TOKYO: North Korean Communist forces, spearheaded by tanks, tonight (June 26) took the South Korean town of Wijungbo and rolled on towards the capital of Seoul ... according to telephone reports... . According to Japanese Press reports the Communists were already in the outskirts of Seoul... . Reports ... said the Second South Korean Division broke under heavy gunfire at Wijungbo and bared the wide approaches to the capital. `The situation has gravely deteriorated in Korea,` an ... Allied source said. The North Korean forces were reported to have reached Kimpo airfield, seven miles east of Seoul. Gunfire was ... audible in the capital... .

[Meanwhile in Washington,] President Truman today [June 26] ... said the United States would ... support the efforts of the Security Council to end the `serious breach of the peace` in Korea.

`Our concern over the lawless act taken by the forces from North Korea and our ... support for the people of Korea in this situation are being demonstrated by the co-operative action of American personnel in Korea ... under the Mutual Defence Assistance Programme,` the President said... . News agencies