GROUND CASUALTIES IN RECENT KOREAN FIGHTING

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 15, 2000
• Sequence Number: 36
• Publication Date: September 25, 1952
• Content Type: MEMO

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SECURUT INFORMATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
25 34PUmber 1952
STAFF WOANDUM NO. 274
5UB1?f a OrowA C ties in Recent Korean Fighting
I. Orowd aeration in Korea ?er the past 6 to 8 ve.ks No
been charaacterized by iaataaaaaiie Cemanist efforts to vin aid hold
taarrain feataaes at sea it points ala4 the line of cantmct4
Without refe 'enoe to ttka Da rmr plea of the cost to eider
side of wolanged hostilities in Korea, the question has bsw
raised &ll w the C st3 hove adopted as pcl1or of can.
ductlig int sivee all-Mit attacks with the object of Inflict,-
Ina oaeer a p>I ImWed periedb heavy attrition an UN manpomr.
The following figures c UN said Cor aiet casualties have bcca
compiled f>eean the dsii3y CXNCPE Situation Reports and the daily
Far But Telecom.' UN a and Comwmi st non the a lties are net
ImIuded
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289
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238
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1836
63
2495
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885
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301
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20 The figu8 s indicate that total Co ast eaaities were
roq" harass tines these of the UN during this periodR, Flowever,
the number of Co nists killed in action VU over 7 ties the
number of UN killed. Since a raaaoh larger prapwUon
vowAed m W be expected to return to duty the relative attritiaea
of the two fo o in these a ids has been between 3 and 7 to 1
in favor of the UN0 We doubt that the Ceumnists would consider
such a rate favorable to then.
3. It is more likely that the recent dal attacks by the
Communists have been in t h e nets o f wepoilin( a t t a c k s to f o r * -
s t a n a n t i c i p a t e d UK offensi cation; the C nist growA a c t i o n
mW also be a reaction to the incre ad Sag air effort.
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