CONDITION OF NORTH KOREAN ARMY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008100300006-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2000
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: July 12, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATiON REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Korea
SUBJECT Condition of North Korean Army
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PLACE
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DATE OF
INFO.
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eitsihar, and now has approximately 150 planes
received from the USSR,
The recently activated North Korean tank division has received kipproximately
300 T -31L tanks from the UU`"C
1e The North Korean Air Force, numbering approximately 5,000 men, received
trainin
in Harbi
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Comments
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referring to divisions rather
std thi#, t3ie =orth oreans had been given 300 tanks
North Korean tank division iMit training at Penchi,
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DATE DISTR. 12 July 1951
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
.1., The North Korean I, VI, and III Corps on the west central front are
green unproven corps viio need much more training,
2, In a secret meeting attended by North Korean GEC officers, Political
Commander KIM. 11 officially admitted that the North Korean troops are
in poor condition for a war alone against UN farces? During the last
spring offensive, the North Korean I Corps vas beaten to such an extent
by the ILK I Division that the North Korean government began to view
the war with a new outlook, The North Korean Vii, VIII and IX Corps
on the east central front, and the Ya XI I and XV7 Corps -L the eastern
front are composed of untried green troops,
3a The North Korean GRQ Artillery Commander., General KIM Mu-thong,, stated that
the present North Korean troops need approximatol.y ?3 months? training
before they can be effective. The North Korean IV Corpse having received
approximately 6 months., training in Manchuria, will rotate with the green
North Korean troops at the front until the peak of combat efficiency is
reached,
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