...... , . ..... ............. .... .” .. ” ........ ........ ............ .-.. .. “...., .. UNITED NA?‘/ONS .- ..... ......... Es .”. ............. .......r..*...".s....---.... ......... SECURITY GENERAL S/2407 COUNCIL 12 Novaber x9.951 mIGINA&: ENGLZSE ___________________---- Dual Distribution NOTE DATEQ 3 BW@lJ?ER 1951 FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF TEE UNITED STATES i:$LEGiTION TO THE ,dXTH REGUIAR SESSION 03' THE @3ERAL ASSEMBLYADDRE%%D T:) THE SECRE"ARY GE&ZK%LTRdZSK!tTING SIX COMMUNIQmS ISSUED BY THE HEADQUARTERS W IT323UNITEr3 NA'L'ZONSCOMMAND IN KOREA * November 10, 1951 Thd Chairman of the United States Delegation to the Sixth Regvlez ShSSfCO. o?? :he General Assembly of the United Nations presentsihie camplimento to the Secretary-General of the United ., Natioils and has the howl* to transmit herewith, for the iti~r~~tion Op the Secwity Council, the following conrm~niques kuort by th3 Hesaquahm3 of the rk$tea Na?ions c-a, a8 iixlicntscl below: jkvd. Forces 3'~ Eaut Headquarters communique, ccverlrg naval operations Suday, November 4, 1951 FEZ East Air Forces awry 498, for qperapions Sunday, Novcmk 4, 1951 Eighth Army oozmxiniqiie 655, @;ve:ing operat1or.s from Sv..Iu?.aymidnight to Monky noon, November 5, 1951 Eidlth Army communique 656, covering operations Monday, I'Jovcmber 5, 195l. ',nitee !k&ions ?.la\*al l?orces eutnmary of operation0 Moiday, Novsmber 5, 1951 03xeFal Eecd.qunrt,ers conunmique 1?059, covering c>erationa to 6;0b AaM., Tuesday, Novamber 6, 1951 I’ ,., i ,“.‘ NAVAL F'RCFaS FAR EAST HEADQUARTERSCCMMUNTQUE,, C'X'ERIXG XAVAL OPEX?ATIONS.SUNDAY(NOVE?dJ3E% 4, 1951): : Unitea Nationns navel forcas cdntinued to slash enemy supply lines in ncrtheastern.,and westarn Korea from the sea and air yesterday, &lied States Navy planes flying from U.S.S. Antietam 8x-d U. S.S. Bon H&me Ri,charr? with fast carrier Task Force 77 swept ovar railroads from Wonsan 'tiorth along the coastline, cutting tracks in fifty-five places and deetroying or damaging fifty Rea box oars. During the strikes, twanty Communist eoldier8 were accounted for. Tunnel entrances near'Song,jin were cratwrea and an oil barge south of t&s. city was severely damagea. ..- . -. 'I Pilots from Rear Admiral J.J. Clark's Task Forca 77 roared inland northwest of'&kdok to pick off .rai*oaa rolling stock. Other Antiotsm and Bon Homme Richard f.lights provIa& eir support for warships bombarding off the east coast. Saventh Fleet flagship U.S.S. &W Jersey shattered rail mershalling yards track8 an& bridges in the Tanchon-Iwon‘erea along the east cosst. Sixteen-&h shells from the battlewagon's main battery larded directly on a warehouse in a rail yard ai Tanchori, causing heavy damage to buildiq+q and box cars in the area. Tracks in two other y8rds were badly torn up ad rolli- stock hit at Tanchon: Firing with th8 NCW Jersey wae d88troyoz- CulRF,%n. The destiroyur's T-inch guns eoorod direct hit8 on a rail bridge sod.11 of Svng,~Jn HII~ cd track8 ia several pLacos along thc.ooa8t. Task Force 95 oscork-anrrier U.S.S. Redova iaunched a record number pf Corsairs frcm her docks. The crirrler.r?bnead Firet Mcrina Air WI% fliers blasted ova- nlzety-five troop-concealing or supply buildings auring strikes betweon Ha@ and Chlnnmpo, ad in the Icumchon area farther east; The Devilcat squadron pilOt8 knOCksa Out & bridge ne3r &?;U 3rd destrOyd or dam&@ fiVE &nkS 3rd sampans at Chinn&mpo. Warships 'from Rear Admirel'Gsorge C. Dyer's United Natioti blockade and escort force continued ettacks on enemy coastal installations on both sides of .Koraa. The British friga% Mvrchison rained ovar 160 rounds of four-inch high explosivea on active Red guns southwest of Chfnnampo. Very g00a results were repcrtea by observers. Along thz sest cast from Eosong to'Chong;jin, other TJnitcd N&ions surface ve'sseis continued interdiction bombaidmcnts. The &stroycr Mansfield ana dJf3trOy3r-E!8COrt Ssiverling shelled barracks ereas, warehouses, rail junctions at Wonsenbsforc dawn yasterdsy. Dastroyep-escort Moore again pounded Hungnamrail in8td.ldtion8. Three United Nations IEVie8 provided unlts for blockade patrols to the north. The Dutch destroyer Van Gelzn, R.O.X. frigate Dumanand 'United State8 destroyer Swen8on8UOC368fU~ly fired on rail lines at Songjin, Chuuronjang and Chongjin. .,‘.L S/2407 Page 3 FAR EAST AIR FORCES SUMMARY498,'FOR SUNDAY'S OPERATIONS (NOVDiBEt'l 4, 1951): Fierce air battles continued yesterky in the skies over Northern Korea, and the 6n0q'8 Jet air strength again took a 8evere mauling as United States Air Force F-84 Thunderjets and F-86 Sabre Jet8 destroyed tw0 MIG-15's, probably deetroyed' trio and damagedsix other sweep-wing Red fighter8 in three separate engagements. Far East Air Forces mounted 815 sorties during a day otherwise high-lighted by unrelenting attack8 on enemymain supply routes and vehicular trafflo, and highly 8ucoes8ful close air-support attacks along the west-central fronti Fifth Air Force