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ATIS INTERROGATION REPORT NO. 4424

FIELD REPORT (ADVATIS 0142)　20 November 1950

PW was cooperative and intelligent. Information seems to be fairly reliable.

Born in HUA-TIEN (樺旬) in CHILIN-SHENG (吉林省) MANCHURIA.

Feb 40 – Dec 46: Attended elementary school in HUA-TIEN (樺旬).

Dec 46 – Sep 47: Prepared at home for medical education.

Sep 47 – Nov 49: Attended CCF Medical College called No 1 Branch School of the CHINA MEDICAL COLLEGE (中國医科) in LUNGCHING (龍井), YENCHI-SHENG (延吉縣), MANCHURIA. (Graduated)

Nov 49 – Mar 50: Internship at the same college.

25 Mar 50: All the Korean graduates (144) reported to the General Sanitation Dept in HARBIN (哈爾濱). Among the 144 graduates, 8 including PW were assigned to P’YONGYANG (平壤).

1 Apr 50: Left HARBIN for KOREA.

7 Apr 50: Arrived in P’YONGYANG, Examined along the following lines: (1) Examination of medical knowledge; (2) Investigation of social status; (3) Examination of personal history. After the examination was completed, appointed Sr Lt. MD.

17 Apr 50 – 20 Jun 50: Assigned to 13th Div, Med Bn Hospital in P’YONGYANG as a processing officer.

21 Jun 50: Advanced southward with the Med Bn.

28 Jul 50: Assigned to 13th Div, self-propelled Artillery Bn in SONGSAN-GUN (成山郡).

Medical and Dental School:

Name:

No 1 Branch School of the CHINA MEDICAL COLLEGE.

Location:

Main School in HSINGSHAN-SHIH (興山市).

No 1 Branch School in LUNG-CHING (龍井), YENCHI-SHENG (延吉縣) MANCHURIA.

NOTE: The main school was primarily for surgery and the No 1 Branch School was primarily for internal medicine.

Controlled by the CCF.

Entrance Requirements.

Successful completion of entrance examination. Standard of entrance examination, 11 years education.

Length of Course:

26 months, at time of attendance. However, those graduating later were required to attend longer, presumably 4 years.

Internship:

4 months

School Curriculum (including clinical experience):

Internship – the period was divided into 1st term, 2d term and internship. School was held 6 days a week throughout the year. Each day included 8 hours of classes (lectures), 8 hours discussion of medicine. (Sic)

Lectures of 1st term consisted mainly of:

Theory of Medicine

Comparative Anatomy

Hygiene

Pathology

Cytology

Pharmacology

Lectures of 2nd term consisted mainly of:

Surgery and Practical Surgery

Internal Medicine and Practical Internal Medicine

Ophthalmology

Otorhinology (sic) (Believed to be otology)

Dermatology

Diagnosis

Laboratory

On Sunday during the 2d term, PW attended lectures on Gyhecology.

Internship:

Practical internal medicine and practical surgery.

Standards Required to Continue After Admission:

PW Class was the only one composed entirely of Koreans. Therefore, if students could not maintain average grades, they were dismissed from the college.

However, in case of Chinese students, they were allowed to take the same course over again. Among the 150 Koreans who entered college with PW, approximately 6 were dismissed.

General:

The Korean students who entered college with the PW, were divided into 2 classes. Although they received the same course and graduated at the same time, they were called the 134th graduated and the 135th graduates. The number of graduates for each class was unusually low compared to the ordinary Chinese classes. The number of Chinese students was very large; however, PW did not have any knowledge of the number. This college was primarily for Chinese students and there were also teachers for dentistry. PW heard that there was 1 Korean who had graduated from the dental school. However, there were no Korean students attending the dental course at the time the PW was attending college. This college was established in 1945 or 1946.

Faculty:

The president of the college was a CCF member. Some of the teachers were CCF members and some were civilians. Only 3 teachers were Koreans and all of them were civilian. The number of Japanese teachers and Chinese teachers seemed to be about the same. Some Chinese teachers came to teach from the main school in HSINGSHAN-SHIS (興山市). The most famous teacher was Professor RO (魯) who was in his sixties and had studied in JAPAN.

Graduate Training:

PW heard that some students who graduated with PW were sent back to the college from HARBIN (哈爾濱). However, she did not know whether or not they were sent back for graduate training. She believed that it was possible for all the previous graduates to receive additional training since the length of the course was expected to be extended.

After graduation, 6 months internship was usually required with in CCF units. After successfully completing the examinations, a license to practice was issued by the senior medical officers of various CCF Army Groups. However, those students who graduated with PW received their internship at the college for only 4 months and a license to practice was issued by the college.

PW did not suffer from lack of any items while she was attending college.

Drugs:

In 1947, most of the drugs were Japanese. In March 1950, a large amount of US drugs, captured from Chinese Nationalist Army, were used; however, they still used more Japanese drugs in the college. Most of vaccine and serum for immunization were produced in HSINGSHIN-SHIH (興山市). PW heard that drugs used at the front lines of the CCF were mostly US made.

Typhus

Dysentery

Pneumonia

Tuberculosis

Pleurisy

Bronchitis

Gastroenteritis

For the Commanding Officer: