POPULATION STATISTICS AND CITY PLAN OF CH ONGJIN

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SUBJECT Population Statistics and
,. City Plan of Ch'ongjin
DATE -DISTR. cQ jl October 1958
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governmental organizations, schools, production cooperatives, fishing stations,
railroad organizations, factories, and some few in farming. Non-natives of
Ch'ongjin, however, held most-of the staff positions in the government organi-
zations, having been assigned to Ch'ongjin from other districts by the central
government. Before the Korean War the population was approximately 300,000
but during hostilities large numbers emigrated to South Korea or to mountain
areas, the young people joined the military services, and a small juimber were
approximately 200,000, most of whom were natives of Ch'ongjin p'i'%ied in
1. The population of Ch'ongjin, North Hamgyong Province, in Jun
killed in air raids on the city.
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3. The standard of living in Ch'ongjin was lower.in June 1956 tha i had been?
during the Japanese occupation. On several occasions in 1955 Logan CE Is
of pig iron from the Kimch'aek National Iron Works.
Japan with the exception of approximately siX-'families and about s apanese
women who had. married Koreans. Most of the Japanese in Chrongjin une 1956
were laborers. About 1,000 Chinese nationals lived in Chipngjin d ing the
Japanese occupation, all but 100 of whom remained. in 1956, the of rs having
returned to China before and after the Korean War. The Chinese 14 1956 owned
their own restaurants and general stores, and were vegetable far rs in the
suburbs. One coup owned a casting factory v&ich at one time bo 6O1 tons
following the liberation in August 1945 all Japanese nationals
2. When the Japanese occupied Korea the population of the city
written in chalk, and. were immediately erased. by the unloadi
were members of the Korean Labor Party (KLP).
4. A sketch of the city plan of ChGngf*~__
"Long life to the Republic of Korea and "Long live President
appeared on the sides of freight cars arriving from Manchuria
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1. Ch'&igjin Branch of the Central Bank of North Korea, a stone structure with
.a tin-plate roof, approximately 13 meters high, 30 meters long, 25 meters
wide, damaged during the war and repaired following the armistice. During
the Japanese: occupation the building was occupied by a branch of the Korean
Bank.
2. Residential Areas, indicated by oblique; lines.
3. Ch'ongjin Machine Factory, a Grade IV enterprise. which employed approximately
100 workers, occupied. two buildings: Building A, "L"-shaped, was single
storied with brick walls, A tin-plate rooffapproximately 40 meters long on
one side, 20 meters long on the other and 13 meters wide. Building B was
single-storied with brick walls, a tin-plate roofO approximately 40 meters long
and 13 meters wide. Both buildings were damaged during the war but were
repaired after the armistice. The factory produced parts for lathes, mining
machines and ship engines.
4. Ch'on j in Railroad Fight Office, damaged during the war but repaired after
the armistice, had continuously occupied the same site since the Japanese
occupation. The office handled rail shipping for North Korean organizations
but not for individual citizens.
5. Bus Station and National Department Store. In front of the department-store
near the market, this bus station was called. the "Front of Market" station.
The national department stores was a two-story structure with brick walls, a
cement tile roo "approximately 9m x 20m x 13m. On the first floor 3Cft~
Mectio ;I'br~ ?l~dbs s' o stn 'i L41 tzPP7f1 !*e!~" h l.~aeegnd: iigr,'rclvth
:shoe i -and'- drug ?s
a ft& ti_ by.. tomF, #-ng the w5r, . the store was
reconstruetGd after the armistice.'
6. Ch'6ngjin Market, indicated. on the sketch with crisscrossed lines.
7. Roundhouse, damaged during the.war but reconstructed after the armistice.
8. Ch'6ngjin_si People's Committee Building, three-storied with cement walls and
a cement tile roof; approximately 16x 30m x 18m. This building was built
in mid-1946 and was only slightly damaged during the war.
9. Bus Station, in front of the Ch'ongjin-si People's Committee Building.
10. Oh'6ngjin-si Korean Labor Party Committee Building, constructed during the
Japanese occupation, damaged during the war and repaired after the armistice.
