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Washington, D. C.
12 May 1952
JOINT SITREP NO. 498
(Maps attached)
From 0700/08 (EST) to 0700/12 (EST)
From 2100/08 (Korea) to 2100/12 (Korea)
1. Weather:
Weather during the period was generally fair with only broken clouds.
Visibility was good.
Forecast: Broken high clouds above 20, 000 feet and scattered low
clouds for all Korea. Visibility restricted to one to three miles in fog and
haze, (FEAF) (SECRET)
2. Enemy Situation:
Enemy forces continued sporadic probing attacks in scattered locations
across the front, in groups of from squad to company size. The center of
the probing activity occurred in the western sector, south of the Imjin River,
and in the east-central sector, in the Pukhan River area. Enemy groups of
from squad to battalion size continued to oppose UN patrols across the front
in numerous, generally light, clashes. All activity diminished toward the
end of the period. Enemy mortar and artillery fire was light to moderate
throughout the period, with the peak of intensity occurring on 10 May when
over ,000 rounds each fell in the west sector and in the east-central sector.
The adjusted total of enemy vehicle sightings for the period 7-11 May is
3,061, of which 1, 933 were southbound. (FECOM) (SECRET)
3. United Nations Situation:
ARMY:
a.o General: United Nations forces continued aggressive patrol
and raider operations in all sectors and generally repulsed enemy probing
attacks. Although there were slight U.N. withdrawals in several sectors,
all positions were reoccupied. Friendly artillery was active against scatt-
ered enemy groups of up to platoon size and against enemy vehicles and artil-
lery positions across the front. (FECOM) (SECRET)
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-102
DOD Directive 5100.30, June 13, 1979
By NLT-
NARS, Date
3/7/81
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