AGENT/TERRORIST-RELATED TRAINING COMPLEXES PYONGYANG AREA, NORTH KOREA (SANITIZED)

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CIA-RDP91T00712R000100080003-2
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November 8, 1983
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/22 CIA-RDP91T00712R000100080003-2 AGENT/TERRORIST-RELATED TRAINING COMPLEXES SIMILAR AGENT TRAINING I . I COMPLEXES IDENTIFIED ON IMAGERY I ' CHUNGHWA Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/22 : CIA-RDP91T00712R000100080003-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/22 : CIA-RDP91T00712R000100080003-2 Iq Next 1 Page(s) In Document Denied Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/22 : CIA-RDP91T00712R000100080003-2 . ly, Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/22 : CIA-RDP91T00712R000100080003-2 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 1 2 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPAR E REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOM MENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE SECRET (Security Classification) (See inside cover) CONTROL NO. 7-14062/83 PNPIC/IEG (11/83) COPY OF Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) 36 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/22 : CIA-RDP91T00712R000100080003-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/22 : CIA-RDP91T00712R000100080003-2 Warning Notice Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved (WNINTEL) or (D) NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions NOFORN- Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals NOCONTRACT- Not Releasable to Contractors or Contractor/Consultants PROPIN- Caution-Proprietary Information Involved ORCON- Dissemination and Extraction of Information Controlled by Originator REL ... This Information has been Authorized for Release to .. . Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/22 : CIA-RDP91T00712R000100080003-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/22 : CIA-RDP91T00712R000100080003-2 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 2 Attachment to Z-14062/83 Copy NPIC/IEG (11/83) 8 NOVEMBER 1983 AGENT/TERRORIST-RELATED TRAINING COMPLEXES PYONGYANG AREA, NORTH KOREA (SWN) 1. SIGNIFICANCE: A FOREIGN AGENT/TERRORIST-RELATED TRAINING COMPLEX AND FIVE SIMILAR COMPLEXES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE PYONGYANG AREA. (SWid~ 2. REMARKS: A FOREIGN AGENT/TERRORIST-RELATED FACILITY, WONHUNG NI AGENT TRAINING COMPLEX, HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED 20 KM NORTH-NORTHEAST OF PYONGYANG (GRAPHICS 1 AND 2). THE FUNCTION OF THE FACILITY WAS CONFIRMED THROUGH THE ANALYSIS OF IMAGERY AND COLLATERAL INFORMATION. USING IMAGERY DERIVED SIGNATURES FROM WOHUNG NI, FIVE SIMILAR TRAINING COMPLEXES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED WITHIN A 20 KM RADIUS OF PYONGYANG (GRAPHIC 1). (swN/l PEOPLE FROM AT LEAST 30 COUNTRIES HAVE RECEIVED IN NORTH KOREA. THIS SCHOOLING HAS INCLUDED POLITICAL INDOCTRINATION AND SURVEILLANCE, SABOTAGE, AND ASSASSINATION TRAINING. THIS ACTIVITY WAS REPORTEDLY BEING ACCOMPLISHED IN 10 LOCATIONS: THREE NEAR PYONGYANG, THREE NEAR WONSAN, TWO NEAR NAMPO, ONE NEAR YONGBYON, AND ONE NEAR HAEJU. THE WONHUNG NI COMPLEX NEAR PYONGYANG WAS SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED AS A TRAINING FACILITY FOR FOREIGN NATIONALS AS WELL AS FOR NORTH KOREANS. THE COMPLEX CONSISTS OF AN ADMINISTRATION AREA AND 13 INDIVIDUAL QUARTERS DISPERSED ALONG A CONNECTING ROAD PATTERN. THE QUARTERS ARE ISOLATED AND HAVE AN ADJACENT OR ATTACHED SMALL GYMNASIUM USED FOR RECREATION AND PHYSICAL TRAINING (GRAPHIC 2). (SWN/ 25X1 25X1 FIVE OTHER 25X1 SIMILAR COMPLEXES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED WITHIN A 20 KM RADIUS OF THE PYONGYANG AREA. THESE FIVE FACILITIES ARE: SUNAN-UP AGENT TRAINING SCHOOL, 20 KM TO THE NORTHWEST; HWANGCHON AGENT TRAINING COMPLEX, 14 KM TO THE NORTHEAST; CHUNGHWA AGENT TRAINING COMPLEX, 20 KM TO THE SOUTH; CIiONGJA AGENT TRAINING COMPLEX, 16 KM TO THE NORTHWEST; AND MYONGO RI AGENT TRAINING COMPLEX, 10 KM TO THE NORTH. (SWNJ 25X1 These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue. WARNING NOTICE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES OR METHODS INVOLVED SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/22 : CIA-RDP91T00712R000100080003-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/22 : CIA-RDP91T00712R000100080003-2 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 2 of 2 Attachment to Z-14062/83 Copy THE LARGEST OF THE COMPLEXES IS THE SUNAN FACILITY (GRAPHIC 3) WHERE COLLATERAL REVEALS THAT NORTH KOREAN INFILTRATION AGENTS ARE TRAINED. THE FACILITY CONSISTS OF A MAIN ADMINISTRATION AREA; 60 INDIVIDUAL QUARTERS (NOT ALL ON GRAPHIC) IN SMALL GROUPINGS, DISPERSED ALONG A CONNECTING ROAD PATTERN AROUND A LAKE; AND TRAINING FACILITIES TO INCLUDE A SMALL ARMS FIRING RANGE, A COMBINATION OVAL/FIGURE EIGHT DRIVER-TRAINING COURSE, AND A PROBABLE WALL CROSSING OBSTACLE COURSE. (SWid THE IMAGERY SIGNATURES OF THESE NORTH KOREAN AGENT COMPLEXES ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THOSE SEEN AT GUANABO MILITARY CAMP EAST AND 25X1 CANDELAR1A MILITARY CAMP SAN ANTONIO BOTH CONFIRMED 25X1 TERRORIST-RELATED TRAINING FACILITIES IN CUBA. COLLATERAL HAS INDICATED THAT CUBAN INSTRUCTORS HAVE BEEN SENT TO NORTH KOREA FOR TRAINING, SUGGESTING AT LEAST MUTUAL COOPERATION AND MAY ACCOUNT FOR THE PHYSICAL SIMILARITIES IN THESE TRAINING FACILITIES. (SWN/ 25X1 25X1 COORDINATES 39-06-1SN 1 25 -59-40E (S) COORDINATES 39-13-56N 1 25 -36-22E (S) COORDINATES 39-11-15N 1 25 -50-50E (S) COORDINATES 30-48-30N 1 25 -53-30E (S) COORDINATES 39-11-15N 1 25 -44-20E (S) COORDINATES 39-10-30N 1 25 -47-45E (S) 4. COLLATERAL REFERENCES: COLLATERAL REFERENCES WILL BE PROVIDED UPON REQUEST. (U) These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue. WARNING NOTICE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES OR METHODS INVOLVED SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/22 : CIA-RDP91T00712R000100080003-2