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OCR Page 1 of 9SEC. 3.402 juna Date 13,
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Security Information
Washington, D. C.
20 December 1951
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JOINT DAILY SITREP NO. 412
(Maps attached)
NLT.
BY
From 0700/19 (EST) to 0700/20 (EST)
From 2100/19 (Korea) to 2100/20 (Korea)
1. Weather:
Weather restricted operations on the night of 18-19 December in the
northwest sector of Korea. Fog prevented operations from many bases in
South Korea. Weather was non-operational in all target areas on the
morning of the 19th, becoming operational later in the day. West coast
areas had 3-5 miles visibility in fog lowering to 0-3 miles. Broken stratus
clouds over the west-central sector and northwest sector became scattered
by noon, 20 December. Minimum battle area temperature - 27 degrees.
Forecast: Scattered low clouds becoming broken to overcast along the west
coast with lowering visibility. Weather expected to be good for aerial opera-
tions. (FEAF) (SECRET)
2. Enemy Situation;
The enemy continued to make scattered small probing attacks, one of
which forced a friendly outpost position east of Kumsong to withdraw slightly.
Mortar and artillery fire was light to moderate in the central and east-central
sectors. The adjusted total of vehicle sightings for 18-19 December is 1, 727,
of which 1, 107 were southbound. (FECOM) (SECRET)
3. United Nations Situation:
ARMY:
a. General: UN forces repulsed several small probing attacks across
the front and continued to engage squad to company size grouss in patrol
clashes. The 38th Infantry Regiment and the Netherlands Battalion went into
the line in the 2d US Division sector west of Kumhwa, relieving the Turkish
Brigade. (FECOM) (SECRET)
b. I US Corps: Patrols from the 1st ROK Division engaged a hostile
squad seven miles west of Munsan and observed enemy platoons in the Divi-
sion sector. Elements of the 1st British Commonwealth Division placed
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