UNITED NATiONS GENERAL

SEC U R'I TY S/2698 1.1 Jul;rr 1952 . '.. COUNCIL ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

, ,. NOTE DAmn 10 JUty 1952 FROM 'THE ACTING EEPEE&E1'TATm OF T1!&: tmITED STATES ADDIiESSED TO 'T1!&:' SECRETARY-OONERAL TRANSMITTING SEVEN COM.MUN.rQtTES ISSUED BY TEE EEADQUARrrEBS OF .THE UNITED. NATIONS COMMAl'ID IN KOREA .

The Acting Representative of the of A~erica to the United . - . --.. Nations presents his ccmplizoonts to the Acting Secretary-General of the

United' Nations and has the honor to tra.nsmit hereWith, ·for the informaUon of'

the Security Council, the following communiques issued by the Headquarters of

the Un!ted Nations Comnand, which were deiayed in transmission and have not'

previously been submitted: .'. Far East Air Forces sumary of opemtions Monday, June ],,6, 1952

United Nations Comnand communique 1,284, for thE? twe.nty-four hours to 6:00 A.M •., 'Wednesday, iT'utle 18, 1952 (Korean ti~e) . . FarEa~t Air Forces sUILmary of o~rations Wednesday, June 18, 1952

United Nations Comrrand comnunique 1,286, for the twenty-four hours to 6:00 A.M., Friday, June 20, 1952 (Korean tiIJB )

Far Ktst Air Forces ~uIJ:lrary of operations Monday, June 23, 1952

United Nations 'Comrrand communlq~e 1,290, for the twenty-four hours to 6:00 A.M., Tuesday, June 24, 1952 (Korean tiroo)

United Nations Co~nd COmmunique 1,291, for the twenty-four hours to 6:00 A.M., Wednesday, June 25, 1952 (Korean time)

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FAR EAST AIR FORCES SUMlJUffiY OF O:FERATIONS MOIID.\Y, JUroTI 16, 1952

With low·hanging clouds obscuring most targets in deep (Monday-), yesterda.y warplanes of the Far East Air Forces concen"tratad on httMng'.'the·enemy at the battleline as Far Eas-t Air Forces Monday mounted 880, effective sorties. One of the largest str:J.kes of the day was IlBde by F·51 Mustangs, Shooting Stars F·80 and F·84 Thunderjets against supply areas just behind Communist frontlines. They destroyed· twenty s·torage buildings c..nddanaged four others. The attacks stal."ted nine large fires a.nd set off six huge secondary explosions among the stored supplies.

Fifth Air Force and attached Royal Australian: South African, Republic of Korea and land-based ~~rine pilots tea~ed to fly the interdiction support sort.ies. and close air

Republ:l,c of Korea Mustangs atta'cked the rail line a9.st of , erataring tracks in seven pla.ces. fighter inflicted another eight rail cuts in scattered areas. Mustangs and Thunderjets t.ean:ed wit·h lvT.arine aircraft to attack areas KUIDsong in close at air support of United Nations ground forces. They destroyed four ~orta~ positions 'and twenty troop revet~ents, and inflicted approxittately fifteen enemy troop casualt-ies"

In an- area west of 'Chorwon,F-51's and Marines knocked out two mortar positions, seven troop and supply revetments, and three personnel shelters. One artillery position was silenced north of Chorwon by. Shooting Stars..Five troop cc:aualtles and another gun positien were mocked out south of Ando-ri, on the ea.st end of the battleline.

Total destruction during the period includes 80 bunkers blasted, positions 25 gun silenced, 65 enemy·held bUildings destroyed and 40 others 20 enemy troop darraged, casualties inflicted, a highway bridge damaged, one road 15 rail cuts. a.nd

F-86 Sabrejets , flyir>.g protElctivesc:reen for the fighter bombers, all the pltrolled way to the Ya.lu Rivel' but s i(3hted no enemy lv'JIG-l5' s aloft.

~edium bombers of Far East Air Forces Comrrand rs Okinaw-based Bomb Group, 19th using electronic techniques, last night dropped high explosives the rail on bridge complex at , midway between and central Kunu in north Korea. This 'Was the seventh strike by the biS bombers transportation on this Red target in the la.st ten nights. Crews last night the target, met no flak over but ore bomber crew reported sightlr>.g an enemy night fighter fa.iled to attack. which

lother Superforts hit

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other SUJ:erforts hit the Kyomipo steel mill, which the Communists have been usil"'..g as a storage area, and struck Red battleline positions in close air support for United Nations ground forces. B·26 night intruders and shore·based Marine fighter bombers last destroyed eighty-five night Red supply trucks attempting to.move southward toward Conm.unist frontlines. The enemy traffic was sighted on highways leading from Pyongyang 'to , from Sarrdung to Ichon, from to Pyonggang and in other scattered areas. t Other B·26 s flew clo.se air support for United Nations ground forces at the front lines. Cargo transports of Far East Air Forces 315th Ai~ Division yesterday air­ lifted 565 tons of ~ersonnel and supplies in continued logistical support of United Nations combat operations;,

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Ui'lI'IED NATIONS COMJ.'\WID COMMUNIQUE 1,284, FOR THE 'l'tim:NTY ..FOiJR HOURS TO 6:00 A.t-'I., 'WED~SDAY, JUNE 18, 1952 (KOREAN THE)

There were no significant changes along the Korean battlefront durins the ~riod. Elerrants of the United Nations CorrJIIalld held .on to positions recently won in the western sector in spite of enen:ey attacks. Patrol contacts 'by our forces were reported as generall.Y light.

