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Washington, D. C.
21 April 1952
JOINT SITREP NO. 492
(Maps attached)
From 0700/17 (EST) to 0700/21 (EST)
From 2100/17 (Korea) to 2100/21 (Korea)
1. Weather:
Weather seriously hampered UN flying operations on two of the four
days of the reporting period, however, generally clearing conditions com-
menced on 20 and 21 April, and 22 April is forecast to have scattered to
broken clouds with visibility restricted during early morning hours only
in the Seoul area. (FEAF) (SECRET)
2. Enemy Situation:
Hostile attacks of up to company strength were made in the western
and central sectors on 17 and 18 April, but later in the period, activity de-
creased to small probing attacks across the front. The volume of enemy
mortar and artillery fire likewise decreased. Three enemy groups, aggre-
gating a regiment in size, were observed moving southward in the area
northeast and east of Kaesong on 20 April. Propaganda broadcasts concern-
ing a "coming offensive" were heard in the 8th ROK Division sector on 18
and 20 April. The adjusted total of vehicle sightings for 16-20 April is
10, 160, of which 5, 678 were southbound, (FECOM) (SECRET)
3. United Nations Situation:
ARMY:
a. General; UN raider patrols were active in the Kumsong
area on 17 and 20 April, engaging hostile groups of up to company strength
and firing upon numerous buildings, bunkers, and entrenched positions.
Elsewhere across the front, UN patrols continued to engage groups up to
company size in daily patrol clashes. (FECOM) (SECRET)
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402
DOD Directive 5100.30, June 18, 1979
By NLT=
NARS, Date
3/7/81
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