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The President 1 DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 DOD Directive 5100.30, June 18, 1979 Washington, D.C. NV NARS, Date 2/21/81 1 May 1951 By NLT JOINT DAILY SITREP NO. 250 (maps attached) From 0700/30(EST) to 0700/1 (EST) From 2100/30(Korea) to 2100/1(Korea) 1. Weather: Broken high and middle clouds clearing during the night. Visi- bility 5 to 7 miles. Temperature 38 to 68 degrees F. Forecast: Over- cast high clouds with basis 21,000 increasing to broken middle clouds by late afternoon. Visibility 6 to 8 miles. Temperature 43 to 68 degrees F. (FEAF) (SECRET) 2. Enemy Situation: Enemy pressure subsided noticeably in the Seoul area during the period, and hostile activity elsewhere across the front was generally limited to patrol clashes. On the right flank, two company to regiment size enemy attacks were contained by ROK Army units. Hostile efforts to resupply forward units were revealed by air sightings of 2880 enemy vehicles during the night of 30 April-1May, of which 2293 were reported moving south. (FECOM) (SECRET) 3. UN Situation: GROUND a. General: UN forces maintained previous defensive posi- tions and sent tank-infantry patrols up to 8, 000 yards forward of front- line positions in the Seoul area against light resistance. Other Eighth Army units patrolled with light to no contact, and two outpost lines of resistance were re-established by 1st ROK Division and Capitol ROK Division units. A westward shifting of friendly units in the IX and X US Corps and III ROK Corps was reported taking place. (FECOM) (SECRET) A