THE KONDOK MINE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008200050006-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 6, 2003
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: July 23, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION "Oide" CONFIDENTIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Korea
SUBJECT The Komdok Mine
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1, The rondok Mind is at 480.3-4x529?5 and the ore is refined at Sindok
(484.5--4528.9),, where there are 13 Soviet technicians and advisers and
58 North Korean central and provincial government officials. All workers
from five mines in the area are concentrated on the Kandok Mine. There are
two anti-aircraft pieces and one 'attalion infantry defending the area,
2. The product of the refinery is transported to Manchuria, It is rumored that
radioactive materials are being produced from this ore.
In l9b8, a cable conveyor ran from the Komdok Mine to Sindoko There is a
river at Sindok which is 30 meters wide, swift, and deep. A high tension
line from the north supplied the power,
Comments This may refer to the silver and lead mace which
hove location, The grid references are to S L7,51,, Sheet
69361, Scale 1.50,000,
CLA.SSIFI4 ATION Oler
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