NORTH KOREAN ARSENAL AND SUPPLY DUMPS

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 23, 2006
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: August 11, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
COUNTRY Korea
25X1 SUBJECT North Korean Arsenal and Supply Dumps
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OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
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2. The monthly production of the arsenal was 57,000 hand grenades with wooden
handles, 2,500 P.PSh1s and 100,000 rounds of small caliber ammunition, All
gun powder used was imported from Manchuria; 60 percent of the iron used came
from Manchuria, and 10 percent from Korea.,
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North Korean Arsenal
In February, the So-long Arsenal, employing 1,000 persons on 2 shifts of 12
hours each per day, was 700 meters south of So-dong at ((approximately
126-08, 39-l1., BU-533)+6) The arsenal was housed in three buildings
measuring 80 by 4 by 4 meters and an underground chamber measuring 90 by 3a.5
by 5 meters, which was attached to the three buildings. The buildings were
camouflaged with tree branches and were made to appear that they had been
destroyed by bombs,
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The arsenal was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel CHNG (fnu)r:aged 39.E and
there were four Russian technical advisers. It was guarded by 30 North Korean
soldiers.
Eastern Area Supply' Dumas
In early April 19521, a North Korean supply dump, a troop replacement point.,
and some field hospitals for North Korean and Chinese Communist troops were in
the S,6gwangsa (127-22, 39-00) (CU-5918) area.. Supplies were stored in air-raid
shelters, one of which could accommodate approximately three trucks, on a
mountain.and a hill near Sagwangsa. The field hospitals were in civilian
houses and air-raid shelters on a nearby mountain. An anti-aircraft unit was
on a,. nearby hill.
In early April,. a North Korean army supply dump containing shells,, rifle bullets,
and hand-grenades was in five eaves at Paekch'5n'gyo-ri (128-1l+,, 38-36) .
(DT-325721).. Each of the eaves was 10 meters long,. .35 meters wide, and 3
meters high and the entrances were camouflaged with pine trees. The caves were
guarded by 20 soldiers.: At night the munitions from the eaves were forwarded
by foot to the front lines by North-Korean soldiers or by members of a labor
platoon. In case of emergency,, civilians were mobilized to carry the munitions,
the S6khu (128-23;. 40-07) (DV-4740) middle school building and in the area
where the employees of the S5khu railroad station were quartered (approximately
128-23, 4007, DV'-4740). The straw bags were used. for repairing damaged
railroads and bridges,
early April, five to seven freight car loads.of straw bags were stacked in
In early April;. approximately 2,500 bags of rice.-which were collected as tax-
In mid-April, a rice mill, with 2,000 bags of rice:,s.tored in 4 holes around
the mill., was at Puam-ni (125-31, 37?55) (YB-2199). Seventy bags of rice were
cleaned every day at the mill., which was guarded by 30 North Korean soldiers
and 1 officer,
trees between Cheangsang-ni (128-23, 40-06) (DV-4739) and S5ho-ri
(128._23, 4007) (DV-475405)
Western Area Supply Dumps
in-kind for 1951, were stacked at five points in an area covered by pine
In late April, a supply depot containing rifles, mortars, ammunition, and North
Korean uniforms was 500 meters west of the Kan-ni..(approximately 125_42, 3908,
YD-3334) railroad station. The supplies. were transported from Manchuria by
rail and unloaded at the Kan-ni railroad station, where they were picked up by
wagons operated by North Korean and Chinese Communist soldiers,
10, in mid-May, a weapons and ammunition depot, under the joint control of the
North Korean and Chinese Communist armies, and containing PPShts, 120-mm
mortars, heavy machine guns, ammunition and shells, was approximately 650
meters northeast of the.Ken-ni railroad station in a small mountain valley at
.(approximately 125-42,.390-09,, YD-340364)4. The ammunition was stored in nine
caves.
lle .In late April, supply depots were in Kangsa-gun (125-?6, 38-57) (YD-1114)
and Yonggang-gun (125-20, 38--53) (YD-0206).
124 In early May, the ammunition depot of the 23 Brigade, North Korean IV Corps.,
was on a hill 1 mile north of Chayang-ni (125-19, 38-15) (YC-0336)4
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