NORTH KOREAN PRESSURE ON ANTI-COMMUNIST PERSONNEL
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RIPPUB
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C
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2
Document Creation Date:
December 14, 2016
Document Release Date:
June 6, 2001
Sequence Number:
1
Case Number:
Publication Date:
May 31, 1950
Content Type:
REPORT
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SUBJECT North Korean. Iressure on Anti-=Communist
Personnel
DATE CIS""P.. 31 F x- 50
NO. OF PACES
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PLACE
ACQUIRED
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
A numbur of residents of the village of Oochon==nt f i f ' ) o Chorwon=rmyan
~approximately 127=10, 38-16), Chorwon County engaged in interzonal business
after the war and frequently visited South Korea,, Except for a few fanners
in the area, most of the local population are members of the Korean democratic
Party and sympathetic towards South Korean Leaders of a local group are YI
Kwang-chin ),, osner of the Tongkwang (,t iii ) Pharmacy In Oechon-ni,
and YI au --uk` 10Y) s; Those and other villagers are in the habit of
meeting at the house of K. G su=ak ter 4
) to listen to radio broadcasts
from South Korea,,
2(, this group of listeners heard a broadcast that the
oou, organ army n ended to conquer North Korn 141950; the listeners entered
into a general and vehement discussion of what they would do against the
North Korean government and what members of the North Korean Labor Party they
would liquidate when the invasion occursed0, Although the group was not aware
of the fact, it was suspected because of the Democratic Party activities of
the two leaders, Y1. Kwang-chin and YI Suluk. KANG 5u----ik had been arrested In 25X1A
1947 for visiting, South Korea and had been released only on condition that he
report on Democratic Party activities in his village? As a result of his reports,
YI Kwang-chins YI Sucuk and 40 other local citizens were arreste
- by the Chorwon State Security office,
3. The North Korean government has promised the Soviet government a large number
of laborers for work in the i7: fro The laborers, both men and wome,t, are to
be selected from the families s grated to South Korea,,
4o Members of the North Korean Labor Party in each city, town, villages and county
are preparing detailed plans of their respective localities, showing all build-
ings and houses,, The purpose of this survey is to designate all. households
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document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with ire
letter of 16 October 1978 from
of Central intelligence to the
r
Directo
Archivist of the United States.
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contain ;;W persons with anti--Communist sentiments and all households wh ~ah
"ormeriy araataan,ect persons who have gone to south kcrea, } r?.-1 ,A.. mensu. s
:tor dealing Itii south Korean, aymlpaihizers have been planned on the bas;j:s
Of this sU vey>
5" The removal from public offices of former employees of the 'apanese govt r went
.,to continuing In North .Korea,* ven though some persons whr had Japanese
connections appear to be serving satisfactorily, they are dismissed without
oxp1enation. Discharges of this type in Ieceaazber 1949 Include: CH:I In kyu a Korean who speaks fluent Russian, and was emplayeei
in the 4onsau branoh o fice of the Korn a.u usa1an Marine Transportation
Cclmpany since the end of the war, He was discharged when it was diucovcred
that he had worked for the labor Association during the Japanese regime.
HM ffeng -s , a teacher In the Tong M .e Jam- ) Middle Sahoo
who was removed from his job bemuse he had worked as an administrative
officiaa.l. In Chientao Province?
PA K Tr ngs--eh? a1 ( -1 ) n Chief Secretary, snd twelve other members of the
Yoncho (127-O4, 38-06) County People" s Commit"tae who r=oved from their
jobs.
ray than 20 employees of the Kam won Province People ''a caaruni? tee and the
25X 1 A Wonsan People 2 s Cevmai t tae .
2 eat,0 Reports of labor conscription are general.,, but the numbers
at conscripts are always excessive, In this acne,, a refugee from ca u cxip
Lion reported that 300,000 l+aborora were to be sent to the WSR by the end
of Pabruary,
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Isar prevlouo reports on this subject
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