DAILY KOREAN SUMMARY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A005300010045-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 27, 2013
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: October 21, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
21 October 1950
DAILY KOREAN S U licanUit 041
No CHANGE in Class. 0
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DDA 1,10510, 4 Apr 77.
Auth: DDA R7G. 77/1763
Date: A0/7 f By : 0
Troops of the US 1st Cavalry Division linked up with the US 187th
Airborne Regiment in the Sunchon area, while elements of the ROK
6th Division entered Sunchon from the east in an encircling miave.
Pyongyang has been secured, ROK I Corps troops continue their
northward and eastward advance beyond Hungnam.
I. Military Situation
Highlights
Ground
The US I Corps secured the North Korean capital of Pyongyang.
A reinforced battalion of the 8th Cavalry Regiment has linked up
with elements of the 187th Airborne Regiment in the Sunchon region.
ROK II Corps units continued their drive to the west from Yangdok,
and units of the ROK 6th Division made contact with US forces in
Sunchon. On the east coast, the ROK Capital Division made further
gains to the northeast and northwest of the Ha.mhung-Hungnam in-
dustrial area, The 18th Capital Regiment reached Tangpungs more
than 30 miles north of Hamhimg. An enemy force estimated at
2,000 cut UN lines of communication on the east coast in the Kojo
area below Wonsan. The US a Corps reports that prisoners of
war name the South Korean city of Chunchon slightly below the 38th
Parallel as the assembly area for North Korean troops attempting
to escape to the north. Considerable harassing activity by enemy
groups continues throughout South Korea and occupied North Korea,
Navy
On the east coast bad weather hampered mine-sweeping activities
In the Wonsan area and reduced the number of sorties flown by air-
craft from UN carriers. In the west, a UN naval forces including
two carriers, continued to patrol off the North Korean port of
Chinnampo.
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Air
UN air forces flew 428 sorties, 205 being combat. Light and
medium bombers attacked targets of opportunity and lines of
communication. Reconnaissance aircraft in the Sinuiju-Antung
area report flak (estimated to be 90mm) coming from the
Manchurian side of the border.
IL General Situation
The North Korean Communist radio announced that the capital
has been moved from Pyongyang to the border city of Sinuiju.
A recent economic report from Seoul states that President Rhee,
on the representations of US economic advisors, has reversed his
recently reported stand and now intends to continue the land reform
program which was under way at the time of the invasion.
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