1. COMMUNIST ORDER OF BATTLE 2. PURGE OF NORTH KOREAN ARMY OFFICERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008100540002-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 2000
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: July 14, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFiCAttON G ALIGE
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INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Korea
SUBJECT to Communist Order of Battle
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
2. Purge of North Korean Army Officers
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DATE DIS R. 14 July 1951
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1. The Chinese Communist 4 and 3 Field Armies and the 1 Mechanized Army will
very low,
be withdrawn to the Sinanju.Hamhung line on 1 August.
Three divisions of North Korean troops finished training in the Hyosanjin
areas Ninety percent of these troops are green, and their morale is
3. On 7 Kay two North Korean generals and one colonel were executed in
F yongyang for plotting against the government.
1 There is a strong rumor among high-ranking North Korean Army officersl
that General CH aOE ronggkon was put to death by order of KIM Il-s&ig0
General lI Kwon- u2, com ding general of the North Korean I Corps, and
General CH?OE Myon are to be court martialed for their failure during the
spring offensive,
5, The North Korean police,started to conscript men to replace troops taken
from the army to fill the ranks of the guerrilla army. The North Korean
goverment plans to eve three divisions of guerrilla troops. Same of
these troops are to be raindoctri-:atad South Korean troops,
6. North Korean troops are being told that the United Nations are ready to
give up and are going to sign a peace treaty. The troops were told that
the change in the meeting place is evidence that the United Nations have
bowed before the Co aunists.
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Comment. reported that KIU tried to shoot CHIDE
after an argument, that he later had CHIDE imprisoned, and that it
was rumored that CIPOE had been executed.
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Gcmutento reported that YL Kwon -mu era i dead,
According to U Kwon-men was
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