CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1951/03/13

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 03175209
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: March 18, 2019
• Document Release Date: March 28, 2019
• Publication Date: March 13, 1951

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SUMMARY
GENERAL
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4. Espionage and guerrilla activities reported in northeastern Korea
(page 4).
5, De Lattre anticipates Viet Minh offensive (page 5).
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4. Espionage and guerrilla activities reported in northeastern Korea:
Recent North Korean military mes-
sages indicate the existence of espi-
onage and guerrilla activities in the
coastal region of northeastern Korea.
On 27 February, a police official was ordered to bring "the criminals
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connected with the incident" to Songjin. On 10 March, the arrest of 8
"spies" near Chongjin was reported. On the same day, North Korean
authorities in Chongjin transmitted a delayed report of a guerrilla
attack on a train on the coastal rail line on 14 February.
Comment: The focus of Korean guer-
rilla activity reported heretofore has been in the area northwest of
Seoul, where the North Koreans have taken strong restrictive measures
against guerrilla forces. These new reports are the first to indicate
the existence of guerrilla elements in the mountainous northeastern
provinces of Korea, which have been under Pyongyang's control since
1945.
5. De Lattre anticipates Viet Minh offensive:
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Commenting on recent French intelligence re-
ports to the effect that the Viet Minh will launch
an offensive between 15 and 20 March, French 3.3(h)(2)
Commander-in-Chief de Lattre states that hP
does not believe the attack can start before 25 March, because of delays
in the delivery of materiel from China and "other considerations"
General de Lattre "hopes" to repulse the attack, even without rein-
forcements, since his preparations are well advanced and his troops
in good spirits. De Lattre does not believe that the Chinese Communists
will participate in this attack, although he feels that such participation
is possible in August or September, at the end of the rainy season�
Comment The intelligence reports referred to
by General de Lattre appear to be the same as those reported in the
Current Intelligence Bulletin for 8 March. Although no evidence is vet
available definitely indicating an imminent Viet Minh attack,
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