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    "ocrText": "5. Enemy Capabilities:\na. The enemy 6th Division, with the 1st Division in support, is in\na position to launch an attack in the direction of Pusan with the objective of\nseizing Masan and, if possible, disrupting the TAEGU-PUSAN lines. Since\nsuch an attack would be opposed by the 25th U. S. Division, reinforced by the\n5th RCT, two battalions of the 29th Inf. Regiment, the 555th Field Artillery\nBattalion, and the 89th Medium Tank Battalion with the 1st U. S. Marine\nBrigade in the 25th Division Zone as EUSAK reserves, it is believed that the\nenemy attack would not succeed in making significant headway toward Pusan.\n(G-2) (SECRET)\nb. Enemy strength, as throughout the campaign, appears concentrated\non the main railway and highway corridor from Seoul through Taejon, Kumchon,\nand Taegu to Pusan. The enemy 2nd and 3rd Divisions, supported by two and\npossibly three divisions, are in a position either to launch an attack on Taegu\nor to attempt a deep penetration of the UN lines at the junction of the U. S.\nand ROK forces in the general area to the northeast, east, and southeast of\nWaegwan. The latter operation, if successful, would either envelop the ROK\nforces to the north or compel their withdrawal to the line of the Kumho River\nwhich flows from east to west into the Naktong. An enemy offensive against\nTaegu would involve a river crossing against positions held by the 1st Cavalry\nDivision, with the assembling 2nd Infantry Division in reserve, and, it is\nbelieved, would fail. On the other hand, an enemy drive eastward north of\nthe Kumho River to drive a wedge between ROK and US forces might succeed\nin squeezing the United Nations forces into a salient, with Taegu as the apex,\nand the Taegu-Kyongsan-Yongchon-Pohang axis as the north or right flank.\nDuring the course of such an operation the enemy would probably attempt a\nbreakthrough of the Taegu=Kyongsan axis in the direction of Pusan. (G-2)\n(SECRET)\nC. The enemy continues to exert pressure on the ROK forces on\nthe north and is present in the area in sufficient strength to exploit local\npenetrations into a minor breakthrough, (G-2) (SECRET)\n6. General:\na. Attempted sabotage of a B-29 recently arrived at Andersen\nAFB, Guam, was discovered when a routine check revealed three-inch\nlongitudinal cuts in the fuel lines of nos. 3 and 4 engines. Preliminary in-\nvestigation indicates possible wide-spread sabotage of aircraft moving from\nthe Zone of Interior to the Far Eastern Theater. (FEAF) (SECRET)\n6"
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