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    "ocrText": "SECRE\nm. The offer of the Netherlands Government to place HMNS\nEVERTSEN (JT-2) under operational control of CINCFE for deployment\nin Korean operations has been accepted. The EVERTSEN is an ex-British\nss \"Emergency\" Class (4.7\" Gun Group) destroyer. It is expected to report\nfrom Hong Kong for operations 13 July. (CNO) (SECRET)\nn. The aircraft repair ships FABIUS (ARVA 5) and AVENTINUS\n(ARVE 3) and the fleet gasoline tankers GENESEE (AOG 8) and TOMBIGBEE\n(AOG 11) are to be activated earliest on West Coast and assigned to the\nPacific Fleet. (CNO) (RESTR)\nU.S. AIR FORCES\n*0. FEAF aircraft destroyed 7 tanks, 29 trucks, 1 locomotive,\n12 box cars, 6 vehicles, 1 half-track, 4 oil storage tanks, and an estimated\n100 troops, mostly in the Ulchin-Samchok-Kangnung area. An additional\ntank, 33 trucks, locomotive, 24 box cars, and 2 vehicles were damaged.\nBridges at Samchok were destroyed, and a warehouse in Samchok harbor\nleft burning. B-26's hit the north end of a bridge northwest of Yongdok.\n(D/I-USAF) (SECRET)\n*p. Nineteen B-29's will be employed to destroy road and railway\nbridges south of the 38th parallel by visual bombing. If impossible to bomb\nvisually, the last resort target will be the port and sub-base of Chinnampo.\nAir superiority, interdiction, and close support missions will be flown by\n129 F-80's, 15 F-51's, and 12 F-82's. Twenty-two B-26's are available\nfor missions as directed by Hq 5th Air Force. Airlift will be provided by\n20 C-47's and 4 C-46's. (FEAF) (TOP SECRET)\n4. General:\n*a. Reportedly on 6 July the South Korean Second Regiment cap-\ntured 6 Soviet tanks and later, in order to prevent their recapture, destroyed\nthem in the vicinity of Chungju. The South Koreans reportedly Identified\none of the tanks as a T-34/85. Another was described as weighing 60 tons,\n21 feet 9.75 inches long, and mounting a 122-mm. cannon and a 50 caliber\nand a 30 caliber machine gun. This latter tank reportedly was used at\nSeoul and Chunchon. The tank reportedly could traverse most main roads\nwhere previous loadings permitted. (FECOM) (SECRET) G-2 Comment:\nIt is unlikely, for security reasons, that the Soviets have provided the\nNorth Koreans with the JS-3. Also the relatively poor terrain and road net\nwork in Korea are unsuited to the JS-3. It is considered more likely that\nthe Soviets would have provided the early KV heavy tanks, which the Soviets\nheld in large numbers. Other possibilities are that the heavy vehicle des-\ncribed is the JS-1, the JS-2 or a heavy self-propelled vehicle.\n4\nSECRET"
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