NATIONALIZED FARMS IN NORTH KOREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R016000240008-4
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 28, 2006
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: January 30, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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area of 30 chongpob2. The Vice Minister of Railroads, a brigadier general3
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
CD NO.
COUNTRY Korea
SUBJECT Nationalized Farms in North Korea
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE
ACQUIRED
T H I S I N A F F E C T SE
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
AND 794. OF THE U.S. CODEr AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
LATION OF ITS. CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
I PROHIBITED BY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.,
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CLASSIFICATION
Farms Controlled by the Ministry of Railroads,' Hwanghae Province
1a In mid-February 1952 the North Korean Ministry of Railroads established a
farm in Yonbaek County near Pongnam-ni (126-09, 37-51+) (BS-1+99.8) at BS?5098
in order to furnish employment for 3,000 railroad employees who had been made
idle because of paralyzed railroad facilities.. Two or three railroad employees
were taken from each railroad station to work on the farm, which covered an
YC-1747 to furnish employment for 1,000 idle railroad employees and to culti-
vate idle farmlands,, This-farm. covered an area of 10 chongpo of rice fields
and 7 to 8. chongpo of dry fields a
In late February 1952 the Sariwon Supply Station of the Ministry of Railroads'
Supply Pureau established a..farm near Sinch'on (125-30, 38-21) (YC-181+7) at
was in charge of the farm.
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25X1 Nationalized Farm at Ptyangyang
3. In mid-July 1952: there was. a national farm in Pyongyang at YD-31+20. Thirty-
five milk cows, 15 farm oxen, 8 horses, and approximately 1+00 pigs were being
raised there. Corn, sorghum, wheat, soy beans and bean cake were used as feed.
Bean cake was brought in from Manchuria, and other fodder was being produced
in Hwanglae and North . and South P,yongan Provinces.
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4. Employees at this farm comprised 15 clericalworkers'and 145 laborers, including
20 women. Forty of the laborers were discharged sol4prs who had been recruited
from South Koref, by force, and 15 were members of the families of North
Koreans who had cooperated with United Nations personnel during the United
Nations occupation, and who were working on the farm to protect themselves
from future security checks. Ninety of the workers were natives of North Korea
and there were,~pproximately 90 Labor Party members among the a .ployees..
Clerical workers received an average monthly salary of 950 won and laborers
900 won. The. +,da ily ration was 4ft grams of grain for clerical workers and 700
for laborers
Collective Dairy Farm, Chongju Area
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]JCvmmeht. One chongpo equals 2.45 acres,
In mid-September 1952 the Ministry of Agriculture of the'North Korean govern-
ment was maintaining a cooperative dairy farm at Oryu,gol (l25rt15, 39.46)
(XE. 9304) near' Chongju (125-13, 39-42) (XD..9096) Five-hundred head of cattle
belonged to the farm, including 200 milk cows: and 300 bulls (sic,). All of these
cattle had been obtained from a farm near P4yongyang, from where they had
been, driven on toot for a period of 15 days during February 195?. In
September,,..the cows were producing 60 mal of milk daily.5' Each anilk?producing
cow was giving about 3 gallons of milk daily. The milk was boiibg transported
by truck.twice Meekly to Sinuiju.
The manager of the farm was KIM S i.-to (6855/2514/6670), aged 39, a resident
of Kosong-ni (XDW785865). The manager had 5 office clerks. There were 82
laborers. The director received a monthly salary of 2,400 won,,: the clerks
1,200, and the laborers ap average. of 950. As additional compensation., each
employee received 100 hopo of rice, 60 hop. of other grains eve. y month, and
an occasional a ?ticle of clothing.
Cc enta Lieutenant general is the accepted rank for the
Vice Minister of Railroads, according to aFar East Command Intelligence.
Digest.,..
I ICommeat. Presumably the large mal (3.9Tp' Uons )
measurement, intended. A small mal is half thi ` amount.
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ICommez t. Ore hundre 3. hop equal one-half bushel.
the unit of
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