POLICE STATIONS IN NORTH KOREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002500040009-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 10, 2013
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: September 30, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
CONFIDENTIAL
SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY Korea
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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DATE DISTR. 30 September 1953
NO. OF PAGES 2
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REQUIREMENT NO. RD
TNI SOURCI /VALUATIONS IN THIS ARFORT AAR DIRINITIVE,
TNI APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TINTATIVI,
(FOR KIY III RIVIRSI)
in, The Tloe o-gun Police Station,, this station was situated at the
00 o a mountain ) near Amch l on (N 39-58, E 127-44) (OV-92210.
It comprised four houses with mud walls and thatched roofs. An air raid
shelter was directly behind the main buildings and there was a siren in a
building 15 meters northwest of the police station. Thirty persons were
assigned to this police station, Their arms consisted of ten 7.62-am, Soviet
rifles, ten 7.62-mm. carbines, and pistols.
2. The T I oe o (N 32- E 127-41) (CV-96].7) Branch Police Station. this 50X1-HUM
station occupied a two-roomed building - mu w e an a tile
roof. There was one telephone in this building. Six policemen were attached
to this station.
3. The Chakto-ri (N 39-149! E 127-39) (CV-8108) Branch Police Station, this 50X1-HUM
station Occupied an L-11 ape , woo re n oroe , electrically pppe unne at
CV-851079, It had one telephone by which it maintained communication with the
Soho Fisherman's Cooperative, approximately 100 meters not at CV-850078, and
also with Hungnam. Five policemen, armed with one pistol and four rifles, were
assigned to this branch station.
4. The Haeju Police Station. this station occupied a converted Japanese 50X1-HUM
water point in a man-m hill at YC-378139. The two water tanks had been
made into air raid shelters and two air raid trenches had been built. The hill
was surrounded by barbed wire and an armed guard was posted to the east of the
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main road." East of the hill a road ran north and south with a branch.road
running east. Nine meters east of this road junction, there were 15 steps
leading into the mountain to the police inspector's concrete-reinforced
office. The Citizenship Card sub-section occupied a room. There were two
other rooms, partially above ground and covered with soil. Thirty,
were assigned to this station. CHtOE Rwang-yol (1508/0342/3525),
was chief of police; YI $u-kil (2621/4423/0679) was chief inspector. cers
above the level of sub-section chief carried Soviet rifles.
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5. The Smnho Branch Station. this branch of the Hongwon-gun (N 39-57, 50X1-HUM
E 12-1-50) (DV-0022) Police Station occupied a tin-roofed house in the valley
at ]V-024251. Seven persons were assigned to this station, including
Junior Lieutenant CHON Chu-sol (0356/0719/1 ), who, .armed with a PPSh-41,
visited a nearby village every ten days.
on N 38-20 E 125-57 YC-581x6 Branch Police Station.
t-mhis station occupied two buildings with black tile roo s at 50X1-HUM
YC- 77 . There was an air raid tunnel ten meters north of the buildings.
The station consisted of three sections: Ins action, Security, and Citizen-
ship Card. YU Ui-sok (0205/5030/6932), was chief of the 17 policemen5OX1-HUM
attached to this station. He and the assistant chief were armed with pistols;
all other members were armed with PPSh's or rifles.
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