The committee was composed of an organization department, a propaganda
department, a party identification certificate section, an accounting. section
and a confidential documents section. It was staffed by 10 directors for
the organization and propaganda departments, two department chiefs, one
chairman and two vice chairmen, three section chiefs and six section members.
Two motor vehicles, one an old sedan for the use of the chairman, and. the
other a Soviet-made truck, were at the disposal of the committee.
11. National Department Store, a three-story structure with red brick walls, a
cement tile roof; 10m x 25m x 15*. Qlnder-'prsmese management this building
had housed the Korean Forwarding Company, Ltd. It was b if destroyed during
the war and,wa&,,_,,. ,:.reconstructed following the armistice. On the first
floor were food stuffs, vegetables, dried fish, candies and cakes, liquors,,
and rubber shoes. On the second floor were cloth, clothing, shoes, stockings,
toilet articles and school items. The staff consisted of 20 employees.
12. Ch'ongjin Railroad Station, j two 4- ie 5ttructure with brick walls painted
black, a cement tile roof; approx"b, e iy 10m x 30m x 15m; bombed during the
war and rehabilitated following the arnistice.,_
13. Oh' onrc-jin Railroad Facet ry, which re, flared locomotives, was framed in girders,
had brick walls painted black and &Woximately lOm x 50m x 25m. The
building was constructed by the Jas defging the war, and rehabili-
teted'after the armistice .
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111.. Ch'ongjin Railroad Bureau,. two storied with red brick walls, a cement tile roof;
approximately 12m x 15m x 25x4, 'Built specifically for the bureau in 1947, this
building was not damaged during,the war.
15. Hamgyong-pukto Prosecutor's.Office, a three-storied structure with red brick-walls,
a cement tile roof; approximately 13m x 50m.x 20m. Constructed in 1947 and're-
paired following the armistice, this building was occupied by both the Hamgyong-
pukto Pros.ecu(tor's Office and the C4;ongjin-si Prosecutor's.Office.
16. Hamgy6ng-pukto KLP Committee Headquarters. Built in 191+8 for the use of the
Hamgyong-Eukto Prosecutor's Office, this building became the headquarters for
the Hamgyong-pukto KLP Committee after war damages were repaired following the
armistice. The committee included one chairman, two vice chairmen, seven members
in the organization department, eight members each in the propaganda, the agri-
culture and the industry departments, three members in the accounting department
and five members in the staff department.
17. Hamgyong-pukto Internal Affairs; Department (IAD), a three story building, approxi-
mately 13m x 50m x 25m, with jed brick walls, a cement tile roof, constructed
specifically for its use in 1911.7, and only slightly damaged during the war. Prior
to 1911.7 the department's office had been on a site in front of the Ch'ongjin
Railroad Station. The chief of the IAD had the rank of denior colonel, the deputy
chief that of colonel and each section chief that of captain or major.
18. Bus Station. Though it was in front of the Hamgyong-pukto Staff School, this
station generally was referred to by bus conductors as "Front of IAD" station.
19. Ham on - ukto Staff School, two-atoried?with brick walls, a cement tile roof;
approximately x 25m x 15m; constrifeted. in 1911.8, ~:oiay,~Aitightly"dgmhged daring' ?,
the war and repaired following -the armisce, The building before June 1956
was occupied by the Hamgyong-pukto KLP School. After June 1956 the North Korean
government reorganized the school to combine the staff school with the KLP school
for the purpose of training KIP members for junior staff positions in provincial
organizations. The school offered a six-month course in KLP organization and
government administration taught by graduates of the Central KLP School and the
chief and deputy chief of the provincial KLP propaganda department. It accommo-
dated 100 students who, in addition to being fervent members of the KLP, had to
be recommended for admittance to the school by their respective KLP county or
junior committees. Upon graduation the students were either returned to their
former posts or assigned to a city or county KLP committee, a city or county
People's Committee or to a Grade I factory as directors.
20. Living Quarters, Ch'ongjin Steel Mill, only two-thirds of which remained intact
following the Korean War. Each residence was single-storied with interior walls
of mud plastered with lime and exterior walls of cement; approximately 5m x 40m x
5m; with a m.eit'tile rdof and accommodations for five families who had to share
the one source of water available in each building. These quarters were originally
built by the Japanese for employees of the Mitsubishi smelter.
