UNIFICATION OF THE LABOR PARTIES OF NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA

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• Publication Date: December 19, 1950
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SUBJECT Unification of the Labor Parties
South Korea
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Chairman. KL.I ti-sKng,, 1SOr h Korean premier
1)e?paut chairman PAX :Iorr- 'era ;
Tt.ree secretaries:
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Central Committee of the adviser to :,. 71-song and considered by all
;'.:?tta Korean goverment officials as chief conveyor of policy from the
USSR to UUorth Korea.
Ym.r.wisoned by the Japanese 1926.-1929 in Inc'ionh 1931-1930 in Pusan for
Communist activities., after the war, second "co 1 AX t?bn ysni , t.raveltn
between north and south until Taid 19t38x when he became 'inister of Justice
1y s worth ;area; July 19 0 became chairman of the Seoul People's Committee.
death. in
irilcnown: pos.tion held by Sarn yon ; (~ ) until his
South Korea before June ;135() r~
Politburo (Political Coma.F_ttee)
,eatral investigation Committee
Supreme 1'arby Committee
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All ostensthly chosen by and from the
Central Committee but actually chosen
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1:, At a meeting of the I;ort'h and South :'organ I,acor Parties and SK L11) in
1-1yo:ngyang in February l950,, it was decided to merge the northern and southern
group, into a orean Central Labor Party (KCLF). The public announcement of
the merger., however., was zrithheld until after the beginning of the wars in
early July.*
2, The A C..,P Central Committee consisted of one hundred me :aers,, supposedly elected
at a convention o .-E' party repr sentati.ves from all districts of ::orth and South
Korea but actually chosen by HHUKa -i, ,efore the meeting opened and accepted by
ac ~... -fiationr. The cot +r.;ittee officers are:
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3. Before the unification,, the Politburos of the two parties included the
following : iiiLP a KI Il-sbn ; 5 KIT:" Chaek., PAK I:Li u, CKU Yang-ha, KIT' Tub
pong, 10 Ka-a., * and CF'OE Charig-ik; SKLP: HO I1yon, YI Ki-su, Yl S atig-yop,**
PAK R6n-yyng,, KIM Sam-yong and YI Chu ha. After the unification, both
groups were included in the KCLP Politburo except for KIM Tu pong, who be--
cane chairman of the People's Assembly. The official positions assigned to
these members in North Korea were:
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KIM II--song, premier and chairman of the military committee.
KIM Chaek, deputy chairman of the military committee and commander in chief
of task forces.
110 I i,, -loputy chairman of the KCLP Centro Committee and liaison between
Soviet aha ,sador Shtykov and KIPS, Il-sang for relaying of orders from
Shtykov?
TIO 1 n : eader of the Fatherland Unification Democratic Fron
graduate of a Japanese law school; pres een
of X DJ 11-song verse yn
C1190-7 Chang-ik, '::inister of Finance
P AK Il~u? Minister of Internal Affairs.
PAK 45n--yvj,':g, deputy premier and ;..inister of Foreign Affairs
Yl Ming Pop, chairman of the Seoul People's Comra_i_ttee.
1i Although the KCLP Central Committee ostensibly became the supreme organ of
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the government and military forces, actually all policy decisions in both
fields were made by the Politburo.. Al appointmentc to and disaissalls from
high government or military positions were also controlled by the !'olitburod,
although announced through the Central Committee. The apparent conflict of
interests indipated by this arrangement was actually nullified by the fact
that KIM Il-sang was chairman of the KCLP and all cabinet members and important
arnr officers were also KC members. The Central Committee convened only
once a year, while the Politburo was in permanent session,
The Central Ipvestigation Committee is headed by CFANG Sun- on.g
with Y T . Ki-Ay ) - j ) as deputy.
Its duties are to check on or Party activities and make reports and recom-
mendations, theoretically to the Central Committee but actually to the Polit-
buro, The Secret Files Committee, head unknown, keeps records of all Labor
Party members, including their past history. The Supreme Party Committee is
the p party administrative organ and is also known as the Administration Com-
mit I.,ee ,
6,, Nominally under the Central Committee but actually under the Politburo are
the following bureaus:
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Organization, concerned with structual problems of all Labor Party organi-
zations; head unknown,
bo Staff "!'embers, concerned with records of important party officials- head,
CHIN Parr-su (~i W deputy Y1 Chu -sang; t%~'. ! ) a
native of Chungchong,
n. Propaganda and Agitation, head PAK Ch' and;-ok
rL, Labo.r, concerned with research on and settlement of labor problems; head
unknown.,
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eo Agriculture, concerned with research on and settlement of agricultural
and farmers' problems: head, YI Ku-hun ~ ` J) native of Chungchong,
head of the South Korean Farmers' Union?
f. 4';omen, head unknown
Youth, head unknown.
h. Social A.f1 airs head? KL._ Ung-ki ()1) , native of Yochon (128 -.23,
36-J4O) educated in the USSR, chai=nn of the People s s Coranittee
of ?;r an;hae Province; deputy head, KA G :un ho (
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is Finance bureau, head, LYON Chril-chong
7. Other members of the KCLP Central Committee include:
ANG Chlil--son
CH gs native of Taeju,Ideputy chief of the South Korean
C1 11t.G Ch6k-u I'D "3 ), native of 'No=dli mem )er of the North
Korean Department of Commerce.
