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    "ocrText": "The President\nSF\nWashington, D.C.\nAugust 1950\nJOINT DAILY SITREP NO. 38\n(maps attached)\nFrom 0800/03 (EDT) to 0800/04 (EDT)\n1\nFrom 2200/03 (KT) to 2200/04 (KT)\n1. Weather:\nScattered low clouds at 3,500 feet, visibility unrestricted. Forecast:\nClear.\n2. Soviet Participation:\nNegative.\n3. Operations:\nENEMY SITUATION\na. In the south, friendly units from Wonbung to Chindong were subjected\nto sporadic attacks by elements of the 6th North Korean Division. An enemy\nforce probing 11 miles east of Chinju withdrew under friendly fire. Advancing\nfrom Chungchon, elements of the 13th North Korean Regiment contacted friendly\ntroops 4 miles west of Chindong. Five miles northwest of Chindong small enemy\ngroups which attempted to infiltrate to the 27th U.S. Infantry Regiment's CP and\nto positions of the 8th U.S. Field Artillery Battalion were intercepted. An un\ndetermined number of enemy troops destroyed three ROK trucks in an area 4\nmiles north of Chindong, while 7 miles north of the town a ROK supply column\nwas ambushed. U.S. patrols encountered 8-900 enemy troops, supported by\narmor, in dug-in positions 14 miles east of Chinju. 12 miles northeast of Chin-\nju, 20 enemy motorcycles mounting guns were observed. The enemy attempted\nto reconstruct a bridge southeast of Uiryong. (FECOM) (SECRET)\nb. West of Changnyong, the Naktong River line defended by the 24th In-\nfantry Division was relatively quiet. U.S. patrols encountered small arms fire\n11 miles east of Hyopchon and located a 4th North Korean Division's roadblock\neight miles east of that city. (FECOM) (SECRET)\nC. In the Kumchon-Sangju-Songju - area, a reported 10,000 North Korean\ntroops are located in the hills east of Hwanggan. Approximately 20 tanks were\nobserved in camouflaged positions south of the city. Combined air strikes and\ncounterbattery fire accounted for 7 enemy artillery pieces 10 miles northwest\nDECLASSIFIED\nE.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402\nDOD Directive 5100.30, June 18, 1979\nBy NLT\n2/14/82"
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