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    "ocrText": "SECRET\nThe President\nJOINT MORNING SITREP NO. 4\n(map attached)\n1\nFrom 1000/1 (EDT) to 0800/2(EDT)\nFrom 0001/2(KT) to 2200/2(KT)\n1. Weather: Multiple stratified layers, overcast, visibility five\nmiles in rain. Clearing toward end of period, according to U.S. Ambas-\nsador Muccio.\n2. Soviet participation: Negative.\n3. Operations:\na. U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff informed CINCFE at 1130/1(EDT)\nthat the President has ordered a naval blockade of the entire Korean\ncoast. Primary purpose is to prevent movement by sea of forces and\nsupplies for use in operations against South Korea. (UNCLASSIFIED)\nCare should be taken to keep well clear of the coastal waters of Manchuria\nand the U.S.S.R. (SECRET)\nb. There are no reports of contact between U.S. ground forces\nand the enemy. The 24th Infantry Division has been ordered to move a\ndelaying force of two rifle companies under battalion command, augmented\nby two 4.2 mortar platoons, one 75 mm. recoilless rifle platoon, and six\nbazooka teams by air on 1 July to Pusan to report to ADCOM for orders,\nImmediately upon landing, the delaying force is to advance to the north\nby all possible means to contact the enemy advancing south from Seoul\nand delay his advance. (SECRET) (CINCFE)\nC. In addition to the above advance force the 24th Division is to\nmove one battalion of infantry by air to Pusan at once. The remainder of\nthe division is to move by water to Pusan. (SECRET) (CINCFE)\nd. The situation at Suwon is obscure. The press reports the\nSouth Koreans still in possession. U.S. Ambassador Muccio reported the\nsame at 1627/1(EDT). He states Inchon also is still in South Korean hands.\nNAVY\ne. The U.S. task group under Rear Admiral W.F. Boone is form-\ning on the west coast of the U.S. The group includes the light carrier\nDECLASSIFIED\nSECRET\nTRUMAN\nE. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or -\nAND Listen\n11-1-70\nOSD letter,\nPROTEST NLT 70.48\nBg_NLT-\nHC D NARS Date 12.5.70"
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