?35) (DT-'2770). The chief of the
station was YI Yummyong (2621/2589/21910, the chief of the political department
was YI (fnu) (2620 :. and the chief of the military department was CH I OE (fnu)
(1508). The Kaesong Station was at Kaesong (126-33, 37-58) (BT 8505). The
chief of the station was CH(1 Yong-ku (3944/1893/0046). the chief of the
political department was YIM (fnu) (2651)9 and the chief of the military
department was HAN (fnu) (7281).
2. The branch units of the 526 Unit were at the following locations: the 1 Branch
Unit was at POyongyang9 the 2 Branch Unit at.T9aebaek-san (128?l4, 35?31)
(DQQ3030), the 3 Branch Unit at Irwolasan (129069 36-48) (E .0872)9 the 4
Branch Unit at Chiriisan (127-449 35?20) (CQm8410)9 the 5 Branch Unit in ongjin-
gun (125-17, 38?02) (YC?0012)9 the 6 Branch Unit at Songni-san (127-52,9 36-33)
(CR,'9845),9 the 9 Branch Unit in Ongjinmgun (125-17, 38-02) (YC?0012), and the
10 Branch Unit in Yonbaek-kun (126-169 37-50) (BS-5990).
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