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Washington, D. C.
9 August 1951
JOINT DAILY SITREP NO. 320
(Maps attached)
From 0700/8 (EST) to 0700/9 (EST)
From 2100/8 (Korea) to 2100/9 (Korea)
1. Weather:
Broken to overcast low clouds with broken middle and high clouds.
Visibility three to five miles in rain and thunderstorms, Forecast:
Scattered high, broken low and middle clouds with cumulus and thunder-
storm conditions. Visibility seven miles. Temperatures 76 to 89
degrees F. (FEAF) (SECRET)
2. Enemy Situation:
Hostile groups attacked two 1st US Cavalry Division positions near
Chorwon in the western sector, forcing some friendly withdrawals. A
heavy artillery barrage accompanied one of these attacks. Three other
small probing attacks in the same area, and one against UN positions
northeast of Yanggu, were all repulsed. Intense small-arms fire was
encountered near Kumhwa, (FECOM) (SECRET)
3. United Nations Situation:
GROUND
a. General: Friendly patrols probed enemy defenses across
the entire front against light to moderate resistance, reaching Pyonggang
in the western sector. The 7th US Infantry Division relieved the 24th US
Infantry Division on the IX Corps front; the 25th Canadian Brigade was
relieved by elements of the 1st US Cavalry Division and moved to assembly
areas east of Munsan under control of the 1st British Commonwealth Divi-
sion; and the French Battalion, relieved on the line by 2d US Infantry Divi-
sion elements, moved to an assembly area southwest of Sohwa in the X
Corps sector. (FEC OM) (SECRET)
DECLASSIFIED
DOD Directive 5100.30, June 18, 1979
E.0. 12065, Sec. 3-402
By NLT
NARS, Date 2128181
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