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    "ocrText": "SECRET\nCOMNAVFE has assumed operational control of TG 96.8 consisting\nof British Naval vessels BELFAST (CL), JAMAICA (CL), COSSACK (DD),\nTRIUMPH (CVL), CONSORT (DD), BLACK SWAN (PG), ALACRITY (PG),\nand HART (PG). (ONI) (secret)\nAIR\nScattered enemy air activity, with five enemy aircraft destroyed in\nair, one probably destroyed and two damaged on ground. U.S. F-80's\ncovering Suwon destroyed reported La-5, obsolescent Soviet-built radial-\nengine fighter developed to combat German FW-190. F-82's based Itazuke\nscrambled to meet fourteen unidentified aircraft headed general direction\nItazuke but made no interception. U.S. B-29 mission scored direct hit on\nrunway intersection Kimpo Airfield. B-26's attacked Heijo Airfield (near\nPyongyang) with parafrags, with good results. B-29 hit marshalling yards\nUijongbu. (D/I-USAF) (secret)\nIncreased FEAF aerial effort expected to affect enemy morale\nB-29 mission planned against Wonsan Airfield, emphasis on destruction\nenemy aircraft on field. Secondary targets airfields north of 38th parallel.\nB-26 operations to support South Korean ground operations. Fighters to\nprovide cover for B-29's in support area, including Suwon Airfield.\n(D/I-USAF) (secret)\nU.S. Action: The Joint Chiefs of Staff have cabled CINCFE sub-\nstantially the following directive, consolidating, broadening, and supple-\nmenting previous instructions on South Korea and Formosa:\na. - Employ naval and air forces to provide fullest support to South\nKorean forces. by attack on military targets so as to clear South Korea of\nNorth Korean forces.\nb. / Employment of army forces will be limited to essential com-\nmunications and other essential service units, except that use of army\nforces are authorized to insure retention of a port and air base in the\ngeneral area Fusan-Chinhae.\nC. - Defend Formosa by naval and air action against invasion or\nattack by Chinese Communists and insure that Formosa not be used as an\noperational base against the Chinese mainland by the Chinese Nationalists.\nd. - U.S. 7th Fleet is assigned to operational control of CINCFE and\nCINCPAC and CINCPACFLT will support and reinforce CINCFE as nec-\nessary and practicable.\nSECRET\nNATIONAL\nARCHIVES AND\nRECORDS\nSERVICE\""
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