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ECUR ITY 29 July 1952 C: 0 lj 1'1 C: IL ORIGINAL: ENGLISH -------_._------- NOTE DNfED 28 JULy 1952 FROM· THE ACTmG REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES ADDRESSED TO THE ACTING SECRETARY-GENERAL TRANSMITTING T\iEINE COMMUNI~UES ISSUED BY TIre HEADQUARTERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMJ.vI!0iTI IN KOREA The Actin~ Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations presents his compliments to the Acting Secret.ary-General of the United Nations and has the honor to transmit herewith, for the information of the Security Council, the following communiques issued by the Headquarters of the United Nations Command, as indicated belm·,: United Nations Naval Forces summary of operations Thursday, July 24, 1952 EiGhth Army communique 1,049, for operations Thursday, July 24, 1952 Far East Air Forces operational summary fqr Friday, July 25, 1952 United Nations Naval Forces summary of operations Friday, July 25, 1952 EiGhth Army communique 1,050, for operations Friday, July 25, 1952 EiGhth Army tactical summary 129, .for Friday, .July 25, 1952 United Natior~ Command communiq~e 1,322, for the twenty~four hours to 6:00 A,M., Saturday, July 26, ~952(Korean time) Far East Air Forces summary of. operations Saturday, J\~ly 26, 1952 United Nations Naval Forces 8un~ary of operations Saturday, July 26, 1952 Ei[;;rrth Army communique 1,051, for operations Saturday, July 26, 1952 EiGhth Army tact_cal summary 130, for Sat'urday, July 26, 1952 Eighth Army tactical summary 131, for ~unday, July 27, 1952 /UNITED NATIONS S/2725 52..8599 S/2725 Page 2 UNITED NATIONS NAVAL FORCES SU1>1r·1ARY OF OPERATIOnS THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1952 Another full and destructive day of Qpe!'ations was reported by Seventh Fleet elE.ments off Korea during this period. 'rhe weather was favourable over the entire peninsuia. Task Force 77 planes were over enemy '!",erritory throuGhout the t",enty-four hours and a dozen tj~es of military targets were taken under attack. Planes flying acainst Wonsan targets were able to identify their objectives with the illumination provided by fires set on the previous night. Operations against rail targets accounted for seven bridges damaged and two destroyed, seventeen box cars damaged and three deatroyed, one locomotive damaGed, one repa.ir shop. destroyed, t ...,er~ty rail cuts, and damaue to several embankments and tunnels. Patrols along coastal highways accounted for damage to sixty-five trucks and destruction of seven, damaee to three road brid~es and craters in two places. Other assessments were nine warehouses and bUildings dams3ed and one destroyed, t,.,enty-five boats dam£~ged and one destroyed, two gun positions damaged, one destroyed and six silenced, one transformer station destroyed, one pier damaced, and one oil tank damaGed. Carrier. pilots also 'flew tVlelve' m1Ss:i,ons in close support of infantrymen. Cruiser U.S.S. Bremerton continued firing at enemy stronG points along the east coast. She destroyed four bunkers and neutralized several active mortar positions. Four other bunkers "'ere dame:ged and t,vo fires were s'tarted. Red trenches were cut in five places. Destroyer D.S.S. Perkins remained in the Kojo area to conduct harassing and interdiction fire aGai.nst various troop and supply tarGets back of the main lin~ of resistance. TwO bunkers were destroyed, several secondary explosions ,.,ere observed, and ninety per cent coverage ",as obtained in the troop area. The Cruiser D.S.S. Helena with Destroyer D.S.S. Fechteler in company cruised south from Songjin to condl~ct air-spotted gun strikes against coastal rail targets. jEIGIITH ARMY S/2725 Page 3 EIGHTH ARMY COMIv1UNIQUE 1,049, FOR OPERATIONS 'rRURSDAY, JULY 24, 1952 Action continued light across the Eighth Army front with sporadic exchanges of mOl'tar and artillery fire at a much-contested. hill position west of Chorw"on, enemy probes west of Munsan and vTest of Yonchon and frequent light patrol contacts. Ene~· mortars and artillery fired 1},193 rounds during the tw"enty-four-hour period. ending at 6 P.M. vlestern sector: Action at a hill position west of Chorwon, "lv-hich has been contested 8ince the night of 17 Jul:l, 10(as limited to light exchanges of mortar and artillery fire. The enemy continued to occupy the crest and. the northwest slopes of the hill, ~Tith United Nations forces in control of the southeast slopes. An enemy platoon probing a United Nations advance position west of Munsan at 1:55 A.M. was repulsed in a fifty-five-minllte fire fight. An enemy Group of fifty probed. a slnall United Nations advance position west of Yonchon at 11:1~O P.M. After fifteen minutes, United Nations troops withdrew on order to their base. Patrols fought engagements up to forty-five minutes in lensth against enemy units up to a platoon in strength. Centl"al sector: Three enemy squads probing a United Nations advance position southwest of Kumsone; at 3 :~·O A.M. were repulsed in a fif'ceen-liIinute fire fight. Patl'ols fought engage:nents up to ten minutes in length against enemy units up to a platoon in strength. Eastern sector: Patrols fought engagements up to ten minutes in length with enemy units up to a platoon in &~rength. /FAR EAST 8/2725 Pa.