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President 1 Washington, D.C. 9 May 1951 JOINT DAILY SITREP NO. 256 (Maps attached) From 0700/8(EST) to 0700/9(EST) From 2100/8(Korea) to 2100/9(Korea) 1. Weather: Clear to scattered low and high clouds. Visibility ten miles. Tem- peratures 47 to 71 degrees F. Forecast: Broken high clouds with scat- tered low clouds. Visibility ten miles. Temperatures 50. to 73 degrees F. (FEAF) (SECRET) 2. Enemy Situation: Enemy units up to battalion and regimental strength continued rear guard resistance against attacking friendly units on the east and west flanks. Smaller hostile groups engaged friendly patrols in the central sectors. Unfavorable flying weather limited air observation of enemy vehicular traffic, as 1640 vehicles were sighted, of which 907 were mov- ing south. (FECOM) (SECRET) 3. United Nations Situation: GROUND a. General: The 1st ROK Division reached positions eight miles south of Munsan as it continued its attack northward, along the Seoul-Munsan highway. On the UN right flank, attacking ROK units ad- vanced two miles in the III ROK Corps sector and reached positions twenty miles north of the 38th parallel near the coast. A delayed patrol report from the 29th British Commonwealth Brigade on the Kimpo Penin- sula states a crossing of the Han River was made on 5-6 May and numer- ous enemy groups were found in the area eleven miles west of Munsan. (FECOM) (SECRET) DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 DOD Directive 5.00.30, June 18, 1979 all By NLT- we NARS, Date 2/21/81