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1 Washington, D. C. 9 October 1951 JOINT DAILY SITREP NO. 362 (Maps attached) From 0700/08 (EST) to 0700/09 (EST) From 2100/08 (Korea) to 2100/09 (Korea) 1. Weather: Widespread fog persisted over the low land area throughout the night, morning and early afternoon, with a few scattered low clouds over the mountain areas. Visibility was 10 miles except in fog. Maximum battle area temperature 70 degrees, minimum 50. Forecast: Widespread patches of fog over the low land area throughout the morning with visibil- ity less than one mile until 1000 hours, improving to over 8 miles after noon. Clouds at 14,000 to 18, 000 increasing during afternoon to 8/10 coverage by 2000 hours. (FEAF) (SECRET) 2. Enemy Situation: Resistance continued heavy in the western sector, west of Chorwon, and increased in the east-central sector, north of Yanggu, where well- entrenched groups, employing heavy mortar and artillery fire, stubbornly opposed UN advances. Several strong counterattacks north of Yanggu forced some UN units to withdraw. Tanks or SP guns were heard moving behind enemy lines eleven miles west of Chorwon, and thirty white flares were observed seven miles northwest of Kumhwa during the night. The adjusted total of vehicle sightings for 7-8 October is 2, 166, of which 1, 632 were moving south. (FECOM) (SECRET) 3. United Nations Situation: ARMY: a. General: UN forces attacking west of Chorwon made gains up to a thousand yards in heavy fighting, but other UN attacking forces, north of Yanggu in the east-central sector, made only slight gains against very stubborn enemy resistance and several strong counterattacks with mortar and artillery fire. Elsewhere, patrols continued to probe enemy positions across the front, and several small hostile probing attacks were repulsed. (FECOM) (SECRET) DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 CRE DOD Directive 5100.30, June 18, 1979 By NLT- NARS, Date 2/28/81