1. RUMORS IN SEOUL 2. SEOUL CITIZENS ATTITUDE TOWARD THE TRUCE NEGOTIATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008100680009-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 5, 2001
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: July 18, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION 25X1 A
CENTRAL I CE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY
Korea
DATE DISTR. 18 July 1951
SUBJECT
to
Rumors in Seoul
NO. Of PAGES
2.
Seoul Citizens? Attitude toward the
otiations
NO. OF ENCLS.
25X1A
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO 25X1 X
REPORT NO.
1, The following rumors were current among the citizens of Seoul on 15 July.
a. a. The North Korean Army headquarters has ordered the troop units in
various areas to be prepared for a redisposition (nature uudetes-
Mined) of unite,
b, Approximately 50,000 North Korean troops are in the western front
areas awaiting the outcome of the ICaesong negotiations and they
are prepared to act in an emergency. Also, supplies are being
rushed to these units.
2. Anti-Communist observers state that the majority of Seoul citizens believe
that truce negotiations will fair because they feel proposals are a
Communist trick designed to gain time for reorganization and supply of
Chinese Communist and North Korean forces. The citizens fear that such
reinforced armies will thet. push into Seoul,
CLASSIFICATION
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