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President 1 DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 DOD Directive 5100.30, June 18, 1979 Washington, D.C. By NLT WV NARS, Date 2/21/81 28 May 1951 JOINT DAILY SITREP NO. 269 (Maps attached) From 0700/25(EST) to 0700/28(EST) From 2100/25(Korea) to 2100/28(Korea) 1. Weather: Overcast multilayered clouds with base 1000 feet. Visibility 1 to 3 miles in rain and fog becoming broken low clouds over South Korea. Scattered low clouds with 8 miles visibility over North Korea. Forecast: Clear to scattered with generally good visibility north of 37 degrees. Continued broken to overcast south of 37 degrees north. Visibility gener- ally good after dissipation of early morning fog and haze. (FEAF) (SECRET) 2. Enemy Situation: Hostile groups continued their rapid withdrawal northward, prin- cipally along roads skirting the east and west edges of the Hwachon Reser- voir. Enemy rear guard resistance during the period was strongest along these routes and light elsewhere. (FECOM) (SECRET) 3. United Nations Situation: GROUND a. General: UN attacking forces pursued the enemy and reached or crossed the 38th parallel all across the front. Advance units were mov- ing to cut off retreating enemy groups moving north through Hwachon and Inje. Large amounts of enemy supplies and prisoners were captured, with 3012 PW's taken south of Hwachon and 1000 near Hyon. Inje was captured by friendly elements on 37 May. The I ROK Corps came under operational control of the US Eighth Army, and the X US Corps - I ROK Corps bound- ary was changed to parallel the coastline. (FECOM) (SECRET)