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SECI 1 Washington, D.C. 21 August 1951 JOINT DAILY SITREP NO. 328 (Maps attached) From 0700/20 (EST) to 0700/21 (EST) From 2100/20 (Korea) to 2100/21 (Korea) 1. Weather: Overcast haze and middle clouds with overcast low clouds along the east coast and broken low clouds all other areas. Visibility good. Forecast: No change. (FEAF) (SECRET) 2. Enemy Situation: Hostile battalion-size groups stubbornly resisted UN advances from dug-in positions in the east-central sector, north of Yanggu, and forced some friendly withdrawals in several determined counterattacks. Enemy groups also probed the Kumhwa area and offered light to moder- ate resistance elsewhere. Air sighted 3, 420 enemy vehicles, of which 1, 928 were moving south. An agent reported 30 Russian heavy tanks with white flags and 20 trucks nine miles northwest of Kaesong on 10 August. (FECOM) (SECRET) 3. United Nations Situation: GROUND: a. General: UN forces continued limited attacks in the area from the Pukhan River east to the vicinity of Sohwa and gained up to two miles in heavy fighting north of Yanggu. Aggressive patrolling continued in the other sectors. (FECOM) (SECRET) DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 I DOD Directive 5100.30, June 18, 1979 By NLT- NARS, Date 2/28/81