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    "ocrText": "SECRET\nARMY\nC. At 0001/04 (KT) CINCFE established the command, United States\nArmy Forces in Korea (USAFIK). Major General William F. Dean was\nappointed Commanding General. At the same time the Pusan Base\nCommand, with Brigadier General Crump Garvin as Commanding General,\nwas established as a subordinate command of USAFIK® The CG, USAFIK,\nassumes control of KMAG for the purpose of utilizing it. in the reorganiza-\ntion and control of the Republic of Korea (ROK) forces. ADCOM (Advanced\nCommand and Liaison Group, General Headquarters, FECOM) is attached\nto Headquarters, USAFIK, (FECOM)\nNAVY\nd. At 2021/03 (KT) the British frigate BLACK SWAN was strafed by\n2 fighter aircraft 30with single red star under left wing\" This vessel was\nlast reported shelling trawlers off Chumunjin at 1800/02 (KT). No damage\nresulted to ships or aircraft. The latter retired to northwest. (ONI) (SECRET)\ne. U. S. Naval forces have been ordered to conduct a naval blockage\nof Korea south of 41 N on the east coast and south of 39-30 N along the\nwest coast. (ONI) (SECRET)\nf. Units of the 1st Marine Division from Camp Pendleton, Oceanside,\nCalif., and of the 1st Marine Air Wing from the Marine Air Station, El Toro,\nCalif., will be sent to Japan..\nAIR\ng. No aerial combat was reported on 3 July KT. However, North Korean\nAir Force fighters and fighter gar bombers strafed Suwon and Suwon airstrip\nintermittently throughout the day. NKAF fighter-bombers are now making\nraids in formations of four aircraft instead of in the usual two-aircraft\nformations. Flak reported was nil to meager and inaccurate. A captured\nNKAF pilot states that aircraft patrols are not maintained over North\nKorean airfields, nor are the airfields protected by antiaircraft guns.\n(D/I - USAF) (SECRET)\nh. Enemy combat efficiency reportedly has been temporarily reduced\nby USAF bombing and strafing attacks. On 3 July, B-26's bombed a railroad\noverpass 7 miles southwest of Seoul, results are unknown. USAF fighters\nand medium bombers destroyed 7 trucks, and damaged 6 trucks, 2 jeeps,\none locomotive with box car, and one bus. One C-47 dropped leaflets\nover nine South Korean towns in an effort to bolster morale. The airlift\nTRUMAN\nTHIN the AND"
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