European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Some like it Cool members of the 2nd in 509th an of the 8th div Check the tropical uniform of a German hiker in a vol Smarsch up the Taurus mountains Feldberg sunday. Tosee who else footed it Uphill the�7.2 Miles see Page 24. Is photo Gates communists were set to strike at Saigon Saigon a the highest ranking defector to fall into Allied hands in South Vietnam has surrendered with plans for a second wave assault on Saigon involving More than 10,000 troops official sources disclosed sunday. The Man who defected was identified As a North Viet namese colonel and political commissar from the 9th Viet Cong div posted Northwest of Saigon which was to reused in the attack. The colonel said the communists had planned the assault on the capital for april 22 but som unknown circumstance had caused a delay. The highest ranking Viet Cong olympic panel urges ouster of South Africa Lausanne Switzerland a the International olympic committee s executive boar sunday unanimously recommended withdrawing the invitation for a South african team to participate in the olympics i Mexico City in october. F the Board sent a Cable to Alling the lunar new year s Offen j 71 members of the International officer to defect previously Wasa lieutenant colonel. A handful of political officials also have defected but so far As is known none would have rank equivalent to that of the colonel. He surrendered Friday in Binh Duong province about 50 Miles North of Saigon. He is in his Early 40s and is known in the communist party As Tarn  reported that the attacks on Saigon were to follow the same pattern As those made Dur cont. On Page 24, co Windhoek . Africa up South african Diamond detectives Are scouring the Are where Africa s worst air disaster occurred saturday night search-in8 for diamonds reportedly Vorih $700,000. The diamonds were aboard the South african airways Boe ing 707 which plunged to Earth Mon after Takeoff from wind Hoek s now . Strip Dom air Pon on a flight from Johannes ffioj0 Lonrlon. Killing 122 of me 128 persons aboard. The crash area Flat Gray Pien Bush veld marked with Lavinos and scattered Thorn a and scrub was sealed offs uie Diamond men probed the dockage for the Rich cargo a that remained to be seen if T � Row shaped spread of null a brass about 400 Yards me Rock with pieces of . Barred fro but were i permission sunday a weather Ontl Nirh i tuesday or land Wal m to