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President 1 E.O. DECLASSIFIED DOD Directive E.O. 12089, Sec. 3-402 By NLT- DOD Directive 3100.30, lune 18, 1979 Washington, D. C. 7 May 1951 By NLT- NARS, Date: 2121181 JOINT DAILY SITREP No. 254 (Maps attached) From 0700/4(EST) to 0700/7(EST) From 2100/4(Korea) to 2100/7 (Korea) 1. Weather: Broken to overcast high, middle and low clouds with light rain at the beginning of the period, becoming scattered to broken high clouds and broken middle clouds. Visibility one to five miles at first of per- iod becoming 8 to 10 miles. Temperatures 40 to 75 degrees F. Fore- cast: Overcast multi-layered middle and high clouds to 39 degrees, North, with broken high clouds in extreme north. Visibility 6 to 8 miles, lowering 2 to 4 miles in light rain. Temperatures 52 to 70 degrees F. (FEAF) (SECRET) 2. Enemy Situation: The enemy build-up continued very heavy over the weekend, with air reporting a total of 7222 vehicles sighted, of which 4159 were mov- ing south. Sunday night's sighting of 3795 vehicles, 2295 southbound, was the greatest enemy traffic flow observed since the beginning of the Korean war. Enemy activity stiffened toward the close of the period, as battalion size units resisted a 1st ROK Division attack in the I US Corps and fought bitterly against advancing ROK units near Inje, north of the 38th parallel. There was little hostile activity in the center of the 8th Army front. (FECOM) (SECRET) 3. United Nations Situation: GROUND a. General: The 1st ROK Division attacked five miles north- ward on the left flank, along the Seoul-Munsan highway, reaching posi- tions twelve miles northwest of Seoul at last reports. Other ROK units advanced up to 2000 yards in attacks north of the 38th parallel on the UN right flank. In the central sectors, friendly forces maintained regi- mental size patrol bases up to ten miles ahead of the front lines and probed forward of these bases. (FECOM) (SECRET) THE