무정(武亭) 또는 김무정(金武亭, 1904.05.16 ~ 1951.07.10)은 중국 공산당 휘하에서 항일투쟁을 한 인물로 해방 후 북한 정권에 참여하였다. 최무정이라고도 한다.
- 김무정(金武亭, 1904년 5월 16일 ~ 1951년 7월 10일) 위키백과
- 연안파 거두 무정 장군 사후복권 확인 중앙일보 2001.03.13 종합 8면
미국 CIA 보고서에는 김무정이 김일성보다 훨씬 더 잘 알려진 인물이라고 하였다.
- POSITION OF KIM MU-CHONG REPORT May 17, 1951
1. After the end of the war, KlM Il-song was brought back to Korea immediately, in October 1945, by the Soviet army and was introduced to the citizens of Pyongyang as the new head of the country. KIM returned with no army but under the aegis of the Soviet General Penkovsky. He was already well established and had his support well organized when the Koreans who had been fighting with the Chinese Communist forces began to return to their om country.*
2. One of the outstanding leaders returning from China was KIM Mu-chong,** who arrived on 15 December 1945 with an army which had been aiding the Chinese Communists. As a brilliant military commander backed by a considerable army, he was a popular figure and more attractive to the Koreans than the relatively little known KIM Il-song. The latter, however, was already well-established politically, and he and his Soviet sponsors took care to neutralize any influence KIM Mu-chong's military strength might convey. The arriving army was immediately disarmed and scattered as far as possible, and when a new People's Army was organized in February 1948, the KIM Mu-chong forces were absorbed into the larger, centrally-controlled unit.
2. One of the outstanding leaders returning from China was KIM Mu-chong,** who arrived on 15 December 1945 with an army which had been aiding the Chinese Communists. As a brilliant military commander backed by a considerable army, he was a popular figure and more attractive to the Koreans than the relatively little known KIM Il-song. The latter, however, was already well-established politically, and he and his Soviet sponsors took care to neutralize any influence KIM Mu-chong's military strength might convey. The arriving army was immediately disarmed and scattered as far as possible, and when a new People's Army was organized in February 1948, the KIM Mu-chong forces were absorbed into the larger, centrally-controlled unit.