21. Ch'ongrin Steel Mill, which produced steel under Japanese management, had, after
war damages were repaired, begun the manufacture of granulated iron products by
melting pulverized iron ore. The mill's production, which averaged about 200 tons
per day, was shipped by rail to the Songjin Steel Mill where it was charged, along
with manganese, molybdenite and tungsten, into an electric furnace for the
production of steel. Buildings within the'commpound indicated on the sketchLwere
as follows:
A.
Fire-brick factory
D.
Warehouse
B.
Transformer station
E.
Blast furnace
C.
Transformer station
F.
Warehouse
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G. Electric furnace planiv,:.inst&l1ed-by the Japanese
H. Locomotive shed
I. Railroad track.
J. Board fence surrounding the compound
22. Ch'ongjin Shipyard, a red brick'building with a cement roof; approximately
10m x 50m x 30m. Engaged in the production of engines and parts for boats,
the shipyard's capacity was greater in June 1956 than it had been under the
Japanese. it produced 10 boats a month. Approximately25X1
400 worker , n u ng personne tithe Shipbuilding Department, were employed
at the yard.
23. Fishing Net Factory, a red brick building with a slate roof; 8m x 40m x 20m;
constructed after the armistice. It employed about 200 workers and was under
the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance.
24. Shipbuilding Department, Ch'6n83in Shipyards rv}s a--ted briekstructure with
a slate roof; 8m x 50m x 30m, reconstructed after the armistice. In June 1956
it was producing 40 or 50-ton powered boats.
25. Beacons, destroyed during the Korean War and rebuilt following the armistice.
The beacons were operating effectively in June 1956.
26. Ham o - ukto Vehicle Station, a single-story building with red brick walls,
a slate roof; x 30m x 12m; built during the Japanese occupation and. recon-
structed after the armistice. A board fence, 7m x 54m x 50m surrounded the
station,,which'madintaindd~. atprcmimately 50 buses and. trucks of Soviet and
Czechoslovakian origin. The Soviet buses accommodated 50 passengers and the
Czech buses 100. Buses departed every hour, between 0700 and 1800 hours, for
Nanam (N 41-43,.E 129-41)(EB5718), Kyongsong (N 41-40, E 129-41)(EB5713), and
Chuul (N 41-35, E 129-36)(EB5003).
27. Bus Station, ::kpown as the "Front of ohang" station.
28. Ch'-on in Automotive Repair Shop, a single story building with brick walls, a
slate roof; 8m x 30m x 25m; reconstructed after the armistice.
29. Ch'ongjin Textile Factory, completely ..flpm linhed during the Korean War. Recon-
struction of the plant bs, undertaken. iF35latef19,9_5-77ith- the mobilization' of 'ell:
former : employees. l d a -.constructions tt=t,_to:: pr w Y1 the labor : '.As' of June 195.6,
work on -the Afectory;' A;; and, thsi res.ideaced;3:;~.$.; yad, still in progress. t
30. Hanger, Ch'ongjin Airfield., reconstructed following the armistice, approximately
20m x 140m x 110m. Five bipiaries.-r,and five monoplanes were in use at the airfield
in mid-June 1956 for the purposes of training students and spotting li okls"for.
fish. .BiAce-'1955' flight:-! j.ni3truction for physically fit senior middle school
students had been in effect, and was given every Saturday and Sunday. Glider
training, under the auspices of the Fatherland Defense Support Association,2 was
given to junior middle school boys. Trainees were between the ages of 17 and 19
and as flight students they were entitled to a grain ration of 800 grams per day.
After graduation from senior middle school students were qualified to join the
North Korean Air Force. In June 1956 NO Ki-hwan, chief of the Inspection
Department of the Kimch'aek National Iron Works, was serving.as a paid flight
instructor until a regular instructor was sent from Pyongyang.
