NORTH KOREAN PLANS FOR COMMUNIST CELLS IN UN POW CAMPS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R011300400003-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 20, 2001
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: April 13, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
CONFIDENTIAL
SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
COUNTRY Korea
SUBJECT North Korean Plans for Communist Cells in UN
POW Camps
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Prior to 3 JanilAry 1952 two hundred North Korean mon and eighty North Korean women
completed a two-month training course to aid them in organizing Communist cells
among North Korean and Chinese Communast prisoners being held in United Nations
camps .1 The training emphasized the history of the Soviet Coammaist party and the
North Korean Labor Party, methods of organizing party groups, and Communist theory.
The trainees were told that they would be decorated for the work, that they had no-
thing to fear since they could return after the conclusion of a cease-fire and the
United Nations were not killing prisoners while the cease-fire negotiations were in
progress.
2. Propaganda used by the agents in the camps was to stress the imminent withdrawal of
the United Nations forces from Korea, and the certain future unification of the
country under the North Koramn government . They were also told to emphasize that
modern equipment is being given the North Korean army by the Soviet Union and China,
that respect will be shown prisoner repatriation, that high North Korean government
officials are concerned over the situation of North Korean prisoners, and that the
life of the North Korean arm- soldier has improved.
3. The agents were told to establish cell organization committees in each prisoner of
war camp to supervise the organization of cells of three prisoners each. Three cells
were to be considered a group, three groups a division, and three divisions a
committee. Imprisoned North Korean officers were to be assigned by the agents to
responsible positions in the network to obtain the benefits of military discipline
while the cells were first being organized. The agents Were also instructed to
investigate the attitude and conduct of each prisoner and to ignore all North Korean
prisoners who were not sympathetic to the North Korean government. After the cells
became strong, they to carry out strikes, protests, and demonstrations.2
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1111 Comment The objectives in dispatching these agents to POW camps, the
criteria for the selection of the oat the the method of penetration were
discussed in fr3m the sane source.
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2, Comt. North Korean civilian internees on Kojeado rioted in late
l ruary when United Nations authorities attempted to screen out anti-
Communists,
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