MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND ACTIVITIES IN THE PYONGGANG AREA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007800700009-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 17, 2013
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: August 8, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
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COUNTRY Korea/China
SUBJECT Military Installations and Activities in
the Pyonggang Area
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10 A. large tunnel at the foot of a mountain two kilometers (annroximetelv ere nnrIL:;
one fourth miles) eouth of Kisanemi (127-07, 30-35) had,
einboard at ito entrance reading "Supreme Command Headqunrters of the Chosen
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People's Army" The tunnel entrance was well camouflaged and diffieult to de5?X1
toot from the air.
2. On each side of the entrance were three miller tunneler enaced 100 to '100
meters (approximately 390 to 1310 feet) apart. three of these had at their
entrances signs reading "Department of Police Affairs (bong My, Pu), Choeen
People's Armyi"Steff Officers, Kangwon Provincial Government"; and "Sterf Of-
ricers, Kumhwa (127-27, 30-17), Pyongyang (127-13e 38-25), Chorwon (127-12,
30-15), and Yonehon (127-05? 30-06) Counties." The remaining three tennele
were occupied by unidentified high-ranking officials and departments of the
Forth Korean government?
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the tunnels were lighted by ce ?.e amps an messengers were emeloyed as meane
of communicatioar since no telenhonee were available, Small nethe connected
the tunnel entrances. The occupants of the tunnels were identified e3 follewe;
a, In the Supreme Headquarters tanncle KIM Chaek;" commander of the North Xerean
ermy; PAK Il-ue Minister of Internal Affairs; 11 Sang-yop, guerrilla leader;
and 33 high-rerking Chinese Communist officers..
b.- In the Police Affairs tunnele headquarters fm. the North Korean military
police, which was engaged in liaison work with mrea commanders at eochon
(127-39, 37-47) Yonchone Chorwon, Kumhwar Hwachon (127-43. 38-001. cad.
Tangpyong (127-90 37-29),,
00 In the tunnel for Kengwon governmentr officials of this government and high
officials of the North Korean State Security Bureau and en unidentified in-
spection and investigation board..
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Director of Central Intall'gc.lce to
Archivist of the United f.;:ates.
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4. The construction of undergreume hangars in tunnels tnder the former Pyonggang
airfield, five -kilometers (aperoximately three miles) eouth of Pyonggang, was
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one roto be six meters vIdo. three meters high, end twelve enters long (eentroxies
pately 20 by 10 by 40 feet) and were to be spaced 20 to 40 .'eters .(qpnroxi-
mately 66 to 131 feet) aeart with entrances on the edge of the field. Work
started at 7 p.m0 and ended. at 5 the following morning. Soil Itsevee during
the night was spread on nearby paddy fields and covered with enoe n) evade
observation from the air. Metal sheets for the hangar. floors wereeetne ere-
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5. In order to accomplish the construction works the Military nobilieation leeort-
ment of the Pyonggang County office assigned a quota of 50 workers deny to
each village in the vicinity. Persons in the five adjacent counelee of Peen&
gang, Kunhwa, Ichon (126-53, 38-30), Ohorwon, end ToncRon were eoneeripted,
regardless of age or sex. Workers living nearest the project were echoduloa
for two 12-hour night shift ss then two nights off; persons living more than
four kilometers awns' (apnroximately two and a half miles) steyea ior eneek;s
works bringing their own food. Approximately 501000 laborers were employed.
6. The Chinese Communist 22 and 42 Army Cretins of the 3 Field Arieeie with 200 ve-
hicles, were stationed in Pyonggang After UN dr rnids had
destroyed all but seven vehicles, the units moved to Masaneni (126-3e, 38-32)
to avoid further air atteret I transrort unit o: ene 22 Army Group remaieea
in Fyonggang when the move was made and occueied a fore' sana-
torium building pertly destroyed by UN air raids the uait
worked nightly transporting weapons and aresunition, including large calibre
artillery shells, in its seven trucks from Yoechon and Hwachon to Pyonggenge
These teen-plies were buried in the erovmde surrounding the senstorirm r7c1
ered with ashes to evade detection from the air.
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the Chine cc Cotrounists had
been told before they entered the war that when they reached Korea they you'd
be liberally supplied with vehicles and ammunition. Since both had bean very
short, morale was low. Chinese Communist forces in 1'40 Pyonggang area wore
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mender KIM Cheek that as soon as construction was cotreleted on ryongeang
airfield 3,000 airplanes would be supplied by the Soviets to nuonrct tho Chinese
and North Koreans.
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the Chinese Communist forces were in the secone star
of menoower mobilization, end manpower would be plentiful when the thira
stage was reached.,** They were concerned only that Jepenese trooee mieht be
mobilized..
moroximately 3,000 North Xorece youth
sant to the USSR for pilot training were scheduled to.
return to P onggang and other airfielas la North 'eczoa et ae ieeeteezenato
d.at iwith 10500 jet planes.***
Comment. um Cheek has been reported dead.
Comment. The Korean words are "gundan" -- army group or corps
eyadae=freld army, also translated brigade.
Comment. The figures seem high.
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n-wia-'...aalonr?were not indicated.
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