EFFORTS OF THE PRO-SOVIET NORTH KOREAN FACTION TO CONTROL THE GOVERNMENT AND THE ARMY

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007900370009-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 27, 2001
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: August 17, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.,
COUNTRY Korea
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DATE DISTR, 17 AU "t
SUBJECT Efforts of the Pro==Soviet North Korean Faction NO. OF PAGES
to Control the Government and the Army
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
tNFO.
June 1950 to January 1953?
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SUPPLEMENT TO
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l e In August 1950 WOE O: Tong-kox then Norti' lco, a wi I A ni, ster of Nations` Deft xsfk,
insisted that North Koreas troops should tie c thd^ t to tb 33th, parallels; it
view of the international situation and the military potent.~al of the North
Korean army. He was violently opposed by T-111 Iltisdhg and K:I4 Waeks then ra
member of the North Korean Military Comlmi t tme and co ande- of the troops in
the field, As a result of advocating this policy? CH8:IE Vau given only the
minor post of Rear Serrioes commander in the North Korean a=te general head-
quarters, and KI?M Ch' ask took over actual direction of the armed forcas, al-
though he had had no, militm7 experience since his service as a guerrilla with
the Chinese Coammist forces in Manchur laa b4 ore 1945? There was a rumor cur-
rent that CH OE had a dispute with KIN I1.scng end had trk eL to Shoot him buv
was Stopped by KIM P?ta@pong, who happened to be pa?esentG0
2? Finally, in mid-November 1950, CHa OE accused KIN Il-r ig KIM Ch'aak of
ignorance concerning military matters, and CTPOE wee replaced by G MG Si-u
as rear serrice commander. KlaTG Kong who had been a: :KIM 11-s4_1 mark in Maul'
churi sag was awed front line commander. Other KIM' al-sing stppoTte: a who were
already in important positi$ne inc.u~ded 24-Z Hon i.1, deputy Minister of Internal
Affairs; i' Or K,yongmtok p `) ? o jen
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r of the Not th Korean force
which occupied Seoul; and C BC on former crass ender of the 3Cth
- 20 Parallel Constabulary aand later com~mathe `North Korean 2. Corps. 'fhusa
soon after the beginning of the war, the higher etsif members of the North
Korean any were KIM Il-songs s men, and the removal of GHI OE Yong-kon comoletod
KIM, s domination of the military command.
3o By mid-Novemberg however, KIM Il-song was faced with a shortage of trained
military commanders. K IG Ikon was dead, and CH:"OE Kyong tokg who had been
sent to Manchuria in late October to reorganize the retreating North Korea
troops, was assassinated by an unidentified subordinate in early November,
WANG Si-u was inexperienced. At this point, the possible r+- smergenee of
KIM Ift-chong au a political as well as military threat to KING a leadership''
added a new difficulty. Although he had been for .od to disband the Korean
Vol-ant0er Arm which he had brought bask from China, KIM Mu-chong was named
deputy Minister of National i Pease and ccw ,;:. ;coy ,;f t':._; .' ? vy when the
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North Koreas' government was set up, and he b -sW7Te co n mdex r.sf the North
Korean 4 Corps when thf, war began.
ka In the rst:eat frorl the j.-irimoter, KIfl j`.? tao-ch.a'arT t 'i in ciie ',r'. o:i? r ouOing
North Koren forces but f .sled to keep order, N cv. t aek
ooxarnaaale of c;usrxilla fox es -In South Korc.a, e1:' fyriled' to use hid tonne
effectivc,ly,, . 'these ttso opp' tunities to pi.ace twl resa~o islbility for miliw=
tart' reverses an men not* diz et1y associated ; ?th the pro,-Soviet clique in
.the Nort=h Koreaum mernmaeat a:;ad more nartic .ar1;F "Co ',;h(, forth Korean Labor
party wc: seized by KII?i 11.-s&t to insure that Kiii Mvv- one w. would not become
.a cente:c? for Chinese Comrrru i.s?, political pr ;c:a;are. A conference of the Cen-
tral Co.nmittee of the North Kccaan Labor 1,arty wa. ca 1i