FOREIGN AID TO NORTH KOREA

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 2, 2006
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: September 21, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
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COUNTRY Korea
SUBJECT Foreign Aid'ti North Korea
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10 on 10 June 19529 a Soviet medical team?1 consisting of 30 Soviet surgeons and
10 Soviet nurses, was east of Kong (125-i59 394.59) (XEm9228) at apps ximately
93l282, The team was charged with-visiting the counties oo' North Pyengan
Province to give medical aid and to prevent infectious ' diseases among the popu-
1ation0 The team was divided into groups consisting of two physicians and one
nurse, each group being assigned to one county. The team used medicine and
surgical instruments brought from Russia and made no charge for medical services,
3 clinics, was at the following points in North Pyongan Province to give
medical aid to North Korean civilians and wounded North Korean soldiers.- the
53 Clinic at Chongju (125.13.- 39=42) (XD-9096); the 171 Clinic at Sunan
(125-419 39o'1) ( 525 to); and a clinic at Sunckapon (125?56, 39-25), (YD-5267).
Uaenglian (sic) Medicl, Team2
In June 1952, an Uaenglian medical team' consisting of 20 Uaenglian physicians,,
10 Uaenglian nurses,, and 100 Korean assistants, was in South Pyongan Province
at Mankyengtae,, 3 where it had been since August 19510 The team was charged
with giving medical aid to wounded North Korean soldiers. The.team maintained
an ambulance clinic at Yankyongtae and approximately 2,000 wounded soldiers
Hungarian Medical Team
20. In June 19529 a Hungarian medical team, consisting of 20 persons divided into
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were under treatment by the team in June 19520 Medicine and surgical instruments
used by the team were brought from its own country,
Foreign Troops and Foreign Aid Goode
In late January 1952, the strength and nationality of foreign troops aiding
North Korea were as follows, 47 Chinese Communist divisions, 5 Mongolian
divisions., 1 Czechoslovakian medical battalion., and 3,000 Soviet advisers0
The amount of foreign -aid goods sent to North Korea by that date and their
contributors4were as follows,; 39000 ton of food from India (F-1)9 19000
tons of food from Hungary,, 200 tons of clothing from Rumania, and 30 tons
of medicine from Czechoslovakia,
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(126?389 39-13) (BU 96L.3)0 ,.
2. Comrnente Uaenglia is presumably the Korean transliteration of a
uropean oountry or area name., gave another transliteration
for Hungary in reporting this information in paragraph 20
3o Comment0 Mankycngtae cannot be located. Since YD 2718 were the
coordinates given for Mankyongtae, possibly Mangl=li (125=389
38?59) (ID=2818) was intended0
Comment,, According to Radio PQyongyang9 l!"$, 19529
the following two countries are also helping Korea." Albania shipped
766,000 rubles? worth of relief goods to Korea. including medical
equipment, clothing,, and 85 tons of food stuffs and Mongolia vows
continued aid to Korea and has decided to donate 709000 cattle to Korean
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Comment0 a hospital run by the
Group at Onchu n9 6 kilometers northwest of Yangdok
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