31. Airstrip, Ch'ongjin Airfield, repaired,,-after thevarmistice. A passenger plane
landed on this strip every morning and departed every afternoon. Two Jet plants
frequently passed over the field but did not land.-+
32. Ch' Lg_iin Teachers' Copse, all buildings of.which were completely destroyed
during the Korean War and reconstructed following the armistice. Building A
was a three-story structure with brick walls, a tin-plate roof; approximately
15m x 50m x 15m; used as'a museum during the Japanese occupation and until the
outbreak of the Korean War. Building B was a dormitory, two-storied with brick
walls, a cement tile roof; 10 meters high, 30 meters long on one side, 40 meters
long on the other and 10 meters wide. BuildingsCt~ered C in the sketch were
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faculty members' rgsidences,.'single-atoried with brick walls, cement tile roofs;
5m x 10m x 5m; each accomaaod3ting two families. The college had approximately
30 teachers and 600 students.
Sow yong Market, indicated. with crisscrosjdd lines
Bus Station, known as the "Front of 8o 'ying.Xarket"station.
35. HamgrM?pukto Automotive Rei?air, FactSry, . two buildings, single-storied with
brick walls and cement le. 00 s. Auilding A measured approximately 5m x 50m
x 10m; building B approxima ly 5m x 15m a 10m; belch Vafienzx dcnatructe~i f61-lowibg
the; armistices Duty.-dg7t1 ~T o~coupttibi~ ahe..buildingiu x# used by the
Ch'ongjin.si Automotive.Repalr Faotory.
36. n Factory, .K h'aek 1106 Works ,3 a single-storied building with . tile brick walls covers with c nt, a root; approximately 8m x 30m x 30mf
During the Japanese occupation this building was a part of the Ch~ongjin..si
Automotive Repair Factory.
37. Water Supply Section. KIi1, a single-storied building with brick walls covered
with cement, a cement tile roof; approximately 8m x 30m x 30m; undamaged during
the. Korean War.
38. Laborers' Dormitories, KIWI hree buildings,. each two-storied with brick walls
covered with cerment and withrcement tile roofs; approximately 13m x 35m x 20m.
Theae.were the living quarters for approximately 600 bachelor employees of the
iron works who paid 700 won j er month for food and lodging, including 120 won
per month for their grain ration. A large number of the laborers were under-
nourished and suffered from tuberculosis and colas in the winter.
39. Laborers' QuartersOaf KIW, conotructed during the Japanese occupation, damaged
during the Korean , and it June 1956 still in the process of being rebuilt
by the-Official Residence Co struction Plant, Construction-Department of the
iron works. Inhabited in June 1956 were.about 400 of the houses, single-storied
with red brick walls, cement*tile z'oo's; approximately 5m x 13m.x 20m; each with
walls either unpainted, painted yellow or covered with cement, and numbered
according to the Hangul aye The montXly grain ration was :i* eUfficient to
meet the needs of the labor* 8 and their families. Boiled.rice wits served for
breakfast and rice gurel for d supper . teir clothing was . shabby, resembling
that worn by South Korean beggars, and women supplemented their meager ward-
robes in winter by wrapping Themselves frost head to knee in blankets. Clothing
was at a premium and had to be guarded from theft when washed and hung to dry.
40. Staff.Qiarters, KIW,, similar in design to the quarters. described in paragraph 39,
with the exception that accommodations were for only one family to a house, four
of which had to be reconstructed after the armistice'. A brickwall 2 meters
high surrounded the resident of the manager of the iron works, and Soviet
engineers lived in the residence at M1602234- These quarters hed been used
by the engineers of the Chlopgjin. notary, Japan Iron, Manufacturing Company,
during the Japanese occupati,,b'n. .
41. Restaurant, KIW, along withi. private tailoring ship, a private barber shop, a
general Store and a small national store near the market.
42. bus `gtatiC,;-terminal of theseChtmgins3
46. National De artment Store National Restaurant, combined in a "U",-shaped
building, 50 meters long, single-storied,, reconstructed during the period
1954-55. Dances were held itt the restaurant In the evenings. During the
Japanese occupation this bui#i.ding had housed a department store.
44. Se,_, ir fiddle Schopl, a twojl-toried structure with brick walls, a, cement tile
roof; 12m x 50m x 20m; reconstructed following the armistice. It was used by
the technical training sehoexl ofthe Ch"eaagiin Factory, Japan Iron Manufacturing
Company during the Japanese joccupation.
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45. Professional School, KIW, a, two-storied building withbrick walls, a cement tile
roof; lOsn x 50m1 x 13m; conatpucted by the Japanese and repgire& after the arrmistice.