~~e 4 FAR EAST AIR FORCES OPERATIONAL SUMMARY FOR FHmAY, JULY 25, 1952 Thick clouds' and numerous thunder showers restricted opera~20ns of Far East Air Forces warplanes yesterday, but the aircraft were able to make successful strikes against Communist positions at tbe battle line as the Far East Air Forces Friday mounted 430 effective sorties. Fifth Air Force and attached Royal Australian, South African, Republic of Korean and land-based ~~rine'fighter-bombersteamed to fly the close-air­ support striltes and armed reconnaissance ·sorties. F-51 Mustangs of the United States and South African Air Forces teamed with F-80 Shooting Stars, . F-84 Thunderjets and Marine fighter-bombers to bla:;,t Red positions along the' ba:i;tle line. A break in the cloud cover on the east end of the front provided the fighter-bombers with lu'crative "cargets' northt'Test of 'Ando, immediately behind the battle line. At that point they destroyed fifty bunkers, left twenty-five supply buildinGs burning; knocked out more than ten ~un positions and sealed a tunnel. Farther east of Ando, the United Nations aircraft destroyed more than ten buniters and silenced five more gun posi'tions. stili nearer the east coast b~t in another area a few miles away, three bunkers were knocked out and two more Gun positions were silenced. MustanGs flew interdiction and armed reconnaissance in scattered areas Vl North Korea, attacking gun positions and ammunition shelters. However, results of the strikes were unassessed because of poor weather. Total destruction inflicted on the Communists during the period includes sixty~five bunkers destroyed and ten damaged, twenty gun positions silenced, twenty-five buildinGs leveled and ten damaged, fifteen vehicles destroyed and a tunnel sealed. F-136 Sabre jets ,.,ere kept on their hardstand.s by poor '-leather. Medium bombers of the Far East Air Forces Bomber Command's Japan-based Ninety-eighth Bomb Wing, using electronic techniques, last night dropped high explosives on a marshaling J'ard at Kowon, oituated about twenty miles north of ~lonsan, near Korea's east coast. No flak was reported over the target area, but one bomber crew reported sighting enemy fighters, vlhich did not attack. Another Ninety-eighth Wing Superfort flew close air support for United Nations ground forces along the western sector of the battlefront" droppinG deep-penetrating explosives on dug-in Communist troop and supply concentrations. The aircraft was unopposed. A delayed report from the .Bomber Command disclosed that a 307th Bomb Wing Superfort, returning to its Okinawa base before dawn yesterday"following a strike on the Hamhung marshaling yard, was attacked by enemy fighters. The aircraft made several firing passes on the bomber, and during the running air battle one of the enemy aircraft was probably damaged. 8/2725 Page 5 B-26 niGht intruders and shore-based I"Klrine fighter-bombers last night also attacked the Kowon marshaling yard, the same target which ,vas ass~gned to the B.-26 I s. Other nie;ht intruders also attacked a marshaling yard and supply build-up area e.t SJ.ncnr.m. and anothel~ supply area near Haeju, while otlK~r J:'··<?6 ~ s fIm., c.lose air support along the battle line. All strikes .."ere uneva.~uatea. because of p:Jor we&.ther.~ ~ar00 tra~sport3 of tne Fax East Air Forces' 315th Air Division yesterday contii:u-::d to fly logistical support of United Nations combat operations, airlifting 380 tons of pe:;.~sonl1el and auppUes ~ jUNITED NATIONS S/2725 Page 6 UNITED NATIONS NAVAL FO~CES SlJMII1ARY OF OPERlI.TIONS }?RIDPY, .JuLY 25, 1952 The British light carrier H.H.S. Ocean continued the I:iavy I sail' offensive Friday ,vith forty-four offensive sorties b~r Sea Fury and !"irefly planes. Tar6ets north and ~~st of Hueju included rail bridGes, boats, guns, coal trucks, and supply shelters. Seve~al convoys were dispersed with heavy casualties to personnel and vehicles. Buildings reported to be troop headquarters were hit in combined bomb and rocket and fires were set throuGhout the area. On the eastern front line, cruiser tI.S.S. Bremerton screened by destroyer U.S.S. Jarvis fired on enemy strong points in the Suwon area. Eight large bunkers, three small bunkers, one machine gun, one 82-mm.
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