MACARTHUR`S HQ FOR KOREA: Communist forces scrambled in as yet undetermined numbers today [Aug 5] over the upper reaches of the Naktong River, last big natural barrier standing between them and the allied towns of Taegu and Pusan. They were reported to be massing most of the strength of seven divisions again supported by fighter planes for simultaneous assaults on the ... Allied defence line.

At least three North Korean divisions were reported massed over the river for a frontal assault on Taegu, second largest town still in [UN] hands, through which a main highway runs southeast to the bridgehead supplies port of Pusan. News agencies [Meanwhile, as reported by Dawn`s Delhi correspondent,] [UN] Representative Sir Owen Dixon, it is learnt ... has summoned another tripartite conference on Kashmir early next week. The Prime Minister of Bharat, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, is expected to leave for Karachi ... to attend the conference. Knowledgeable circles, believe that the projected conference will be Sir Owen`s last attempt to resolve the Kashmir dispute.