"COMMUNIST PRISONER OF WAR EXCHANGE CENTER, KAESONG"

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R013900030001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 23, 2006
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 19, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
CD NO.
COUNTRY Kotea
SUBJECT 'ommunist Prisoner. of War Exchange Center, Kaesong
DATE OF
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THISDOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTIND 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 REY'E-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT.-IY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
.PROHIBITED DT LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OP THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
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Origin and Mission
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'POW's-when they s,re repatriated after the termination of the truce negotiations.
DATE DISTR. 19 September 1952
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
.In January 1952, a prisoner of war.exchange center for the delivery of United
Nations POW's and for the reception.of Communist POW's was established in
Kaesong at approximately 126-33, 37-58, BT-849054, by t1;e North Korean army
general headquarters. The POW Exchange Center was ordered to prepare for the
transportation, uartering, and feeding of both United Nations and Communist
Personnel
The POW Exchang4 Center, which is attached to the Political Department of the
North Korean arn}y general headquarters, is staffed by gait of the 34 Regime
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North Korean IV Corps, and by gome Chinese Communist ax"my officers and non-com-
missioned officers. The total strength of the Exchange Center is 643 men,
distributed as fbllows: 70 Nort?hKorean officers; 30 Chinese Communist officers;
300 North Korean and Chinese Communist non-commissioned. officers, and 243 North
Korean enlisted men.
Officers at . the center
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. The. commander of the POWExchange.Center s' Colonel CHANd P6m, aged 40 '.s.Korean
of Chinese descent. The most important positions, with the names of the men
holding them are the followin : chief of Political Section, Lieutenant. Colonel
MA.Chae-su head of the Propaganda Section,
:Lieutenant Colonel KIM Chae-kukl ledW chief of
the Labor. Party Section, Major YUN Chu-hol
Joint Preparatory Committee
Planning for the POW Exchange Center is handled by the Joint.. Preparatory
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C ittee, which consists of six Chinese Communist officers and five North
Koreanof'ficers, The committee. is composed of eight sections:, the Staff ?
Section, the Giidance Section, the Prisoners Support Reatiori,'the Political
Section, the Read Service Section, the Propaganda and Agitation gectitn, the
Labor Party Cor ittee, and the Democratic Youth Alliance! Section.
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