CBS World News - June 21st, 1951
June 21st, 1951
CBS World News
"The world today. The Columbia Broadcasting System now presents a summary of the all the important world news today. Reports from CBS correspondents by trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific short wave radio, and the latest developments as received by the Columbia's news room here in New York. Tonight we will be reporting on the latest military events from Europe and Asia."
"London will now report on the latest news from the conflict in Europe. Recently, American troops have lunched several attacks against German cities of Lubeck and Rostock in northern Germany. The attacks are the latest in front-wide offensive to cripple the German army. American forces, in conjunction with the Canadian military, had pushed to within 80km of Berlin along the center front. However, a rapid counter attack conducted by German mechanized forces forced the retreat of the salient, and by early this week were pushed back to the original start positions. The battles in northern German continue as we broadcast, and the situation still hangs in the balance."
"In Sweden, the Canadian and American forces have conducted several attacks in the region. Allied forced have crossed the former Norwegian border and have begun advancing into Swedish territory. Meanwhile, in Asia, the front continues to hold. American forces have managed to blunt Soviet attacks across the border, and have in fact launched some raids into Mongolia. The South Korean army continues to hold the mountain line, and has fiercely opposed all Soviet attacks..."