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ATIS INTERROGATION REPORT NO. 4369

FIELD REPORT (ADVATIS 0081)　27 October 1950

Reliability good.

PW was born and raised in YENCHI (延吉), MANCHURIA. In Out 45, PW escaped to KOREA with his 2 sisters and mother from YENCHI, MANCHURIA. His father who went by the name of MATSUSIRA Arishige (松原有榮) was a high ranking police official in YENCHI, MANCHURIA and was shot at YENCHI Park in Sep 45 together with other men who held important positions when the Japanese controlled MANCHURIA. Therefore, PW and his family returned to KOREA in Oct 45.

YENCHI Airfield

YENCHI (延吉), MANCHURIA

Hearsay Aug 45-Oct 45

The airfield was located on the eastern outskirts of YENCHI. It was a large airfield surrounded by a barbed wire fence. The area around the airfield was farm land. There were two asphalt and concrete runways forming a cross. When the Japanese Army controlled this field PW observed that the largest planes at this field were twin-engine bombers.

Approximately a large hangars were located on the field. There were a few concrete barracks on the field. PW heard that most of these buildings were damaged by Manchurians after V-J day. PW believed that this airfield would be reconstructed and used again as it was located close to the Korean and Siberian border.

Military Camp

YENCHI (延吉), MANCHURIA

Obs: Aug 45-Oct 45

This military camp was located on the northern edge of YENCHI. It was a large camp when the Japanese occupied this area. The barracks were large and constructed of brick and concrete. There were smaller wooden barracks in the area next to the large concrete barracks and these wooden barracks extended to the YENCHI Air-field. The Army hospital, a large concrete building, was located in the area of the wooden barracks.

The member of barracks and the area of this military camp is not known. Soon after V-J day Russian troops entered YENCHI and used the concrete barracks for quarters. The wooden barracks were used as a PW Carp. A barbed wire fence was placed around the wooden barracks and guard towers were built in the enclosure. The Russian troops in YENCHI at that time were believed to be tank troops and artillery troops as PW saw about 10 tanks (size unknown) and howitzers being pulled by trucks going through town one day.

The Russian troops left YENCHI in late Aug 50 and Chinese communist troops entered the city. PW heard that two (2) divisions of the CCF came to YENCHI at this time. The Russian troops, Manchurian civilians and the Chinese communist troops looted the homes of the Japanese and Koreans and the city was in a turmoil from V-J day until the time PW left there in Oct 45.

Military Camp

YENCHI (延吉), MANCHURIA

Hearsay Aug 45-Oct 45

PW heard that troops of the “Volunteer Corps” (義勇軍) which was made up of Koreans, occupied this camp soon after V-J day. This camp was located approximately 4km W of the ER station. During the second World War PW often went to this camp to deliver soya sauce. At this time he saw an airfield under construction in the area adjacent to this camp. It was still in its early stage of construction.

The 604th Unit of the Japanese Kwangtung Army was stationed in this military camp. The area of the camp was not known but it was surrounded by a wire fence and electric power passed through the wires. PW believed that this electric wire fence was necessary because there seemed to be a large amount of ammunition stored in underground warehouses in this camp area.

He saw the roofs of these underground warehouses protruding from the ground but almost level with the surface of the ground. Each warehouse was surrounded on 3 sides by a dirt revetment. There were large brick barracks in this camp. Number and size of the buildings was not known.

For the Commanding Officer: