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President SECRE 1 E.O. DECLASSIFIED Washington, D.C. DOD Di E.O. 12085, Sec. 3-402 16 May 1951 By DOD NLT- Directive 3-39.30, sume 18, 1979 By WARS, Data 2/21/81 JOINT DAILY SITREP NO. 261 (Maps attached) From 0700/15(EST) to 0700/16(EST) From 2100/15(Korea) to 2100/16(Korea) 1. Weather: Overcast multilayered clouds with ceilings 200 to 300 feet on 15 May. Visibility one to three miles in rain. Temperatures 51 to 61 degrees F. Forecast: Broken high clouds north of 39 degrees and broken high and middle clouds with overcast low clouds south of 39 degrees. Visibility seven to eight miles. Temperatures 52 to 65 degrees F. (FEAF) (SECRET) 2. Enemy Situation: The enemy continued active in the Inje area, on the UN right flank, sending four probing attacks of up to company strength against friendly forces. Several enemy groups - one an estimated division - were sighted in the Inje area, and artillery and mortar fire was placed on our positions in the vicinity. Elsewhere across the front, enemy groups of up to battal- ion size resisted friendly patrols, particularly in the Kapyong area. (FECOM) (SECRET) 3. United Nations Situation: GROUND a. General: Friendly units adjusted front lines on the Eighth Army right flank after containing two enemy attacks and withdrawing slightly following two others during the period. Our patrols continued to range ten miles ahead of forward bases in the central and west sectors, and the Greek Battalion occupied positions in the vicinity of Uijongbu. (FECOM) (SECRET) b. I US Corps: Elements of the 1st ROK Division and the 1st US Cavalry Division patrolled the area south and southeast of Munsan, meeting several small enemy groups. The Greek Battalion, attached to the &