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    "ocrText": "TOP SECRET\n*b. The afternoon of 7 July (KT), a force of approximately 1,000\nenemy troops crossed the Ansong River, supported by 40-60 tanks. FE-\nCOM believes it is strongly probable that the enemy will launch an envel-\noping movement between Chonan and Chinchon. According to FECOM,\nthe discrepancy in strength between the advanced U.S. elements and the\nenemy 1st, 3d and 4th North Korean Divisions, with armored support,\nmakes the combined frontal and enveloping action of the enemy an extremely\nserious threat to the U.S. forces. (FECOM) (SECRET)\n*C. The enemy has captured Chungju and is engaged with South\nKorean forces at Chinchon. Two and possibly three North Korean Divisions\nare operating on the U.S. right flank. Should the enemy break through the\nSouth Korean First Corps, it will place strong enemy elements on a good\nroad net which leads to the U.S. right flank and is astride corridors to\nimportant installations at Taejon via Chochiwon or Chongju. (FECOM)\n(SECRET)\nd. The situation in Korea, according to General MacArthur at\n2337/08, is critical. To date U.S. efforts against enemy armor and mech-\nanized forces have been ineffective. Enemy armor is of the best\", and\nthe service thereof, according to qualified observers, unsurpassed in\nWorld War II. They further state the enemy's infantry is first class. The\nenemy force increasingly appears to be a combination of Soviet leadership\nand technical guidance, with Chinese Communist ground elements.\nU.S. troops, states General MacArthur, are fighting with valor\nagainst overwhelming odds of more than ten to one. To build up sufficient-\nly \"to hold the southern tip of Korea is becoming increasingly problemati-\ncal\"\nGeneral MacArthur strongly urges that in addition to the U.S.\nforces already requisitioned, an army of at least four divisions, with all\nits component services, be dispatched to his area without delay by every\nmeans of transportation available.\n\"The situation has developed into a major operation\", accord-\ning to General MacArthur. (CINCFE) (SECRET)\ne. As of 1200/08 (KT), CINCFE reported that enemy troops and\ntank concentrations in the east coast area suggest that preparations are\nunder way for a drive in the direction of Pusan or, possibly, a wide flanking\nenvelopment of the main battle area to cut the important communications\njunction at Taegu. (CINCFE) (SECRET)\n2\nTOD"
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