Navy fliers encountered heavy flak yesterday as the;y bombarded the north­ eastern citJT of and near·by . Surface v-essels continued their bombardn:ent and r-atrol operations.

Land-based fighter bombers blasted bunkers, silenced gun positions and inflicted troop casualties yesterday. Medium bombers struck rail bridges and hit a steel mill in addition to flying close air support missions. Night flying light bombers destroyed enemy supplJ" vehicles.

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FAR EAST AIR fORCES SUMMARY FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE lS, 1952

Poor operational ",~ather severely hampered interdiction alld close air ~UPllort activity yesterday (Wednesday), as wrlllanes ot the Far East Air Forces muunted only 290 effective sorties.

Fifth Air Force and attached land-based Marine pilots teaxood to fly the interdiction and weather reconnaissance.

Marine Corsairs found a hole in the cloud cover to dip down and knock out a gl.n position about twenty miles south",'\')st of Chinnampo.

\leather and vir;ual reconmissancesorties war;6, flown by F-86 Sabre jets, RF-51 Mustangs and RF-SO Shooting stars, along w1 th Marine fighter bombers.

'rotal destruction against the enemy ~uring the tffenty-four-hour period includes two enemy-held bUildings and 30 enemy trucks dest.coy'.::c..

Sabreje'ts, pa'troll1ng above' ,the overcasts yester~y, did not sight any MIG-l""'~

Medium bombers of Far East Air Forces :Bomber Comrrand's Jall8n-based 98th Bomb Wing, and the Okinawa-based and 19th Bomb Group, used electronic 'techniques last night to drop high explosives on a supply build-up w n ,. ,'., C:".'r~:;Jin. This was the second consecutive night strike against this t&rget, located in extreme northeast Korea. Crews reported no enemy opposition.

Other Superforts dropped high explosives on the Hu~_chon nil 1:.:-' ~ :-! ~ .r';:-~""'~ 1 midway between Kanggye and Kunu-ri in north central Korea. The a"(.ruck ag..:dns c the Huichon transportation link was the ninth in the p9.st twelve nights. The B-29 f s were unopposed.

B-26 night Intruders and shore-based J.ft..a.rine fighter bombers were e:'f-"r:".:iv.= on close air support for United Nations ground forces at the battleline last night. However 1 low*hanging clouds and rain prevented the sighting of enemy supply-laden vehicles.

Cargo trasnports of Far East Air Forces 315th Air Division ;'l8sterday air­ lifted 530 tons of personnel and supplies' in continued logistical support of Unit.ed Nations combat operations.

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In the central secto~ cif the.' kox~an, batUe,front"yesterday an enAmy piecerreal attack opening with"six platoons 'and' later reinforced to more than a battalion continued throughout the period. Considerable enemy casualties were inflicted. The action is c,ontinui,ng on a sporadic scale ~:t the olose of.. this period. Enemy probes" up' 't.o "t-t.To' platoons in stre'~gth, continued :on the western front; scene 'of spiriteel fighting for' th3 past week. All probes were, repulsed. In the west-central sector, friendly raiding parties operated and advanced in the face of resistance from unknown numbers of the eneuiY. Patrols operating in other sectors reported genera11y light ~ontacts.

Naval reports indicate that surfl2.ce vessels provided gunfire support to front.lim United Natiolls" COIllIlBnd troops on the east coast yesterday while other units of the United Nations COnlrrand fleet continued attacks on enemy rail and supply faciIities. West coast action c~ntered around the approaches Yfi th carrier-based planes striking supply and transportation facilities. , . In the air war medium bombers again struck ~t the Huichon rail bridge. Strj.kes were: also directed' at Hamhung and on enemy frontline ,troops. Fighter bombers cut rail lines; blasted supply buildings and fired enemy supply dumps. Enemy cargo bearing trucks were hit during the night.

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FAR EAST AIR FORCES SUMWtRY OF OPERATIONS MO};1)AY, JUNE 23, 1952

Warplanes of the Far East Air Force yesterday teazred with United states Navy and li1arine aircraft to knock out five Communist hydro-electric plO-nts in North Korea in massive coordinated attacks, as F3.r East Air Forces Monday' m:mnted 1,020 effec~ive sorties. .

Approximately 250 Fifth Air Force fighter bombers thundered deep into North Korea to attack the important plants in wave after weve. The prj.rne target, was the huge Sutho Reservoir hydro-ele?tric plant ep the south bank of the Yalu River in Korea. S-warms of fighter bombers hit ar..d. destroyed Jehs pO,ver generating plant, 590 feet long, 80 feet wide and several stories high. ThA structure ie- in sight of the Communist airfield complex at Antung.