The school offered a one-yeaX" course in subjects related to iron, orRa-:kequire= . .
men'te, ;viz. mach the tools darks d7gi$ irgn;,prodtr ttthn:, 4.r~r a dii~ s 184 1 dnatgais'
and`?trensportatiohy. and scheduled both day uid evening. classes. Approximately 150
students under 20 years old who bad more than ajunior middle school education
attended the day classes. All but.a few of these students were sons or brothers
of workers at the plant. About 100 students attended the evening classes which
were held from 1700 to 2200 bouro.for the benefit of employees who were from 18
to 23 years old. After graduation.students were employed in their elected field
at the iron works. All graduates were. eligible for assistant engineering tests
given once a year by examiners from Ptyongyang; if a student failed, he.could
retake the examination the following year; if he passed, he.Was eligible for the
engineering tests which could be taken within three years. Teachers of the school
were engineers and technicians of the iron works, some of whom were employed
full time at the school.
46. Motion Picture House, Library' and 8r tainment Room, KIW, an "L"-l ped.
building "``two-&fot14d',.: " rick :walls cemented on the outside and plastered
with lime insider a cement tile roof; approximately 5 m;clong on gneeside, 30m
long on the other, 20m.wide.. The auditorium was used,. in addition to showing
films,' as a general meeting ball of Kimch'aek'Iron Workers at the end of each
month. The library was on.t1e first floor of,the annex adjoining the auditorium
and an entertainment room was on the second floor.
47. 110spitals Kam two buildings, reconstructed following the armistice. Building A
was tiree.tstoried with exams ,ationroom, treatment room, pharmacy>.and a general
affairs office on the first Floor, and wards on .the second and third floors.
Building B was a single-storiied building containing a,boiler room, bathroom,
barber-shop and a sales store.
48. Recreation Ground of the Senior Middle School and the Ch':ongjin Technical
Professional School. It was.. used once a week as a_drill field for military
training exercises.
49. Ch'ongjin Technical professional School, a two-storied structure with brick walls
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covered with cement and a cement tile roof; reconstructed following the armistice.
The school offered a three-year course and accommodated approximately 500 students.
Graduates were licensed as assistant engineers and assigned to factories such as
the Ch'ongjin Textile Factors the Songjin Steel Mill,.the Ch'ong.,in Steel Mill,
the Ch'ongjin Shipyard and the Kimch'aek Iron Works,
50. Kimch' aek Iron Works
51. Songp'yong Bridge, spanning the.Susong River, was bombed during the Korean War
and reconstructed according to its original design after the armistice. The
height of the bridge from water level was approximately 10 meters; the depth
of the river was 2 meters.
52. Railroad Bridge, reconstructed after the armistice,
53. Cement Bridget reconstructed;after*the armistice.
54. Quarters of Mili},",'IL~ADrill.Iyitructors. Several officers and 10 soldiers of the
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North Korean Air Force were in residence at the factory for the purpose of
conducting military drill foi;hours a week in the use of rifles, 1.20mm and 80mmm
caliber mortars, direct-firing,guns and field training. Employees between.the
ames of 20 and AS- for ch training was mandatory,-partook in the exercises
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55. partment, KEW, sic buildings similar in design to the living quarters
described in paragraph .39.
56. Grain' Distribution Station u De tment KTW, two buildings, each single-
storied with brie walls, a cement tile roof'; approximately 8m x 20m x 15m.
57. site of Dredger Rep it rations. A dredger, which had been placed in
foagjin harbor during the. Japanese occupation, was bombed and sunk at
'EB636229 during the Korean War, and in June 1956 was being repaired at the site
indicated on the sketch. After World War II the dredge_ was taken by the USSR
as a war trophy, but .was retdxAed `?'Cb`"bo th Ko#n i.'. ~;'I~4Q.
58. Quays KIW, used by 5,000-ton vessels during the Japanese occupation. Because
dredging operations had.not~been resumed since the liberation of Korea, large
vessels could no longer anchor at this quay.
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used by 30 or 50-ton vessels in June 1956.
60. Nurser, two buildings.
1. Coamoent. According to an issue of the Nodong Sinmun, this factory had
been completely rehabilitated and was in operation in December 1956.
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