ARMED SELF-DEFENSE UNIT IN ODAEJIN AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R015800220010-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 5, 2006
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: January 12, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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FEB 1952 D1- A
CLASSIFICATION
SECRET
SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
CD NO.
COUNTRY Korea
SUBJECT Armed Self=Defense Unit in 6daeJin Area
DATE OF 25X1
INFO. 22 June 1952
PLACE
ACQUIRED
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE-
OF THE U N I T E D STATES, W I T H I N THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
AND 794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSIONOR REVE-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
PROHIBITED BY LAW. THE . REPRODUCTION OF THISFORM 15 PROHIBITED.
S
DATE DISTR. 12 January 1953
NO.. OF PAGES 2
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
25X1 1. On 22 June. 1952 the armed self-defense units in the Odaejin (12'9-47, 41-23)
(EA 6581) area were organized into one company per myon (district) and one
platoon per village,1 All men between the ages of 18 and 55 and all women
between the ages of 18 and 50 were required to p~ticipate, with the following
exceptions, those with chronic disabilities; those called "thought stragglers,"
who had responded poorly to Communist indoctrination; former Communist party
affiliates who had been relieved, voluntarily or involuntarily, from party
activities and duties; and women with children under 2 years old. The duties
required by the self-defense units were additional to the regular daily work.
25X1 2e The chief of the armed self-.defense unit in Hoyang-dong (129-44 41-25)
(EA-6185) was SO Chung.ch'ol (1776/2582/0772)
chairman of the Hoyang-dong First Cell committee. The guards-in the unit were
divided into two groups, one made up of 35 men divided into seven teams of five
men each,, and the other made up of 42 women divided into si? teams of seven
women ea6h. The men guarded the coast after working hours and. the women guarded
the roads 24 hours a day. One team of men reported each night at 8 p.m. and
patrolled by two's in two-hour shifts until 5 a.m. Trouble that could not be
handled locally was reported to the 5daejin police station through the village
people's committee. The police station relayed the report to the my6n company
headquarters, which dispatched men to the scene of the trouble. The patrolling
was sometimes neglected because members excused, themselves, pleading sickness
or urgent business.
3, The road security office was in a private home at EA-606846.. The women guards
wore white cloth arm bands about 4 inches wide with "guarding member" printed
on them in Korean characters. One team checked the documentation of all who
passed between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. and another team did the same during the night.
If the sterilization certificate was not in order, the offender waited while
his clothes were steamed on the spot. Non-local people were required to tell
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their destination and point of origin, In case of a discrepancy in documentation,
the offender was turned over to the village people's committee; if the committee
could not handle the case, it was referred to the 6daejin police station.
Also, from 6 p.m, to 6 am. a team of women patrolled the village in two's
looking for strangers and checking for exposed lights,
4.
The village guards in Hoyang-d.ong were formerly armed with Mossin-Nagant
rifles and two hand grenades per man. This equipment as called in when some
of the villagers were discovered using their weapons for target practice and
hunting. They subsequently performed their guard duty armed with spears and
clubs.
Comment. The. designation of the units as companies and platoons
probably does not accurately indicate their actual size,
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