ad attackea South African and Mtiine aircraft flew 670 of theee eortles. The first air battle of the day occurred. Just before noon in the SinanJu area, where a Sabre Jet patrol tangled with approxim@ely sixty MIG's. In the ensuing thirty-minute dogfight, one MIG wa8 deetroyed, one was probably destroyed, and three were demaged. Shortly.afterwezds,twenty-four F-84 Thunderjets engaged nearly fifty Mfc's in a running battle which started near Chinnampoand raged north to PyO~YW3. Three MIG*a were reported damaged. Later in the afternoon another Sabre Jet patrol, again In th6 SinanJu area, engaged element8 of approximately fifty MIG's and destroyed one, while probably destroying another. No friendly aircraft were lost or damagea. United States Air Force F-80 pilots 8na Australians flying Meteor Jet8 said they eighted other MIGls during the day, but no firing encounters were reported. Sweeping lar over main enemy supply routes between Sinanju and Sukchon and Kunu and Sunehon in northwestern Korea, Fifth Air Force.fighter-bombers ripped rail lines in more than sixty places to maintain paralysis of the enemy'8 rail net runuing south to the front. Bomb and napalm-laden F-51Mustang8, F-80 Shooting'Stars and Marine F-4U Coreairs and AD-2 S-alders gave highly effective closa-air aupport to hard-pressed infantrymen on the west-central front, a8 they Inflicted approximately 100 enemy Ca8UaltioS and knocked out .86ven tank8 in nearly forty separate attacks. In addition, Fifth Air Force reported destroyed or damaging seventy-flvo en&y-deld supply building8, 211 Vehicles, nin8 gun pO8itiOn8, f0u.r railroad bridge8 and one power ehovel. Bomber CommandB-29 Superforte of the Ninety-eighth and 307th BbmbWings 8t%ck the marshalling yards at Masnjugg and Chongju in northwestern Kgrea, dropped nearly thirty tons of deadly-air-bursting bomb8on en8my front-line positions, attacked the new eirfield at Namsi with lOO-pound demolition bomb8and bhstod supply concentration8 at Hungnam. All of these &tacks were during the hour8 of darkness, and the Superfort crew8 utllized highly accurate radar tachniques to aim their high explosives. Although anti-e&craft fire wa8 met at llam81, all of the B-298 returned safely to their Japan and Okinawa baeee. Night-flying ~-26 Invader8 and Marine night fighter8 maintained their vigiLant patrql of enemy supply routes 8nd continu3a to inflict heavy losses on Red vehicles, as more than 200 motor trucks were destroyed along northern Korea highway8 El/2407 paw 4 la ruooorrful nlght foraye during tho pcrlod ondlrrg mldnlght Saturday. Traneporto of the 31~th Air Dlvleion (Combat Cargo) alrllftod 325 tone of rupplies and oqulpmcnt to Unlted IVatlone foroue duriw 135 eortloe. P7cllminary roporte qf attaoke by B-26’s of the 452d and Third Bomb Wlwe and Ma~ino Flghtor- Bombore laot nlght indioatod mora than 220 vohlolee wore deetroyod by approrimatoly 100 eortlee, One F-80 Bhootlng Star and me P-g1 MuetaFg were Zoet to ground fire during the, day. S/2407 Bag0 5 EIGHTH ARMY COMMUNIQUE655, COVERING OPNNATIONS FTOM SUNDAYMIDNIGHT TO MONDAYNOON (NCVEMBNN 5, 1951):. Heavy fighting continues west of Yonchon. Attack by 6nemy platoon repuleed southeast of Kumscng. Unit& Nations forces make 2,000 to 3,000-yard gain, take hill on eastern front. 1. United Nations forces,.after withdrawing from two key terrain features west of Yonchon following yestarday'e attack by elements of an s&mated on?my division, were reported heavily engaged with the enemy as fighting continued In the area. Three light enemy probling attacks wGre driven back,by other United Nationa units oouthwost of Yonahon. United Nations forces along the remainder of the western Korean battle-front adJusted positions end patrolLed dtiing the period. 2. Friandly elements' southeast of Kumsongrepulsed a'iight attack by"an enemy platoon in the only significant action developing during the period along the central front. : 3. United Nations units advanoing in tho limited-objective attack northwest of flansong made gains of from 2,000 to 3,000 yards, while other attacking United Nations elements occupied a hill against light enemyresistance south of Kosong. Elsewhere along the eastern front other United Nations fOrCea malntaiaod positions and patrolled. 8 EIGETH ARMY COMMlJNIQUE 656, C(NEl?flQO MONDAY’8 OPEWTfON8 (NCWEMBW 5, 1951) : United Nationa forooe met etlff mpietanoe In flghte to recapture high ground wcet of Yonchon. Light probing attacke ropuleed eoutheaet of KmeOng, El 11 oapturod weet nf Koeong, 1. Unltad Natlone forcee, attaoklng west of “onohon to reoapturo high ground loet in provioue daye fighting; encountered , .,Iff reel&moo from any enemy group of unknown elee whloh omployod an Intense volume of emall-~XVI~ and automatic weepone fire and a heavy volume of eupportlng artillery. Mlnor,geIru wmo made, but all terrain lo& to the onomy In an eetimatod divlelon etrength attack the day btfora had not been regained at the cloee of tho period.