Report, Joint Daily Summary Number 7

The President SECRET Washington, D.C. 4 July 1950 1 JOINT DAILY SUMMARY #7 (map attached) From 1000/03(EDT) to 1000/04(EDT) From 0001/04(KT) to 2400/04(KT) *1. Weather: Scattered low overcasts and restricted visibility west and south coasts throughout period. Generally fair on east coast. Forecast for 5 July(KT): 1,000 feet overcast, with restricted visibility on west and south coasts, northeast coast ceiling of 8,000 feet, lowering to 1,000 with restricted visibility by end of day. 2. Soviet participation: #a. Interrogation of a captured North Korean naval officer re- vealed that many Soviet naval advisors are at Wonsan. (FECOM)(SECRET) b. The previous report of "Soviet jet over Suwon is believed by FEAF to be erroneous. Comment: This presumably refers to the four Soviet jets" reported in para 3k of yesterday's Joint Daily Summary No. 6. (SECRET) C. Interrogation of two North Korean pilots, identified by South Korean Police as Chinese, who were shot down south of Suwon on 29 June confirms, according to FEAF, earlier reports that a Soviet colonel is commanding the North Korean air unit operating from Pyongyang. (FEAF) (SECRET) d. Two non-Asiatics in Soviet uniform reportedly were observed on 28 June in tanks on way to the Han River. (CIA) (SECRET) e. A Caucasian in a Soviet officer's uniform has been reported as momentarily emerging from a North Korean tank as it was passing through Tongduchonni, north of Seoul, on 27 June. (FEAF) (SECRET) 3. Operations: #a. Utilizing all available trails in a zone of action lying between the Seoul-Suwon-Osan main artery and a line from Chunchon to Wonju, * Not reported in Joint Morning SITREP No. 6. DECLASSIFIED 11652, Sec. 3(E) and S(D) or SECRE 11-1-78 PROJECT NLT 78044 Date 12.5.98 OSD letter, BX NLT NC NARS @