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OCR Page 1 of 8128/51
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Sec.
June
Washington, D.C.
Date
12 December 1951
E.O.
Directive
NARS,
JOINT DAILY SITREP NO. 406
DOD
(Maps attached)
NLT.
From 0700/11 (EST) to 0700/12 (EST)
From 2100/11 (Korea) to 2100/12 (Korea)
1. Weather:
Clear with occasional scattered low clouds becoming multilayered with
approach of cold front. Visibility restricted in rain and snow. Maximum
battle area temperature 50; minimum 25. Clear with occasional scattered
low clouds. Visibility good. (FEAF) (SECRET)
2. Enemy Situation:
The enemy continued to make light probing attacks against UN positions,
forcing one outpost to withdraw northwest of Chorwon. Heavy mortar and
artillery fire fell on a 3d US Division patrol northwest of Yonchon. The ad-
justed total of vehicle sightings for 10-11 December is 600, of which 466 were
southbound, (FECOM) (SECRET)
3. United Nations Situation:
ARMY:
a. General: UN patrols engaged scattered hostile groups of up
to company size across the front. Artillery was very active against numerous
personnel, gun, and supply targets and against enemy fortified positions.
(FECOM) (SECRET)
b. I US Corps: Attacking elements of the 1st ROK Division en-
gaged an enemy company eight miles southeast of Kaesong on the morning of
12 December; the attack is continuing. A patrol from the 1st British Common-
wealth Division dispersed an undetermined number of enemy nine miles west
of Yonchon. Farther north, patrols from the 3d US Infantry Division engaged
several groups of undetermined size northwest of Yonchon, The enemy SP
guns, reported on 11 December to be in the Division sector, are now believed
to have been recoilless rifles. Five hundred sixty rounds of enemy mortar
and artillery fire fell on one 3d US Division patrol. Division artillery fired
on several enemy groups of squad- to company-strength. A 9th ROK Division
outpost was forced to withdraw on the night of 11 December after an attack by
two enemy platoons six miles northwest of Chorwon. Friendly patrols engaged
groups of undetermined size in the same area, (FECOM) (SECRET)
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