August 26, 1968

allied relief units battle way into Duclap camp, rout enemy from 1 of 2 hilltops it held for over 24 hrs; action detailed; enemy makes fresh assault on Amer advisory compound and S Vietnamese hq in town of Duclap; bitter fighting reptdly rages; US convoy moving toward Tayninh ambushed, 6 Amers killed, 51 wounded; US reaction force repulses attack in all-day battle, kills 96 enemy soldiers; US units come under heavy fire from enemy force estimated at 1,500 men, Dinhtuong Prov, Mekong Delta; 8 US soldiers killed, 28 wounded; Quangtin Prov clash reptd; US repts loss of 2 helicopters; 4 crewmen killed, 2 wounded; map

Chancellor Kiesinger, in W Ger radio int on impact on NATO of invasion of Czech by USSR and 4 allies, calls for NATO summit conf to wake up Western nations and prompt them to 'watch over liberty and security'; says conf should reflect on 'what one can do to fill this tired, workaday operation with life': says de Gaulle might now make his relationship to NATO 'more distinct and decisive': holds strengthening of NATO chief condition for W Ger quest for detente in Eur

Sen McCarthy int

Gen. Jan Sejna, who defected from Czechoslovakia last February, turned up here yesterday and said he had fled after vainly trying to warn the liberal leader, Alexander Dubcek, of Soviet pressure on the armed forces.

30 Prague youths stage sitdown vigil around statue of Czech natl hero St Wenceslas, defying USSR-imposed curfew; confrontation with troops described; illus