3 Weeks After Fall, Da Nang Seems a Calm City
Date: 19 April 1975
dispatch written for Agence-France-Presse by Roland Pierre Paringaux, only non-Communist Western journalist allowed to fly to Da Nang, now held by Communist forces (S)
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A Cambodian Leader; Khieu Samphan
Date: 18 April 1975
By IVER PETERSON
Iver PETERSON
Khieu Samphan career traced; is comdr of Cambodian People's Natl Liberation Armed Forces and Deputy Premier and Natl Defense Min under Prince Sihanouk's new Cambodian Govt; Khieu Samphan and Sihanouk illus (M)
EDITORS' PARLEY HEARS CRITICISM; Newspaper Aides Are Told 'Credibility Is Nonexistent' Reader 'Hatred' Cited
Date: 18 April 1975
By MARJORIE HUNTER Special to The New York Times
Marjorie Special
Amer Soc of Newspaper Editors holds annual meeting on Apr 17; discusses what polls have shown to be low credibility rating for newsapapers by public and decline in readership; those commenting include authors Michael Novak and Stephen Hess and Mrs Virginia Sheehy (M)
Two Fined $300 Over Fire At Crusading Newspaper
Date: 19 April 1975
Benny Ray Bentley and Roger Stewart have been fined $300 plus ct costs after pleading guilty to charges stemming from burning of offices of Whitesburg, Ky, Mountain Eagle (S)
Burger Takes Case for Higher Salaries to Editors
Date: 19 April 1975
By WARREN WEAVER Jr. Special to The New York Times
Warren WEAVER
Sup Ct Justice Warren E Burger, speaking before ASNE, credits newspaper publicity with bringing back to life proposals for more judges and higher salaries; recalls that over yrs cts had come to assistance of cause of press freedom (S)
Saigon Accuses B.B.C.
Date: 19 April 1975
Saigon Govt on Apr 19 accuses BBC of biased reptg that helped Communists; says BBC had reptd that roads around Da Nang had been cut, causing panic among population and leading to city's fall (S)
Kissinger Gives Reason On Cloaked Attribution
Date: 19 April 1975
State Sec Kissinger, asked what purpose it serves to insist on attributing information that obviously came from him to 'a high adm official' or some other cloaked source, says it does no harm, luncheon of Amer Soc of Newspaper Eds (S)
A SPECIAL OFFICE WILL GIVE PERMITS; Wives and Children to Get Safe-Conduct Passes and Red Tape Will Be Cut
Date: 18 April 1975
By FOX BUTTERFIELD Special to The New York Times
Fox Special
US Embassy, Saigon, begins to determine how much its remaining Amer personnel can be cut and how many sent out of S Vietnam as soon as possible; embassy spokesman says there are still 1,100 Amer personnel; sources say either Gen Richard M Baughn or someone on his staff had arranged to fly Vietnamese from Saigon out of concern that embassy was moving too slowly to evacuate Vietnamese employes of US mission; say Vietnamese were employes of Defense Attache's office and their families (M)
5-YEAR WAR ENDS; Former Aides Invited to Join Meetings on Restoring Order Communists Set Up Rule in Phnom Penh
Date: 18 April 1975
By The Associated Press
Cambodian Communists set up hq in Phnom Penh few hrs after surrender and invite all mins and gens of former govt 'who have not run away' to meet and help formulate measures to restore order, broadcast monitored in Bangkok; no fighting reptd countrywide; AFP dispatch from Phnom Penh repts Communist patrols with loudspeakers were moving through streets warning residents, regardless of nationality, to evacuate; AP dispatch 8 hrs after surrender notes city is quiet; Army vehicles with loudspeakers reptdly toured city 1 hr before formal surrender, instructing residents to display white flags; Premier Long Boret reptdly went to Govt hq with Information Min Thong Lim Huong to broadcast message; message was not heard; fate of Long Boret is uncertain; mil sources in Bangkok say he flew by helicopter from capital to Kompong Chhnang; rumors indicate he then went to Thailand with Lt Gen Saksut Sakhan; scene described as Communist troops entered city; freelance Amer phogographer Al Rockoff reptdly was seen aboard jeep loaded with Communist soldiers; radio broadcast announces that talks between members of surrendered mil command and Communist leaders were beginning; broadcast is interrupted by Communist spokesman who says capital had been taken by force; adds 'we did not come here to talk'; radio announcemnnt says Gen Chhim Chhuon, Brig Gen Lon Non and chief monks of 2 Buddhist sects 'have come to meet with us', Gen Sisowath Sirik Matak reptdly took refuge at Hotel Le Phnom along with several other generals and Op Kin Ang, vp of Gen Matak's Republican party; Gen Hem Ket Dara says he is taking command of Phnom Penh; map (L)
U.S. News From Cambodia Ends As Communication Lines Are Cut
Date: 18 April 1975
Dispatches from Amer news sources in Phnom Penh end when communications lines are broken few hrs after surrender of Cambodian Govt; last message from Cambodian AP reporter Mean Leang makes no mention of 5 Amer journalists reptdly in city, including NY Times correspondent Sydney H Schanberg; Mean Leang had been denied access to Hotel Le Phnom, Red Cross neutral zone where Amer journalists are believed to be; AFP says rept thought to have come from French Embassy in capital said Schanberg was in hotel; whereabouts of Schanberg's Cambodian asst Dith Pran are not known; AP repts Amer freelance photographer Al Rockoff had been seen riding on insurgent jeep; Cambodian Communist spokesman says Information Min will decide, case by case, whether journalists will be allowed to work in country, Paris news conf; Red Cross in Geneva says it has had no direct contact with Phnom Penh repr Andre Pasquier since Apr 12 (M)