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1 SE CP THE Washington, D. C. 17 August 1951 JOINT DAILY SITREP NO. 326 (Maps attached) From 0700/16 (EST) to 0700/17 (EST) From 2100/16 (Korea) to 2100/17 (Korea) 1. Weather: Overcast high and middle clouds with broken low clouds. Cumu- lous and thunderstorm activity reported. Visibility six to eight miles. Forecast: Overcast high and broken middle clouds with scattered low clouds. Visibility five to seven miles. (FEAF) (SECRET) 2. Enemy Situation: Hostile activity increased in the western sector, where groups up to company-size stubbornly resisted UN patrolling, and four probing at- tacks were made upon friendly positions. Enemy resistance was light to moderate in other sectors. Air observed an estimated enemy regi- ment in the area four miles south of Kumsong. (FECOM) (SECRET) 3. United Nations Situation: GROUND: a. General: Friendly forces launched a limited attack against company-strength resistance east of the Pukhan River and en- gaged a company in an all-day fight northwest of Yonchon near the Imjin River. Elsewhere, UN patrols maintained contact and probed enemy positions. The 2d Battalion of the 34th US Infantry Regiment closed into an assembly area with the 1st Battalion of the 34th Regiment 16 miles southeast of Yonchon. The Netherlands Battalion, in assembly area near Inje, reverted to Army control. Elements of the Ethiopian Battalion, attached to the 7th US Infantry Division, moved to patrol-base positions in the center of the IX Corps sector. (FECOM) (SECRET) DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 DOD Directive 5100.30, June 18, 1979 4 By NLT- He NARS, Date 2/28/81