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DECLASSIVED 1979 1 3-402 Sec. 18, 12055, June 3/7/81 E.O. 5100.30, Washington, D. C. Date 7 April 1952 Directive NARS, DOD N JOINT SITREP NO. 488 By NLT (Maps attached) From 0700/04 (EST) to 0700/07 (EST) From 2100/04 (Korea) to 2100/07 (Korea) SPECIAL NOTICE: Effective today, and until further notice, the Joint Sitrep on Korea will be published on Monday and Thursday of each week. 1. Weather: Broken to overcast with ceilings lowering to 500 feet in rain. Fore- cast: Scattered low and middle clouds with light rain. (FEAF) (SECRET) 2. Enemy Situation: Two company-size attacks against 1st British Commonwealth Division positions west of Yonchon high-lighted activity during the period. More than 3,000 rounds of hostile mortar and artill ery fire fell on British posi- tions on 6 April. Elsewhere across the front, sporadic probing attacks by squad- and platoon-size groups were made against UN positions. Mortar and artillery fire continued moderate-to-heavy in the western and least- central sectors. The adjusted total of vehicle sightings for 3-6 April is 4, 326, of which 2, 419 were southbound. (FECOM) (SECRET) 3. United Nations Situation: ARMY: a. General: UN forces repulsed all hostile probing attacks and continued to engage squad- to company-size enemy groups in patrol clashes, two of which were seven-hour engagements. Task Force Paik was desig- nated the ROK II Corps effective 051200 (KT). It passed from operational control IX US Corps to control of the Eighth Army and assumed responsi- bility for the sectors of the 6th, Capitol, and 3d ROK Divisions. The new II ROK Corps has a southern boundary running least and west approximately nine miles south of Hwachon. The boundary between the I and IX US Corps was moved slightly to the west, and the 9th ROK Division passed to opera- tional control of the IX US Corps effective 051200 (KT). (FECOM) (SECRET)