CHA*G Hae.-u ('
chief prosecutor in the North Korean ;overmnent
Cwirx" Si-.u ( 1 =~) s
coerce in North Korea,3*Pk
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native of South Pyongan, ' 3nlster of Com--
25X1 CHO V/a suk native of Kangwon Province] Iwomano
25X1 CIPOE Chang-ik (I' _.R) tine of Hamgyong, Minister of Finance in
North Korea and chairman of # e nstitute for Study of Political Science and
Vorld Economy.
25X1 CHaOE '~16'n -tIaek native of Taeju, deputy head of the 'Torth
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Korean Goverment Purchasing Bureau.
CII e OE Yong-tai ( t ~),
versity, head of a department of KB.' U--song University.**
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CHONG Chun--teaek ( PI
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Planning Com rittea.iP.f
CHOP G 'fun ( ?P ),IInative of Kyonggi, deputy chairman of the Anak
(125-30, 38- s) Conn ~r People"s Committee.
lid Songd-t' aek (a ) ), Inative of North fa Yong, middle school graduate,
chairman of the National Council of Labor Unions and ='inister of Labor in North
Korea,
IF.:ANG T Y ae-s ng * j, I I native of Sarig ju (1-8-10 36-24), head
of an unspecified bureau in the worth Korean Department of Industry.
KLi Chan ol, 0,0,
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deputy '.'inister of Finance in North
Kr.: "in-san ( _ a
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People's Committee of North IIamgyon.. *
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native, of Kangwon, graduate of Seoul Uni
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KIT,' Py'ong-ha ( ) a
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deputy head of KI"~.': 11-song
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IJ5J Chong, deputy Minister of National Defense, North Korea.
25X1 NAM Il (it ),
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deputy I inister of EEdu-
NO Chin-ban (J .), native of Kyontggi, deputy LIlnistery of Health in
North Koreaa
cation in North Korean
PAK ChKng-ae V'), Soviet Korean from Kazakhstan, =head of the North
Korean Democratic VJomen's Alliance.**
PAK '-Vn-kyu (')- ), ative of ?North Kyouggsang, graduate of Seoul Univet
sity, 7.Linister of Agricu and Forestry.
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educated in the USSR, deputy L'ini.ster of
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"TU Yeng-chun ('f) Imo), native of South Pyongan,Ihead of the South Korean
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8 South Korean members of the Central Committee who went north from Seoul about
25 September 1950 included the following:
25X1 CH'OE 'Kyu hyon 4--1- ), I Inative of Seoul.; arrested five times between
December 1947 and February 19 9 and each time imprisoned ten days for Communist
activities; during the North Korean occupation, a member of the People's Commit-
tee of Sosmun District, Seoul,,
25X1 Ci;'3I IWu--s'ok joined the S KU in 1946, membership number***
2312712; in February 1947 became deputy head of S_LP for Chhongdong Districts,
Seoul; arrested and imprisoned five times between July 1947 and February 191i.9;
during the North Korean occupation, deputy chairman of the People's Committee
of SSosrxur_ District, Seoul.
PAK Yong-sik ( ), joined the SKIP in February 1947 while an employee
of the South Korean Department of Commerce motor pool; from November 1947 to
Januanj 1949 he held odd jobs, then ,,Tent to work for South Korean G--2 as a
civilian clerk until the beginning of the war.
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YI Chc,?ng-.song (4 . ), Iigraduate of IHuix en "idcdle School, '.:arch
1941, and Seoul Pharmaceutical College, 1943; joined SKLP 191.87
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YI TIaek hyang ( `')Tkfj teacher in an unidentified college; in
February 1947 became re:,,ponsi . e for intelligence collection concerning
South Korean activities in Tasi Township,, Naju (126- , 35.01) County for the
SKLP; in May 197 chosen head of the general affairs section of the Democratic
youth Association of Tasi Township; imprisoned by Naju County Police for Com-
munist activities in Nay 1948 and for thirty days each in September 1943 and
December 1949.
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educated in the USSR., North Korean sinister
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ranking leaders, include the following:
CHANG Hae-u: Chief prosecutor for North Korea in September 1947,
CJtANG Si-u: Deputy chairman of the Chosen Democratic Party; one of the
Norean representatives signing a trade pact with the USS,
YIl hw' rr-man (~ GtI ) s raduate of I'aechae 'iddl e School in Seoul,, .,
1974, and Seoul Pharmaceutical College, 1937; employed by the industrial
Section of I;yonggi Province government until 1938, then employed by the Yuhan
Company of Seoul: early in 1939 adviser for the Sanitation Section of South
Chungchonlg Province; October 190, director of the Chinliwa Drug Manufacturing
Company; joined SKLP in February 1917.
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CIT"sN" Sun+-myci :
-ember of the Central Committee of the Fatherland U'ni
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fication Democratic Front.
CI'I'OF Chang-ik: Trained in China and the USSR; member of the Central
Cormni ttee of the Fatherland Unification Democratic Front;
he-id of the North :,orean People's Committee Investigation
Office in 1948.
CH'O! Yang-tal: Chief of the Justice Department in Kangwon Province in
1980
CHONG Chun-t' aek: Deputy chairman of the NKLP Observation Committee
HO Ka-i ; Chairman of the I:KLP Observation Committee ncerned with the
North Korea-USSR pact
KIM Min-san: In Yenan during ;or d '~.ar II.
KT.i Sam-gong: SNLP leader in Seoul arrested in }arch 1950 and executed just
PAK Ch' ang-ok : Member of she Central. Committee
~,. Democratic Front?
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of the Fatherland Unification
PAK Chong-ae : A member of the lcorean peace delegation to roscow in 19,149,
and bearer of a special report to the 1JSSR on South Korea;
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YI Sung yap: 'Sinister of Justice of North Korean
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