Although more than 200 MIG-15's were sighted on the airfields in ~anchuria, none rose to oppose the destructive attacks on the importf.1nt installations. However, the fighter bombers did encounter eremy flak. None of the aircraft was lost.

F-86 Sabrejets, flying'~rotective cover for the fighter bombers, patrolled back and forth over the strike areas, but were never called upon to tangle with the land-bound MIG's.

Fifth Air Force and attached Royal Australian, South African, Republic of Korea and land-based Marine pilots teamed with Navy and carrier-based ~arires to inflict the destruction.

At the Sui-ho povler pla.nt, 'United states Air Force F-80 Shooting stars and F-84 Thunderjets teared >-ri·Gh NaTy ADs to provide the dest·ructive effort. The huge multi-storied installation, which housed the giant turbines and other costly electric equiprrent, was destroyed and approaches to the plant from the dam also were knocked out.

F-51 Mustangs joined Navy aircraft to destroy both power plants at Fusen No. 3 and Fusen No. 4 on the Songchon River, apprOXimately 18 miles north of Hambung.

The other two plants, Chosen No. 3 and No. 4, on tr.a Hungr..a.m River about ten rrdles north"Test of the of , WeI\9 destroyed by land-besed Marine fighter bombers and Navy aircraft. Two large fires were started at the No. 3 plant, and fifteen Communist CRsualt,jes were inflicted there. At Chosen No. 4, a!lot.her large fire wa.s reported. No ellemy f'lak vIas reported oV13r t.he four plants at Chosen and Fusen.

Hero·{-("lf'nre.,. t.iJe power plJ'\uts Im.ve been :free from United TlIat.ions air attacks.

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United States Air Force fighter bombers and land-based Marine aircraft also flew close air support for United Nations ground forces at the battlefront, knocKing out several gun positions, inflicting troop casualties and blasting troop bunkers.

Total destruction inflicted on the Communists during the period includes, besides the power plants, 'nir.:e bunkers blasted, i'ive gun positions knocked out, six enemy-held buildings destroyed and three others danaged, 105 vehicles destroyed and ten rail cuts.

Nore than 100 Sabrejets provided a protective l..1D'br'ella over the righter bombers, but none of them were ever opposed.

,Medium bombers of Far East Air Forces Bomber COIr:m;lnd's Okinawa-based 307th Bomb Wing, using electronic techniques, last night dropped high explosives on the Sanwang-dong rail bridge, situated south of Euichon on the line to Kunu-ri in north central Korea. The bombers encountered maderate flak oveI' the target, but were not opposed by enemy fighters.

Other Superi'orts, from the Okinawa-based 19th Bomb Group, attacked the Hamhung rrarshaling yard. :Neither flak nor fighters were encountered.

E-26 light bombers and shore-based Yarire aircraft last night destroyed 85 enemy supply trucks attempting to mova southward toward Red frontline positions under protective cover of darkness. Other night Intruders also flew close air support for United Nations forces along the battlefront.

Cargo transports of Far East Air Forces 3l5th Air Division yesterday air­ lifted 565 tons of personnel and supplies in continued logist-ical support of United Nations' comb9.t. 0IleraUons.

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UNITED NATIONS COMMAND COI,1MUIuQUE 1,290, FOR THE TWENTY-FOUR HOURS TO 6: 00 A.M., TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1952 (KOREAN TIIvE)

Ground action in Korea slackened yesterday. Several enenr.r proo:1.Ilg attempts were repulsed and United Nations patrols reported scattered light enen.J contacts in a coordirated effort.

Naval and Air Forces planes delivered crippling blows to enemy p01"Ter installations in North Korea yesterday. In addition, enemy bUildings, troops, gun positions, rail lines, bridges; a yrarsha1ing yaro.. and vehicles all were listed as targets for our planes.

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UNITED NA'I'ION8CONMAND COMKtJNIQUE 1,291, FOR TEE T1lEfl.TY -FOUn HOUP.s TO 6:00 A.M., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1952 (KOREAI,T 'l'Jl.'.iE)

A two-hour firefight as the result of an unsuccessful probing effort of the onemy in the centr.:l.l sector ''1a5 the pr:i.ncipal acUon along the b9.ttll~fr0nt. as the third yea~ of' hostilities in Korea began. Elsewhere patrol actions were lie;ht and scattered.

The Air Force continued attacks on ensI!V pO'loTSr plants and also cratared r'lils, blasted troop bunkers, inflicted en€lIrif trooJl cJ,Eualties, fired ~nen\y­ held bU:i.ldings, knocked out gun posit.ions and att,a'~;.,,3d roll1ng stock yesterday. The KyoInipo steel mill which Is being used as an enemy storage a.rea was hit once aga:i.n by D'edi urn bOIr.~ers.

Navy carrier planes followed up Monday's a tt..'lcks on JI!orth Kcr"an power facilities with another series of strikes on plants at Kyosen and Fusen yesterday. Transforn:er stations throughout the H~'anghae Province were also hit. Coastal install·3.t.ions were blasted by surface units of the fl':!9t.