PLANNED REORGANIZATION AND REHABILITATION OF NORTH KOREAN ARMY UNITS
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CIA-RDP82-00457R009600260011-0
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
Document Creation Date:
November 16, 2016
Document Release Date:
March 20, 2000
Sequence Number:
11
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Publication Date:
December 12, 1951
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REPORT
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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
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SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
W R 11 .PO T
Korea
REPORT NO.
CD NO.
DATE DISTR.
12 Dec. 1951
SUBJECT
Planned Reorganization and Rehabilitation of
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1
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
North Korean Army Units
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SUPPLEMENT TO
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REPORT NO.
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1. The North Korean General Headquarters plans tojtake troops from the front
line to be reorganized and rehabilitated, and at a meeting on 5 November of
the joint North Korean-Chinese Communist General Headquarters, it was agreed
that Chinese Communist troops would replace the North Korean units moved to
the rear.1
2. Communist frontline units in early November comprised Chinese Communist
troops, and North Korean secondary troops and security units,.with a
relatively small number of North Korean regulars. Major units of the North
Korean I, III and V Corps were in the rear ar Is in early November being
re-equipped. The North Korean VI Corps and thriee independent divisions
will be withdrawn when replacement units are available.
25X1X 1. omment. The real reason is that the North Koreans plan to
remove gh-rant g North Korean officers with marked pro-Chinese Communist
leanings.
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