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The President SE ND Washington, D.C. 1 5 January 1951 JOINT DAILY SITREP NO. 169 (maps attached) From 0700/04 (EST) to 0700/05 (EST) From 2100/04 (Korea) to 2100/05 (Korea) 1. Situation in Brief: Elements of the U.S. I Corps successfully broke contact with an enemy battalion near Seoul at noon on 4 January and by early afternoon all units of the U.S. I and IX Corps had withdrawn south of the frozen Han River. The 29th United Kingdom Infantry Brigade Group reported 300 men missing in action and 12 tanks lost in a hostile ambush north of Seoul early on 4 January. At 1200/05(KT), the U.S. Eighth Army initiated a withdrawal further south to defense line "D" The only contact reported in the U.S. X Corps sector occurred in an area 9 miles southwest of Hongchon where an estimated 3 enemy regiments engaged the 8th ROK Regiment; and near Haanhung, 11 miles southeast of Hoengsong, where an attack by a hostile battalion caused elements of the 2d U.S. Infantry Division to withdraw. There were no further reports from the 31st and 32₫ Regiments of the 2d ROK Division isolated in the Kapyong area. The 36th ROK Regiment extri- cated itself from encirclement and has been assembling in Hoengsong. With the exception of 1 battalion of the 9th ROK Division which was last reported surrounded 5 miles west of Yongpo, and the 31st and 32d ROK Regiments, all ROK units east of the U.S. IX Corps sector are in the process of withdrawing to or establishing new defense positions or assembling in re- serve. Planes from Task Group 96.8 provided close support for troops in the Seoul area. ROCHESTER provided gunfire support in the Inchon area. U.N. aircraft under FEAF control flew 785 sorties. (FECOM) (SECRET) 2. Weather: Weather on 5 January in Korea was scattered low and middle clouds with a high overcast during most of the period. Visibility was generally 4 to 7 miles in haze. Forecast: There will be broken to overcast middle, high, and low clouds throughout the period, with visibility restricted to 3 to 5 miles in haze and snow showers. (FEAF) (SECRET) DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 DOD Directive 5100.30, June 18, 1979 STA CD THE 2/17/81 By NLT- HL NARS, Date