Saigon as It Fell and Just After:A Newsman's Diary
Date: 09 May 1975
By GEORGE ESPER The Associated Press
AP Saigon bur chief George Esper 'diary' recording observations after Apr 30, when Communist forces took Saigon (L)
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8th of May 1975 News
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NEW RULERS HOLD BIG SAIGON RALLY; Military Committee Appears First Time Transmission of News Is Resumed
Date: 08 May 1975
Saigon on May 7 opens communications with outside world after wk-long news blackout; during blackout newmen were permitted to travel freely in and around Saigon but not send dispatches; memorial service was being organized at French mil hosp for Michel Laurent, photographer for Gamma agency who was killed in April and whose body was brought to Saigon by French TV crew; Laurent's companion, Christian Hoche, who was wounded in same foray, underwent operation and is said to be in good condition (S)
Saigon Restores Its News Links
Date: 08 May 1975
internatl communications with Saigon are restored on May 7 for 1st time since Communist take-over 1 wk ago, and Western newsmen who had remained behind are able to file dispatches; Reuters dispatches only in English and French and had to submit them in duplicate; says there are about 120 reporters from 13 countries in Saigon; press spokesmen of Revolutionary Govt reptdly made appearances only in last 48 hrs; technical reasons were cited to explain wk-long news blackout; Amer reporters include reprs of AP and UPI (S)
Text of Statement at News Conference
Date: 09 May 1975
text of introductory remarks made at May 8 news conf in Saigon by Lt Gen Tran Van Tra, as broadcast in Vietnamese by Saigon radio and translated from Bangkok by AP
Saigon Regime Holds a News Parley; Attack on U.S.
Date: 09 May 1975
Saigon radio repts that mil com chmn Lt Gen Tran Van Tra held regime's first news conf on May 8, presidential palace; says it was reptd that USSR and China transported food to S Vietnam; AP says Saigon radio reptd that journalists in city could file what was described as approved matter and that mail was being distributed within S Vietnam and being sent to N Vietnam but not to other countries; Agence France-Presse says 34 foreign and local reporters attended news conf in which Tra said he and other com members were trying to restore security and order in city and to stabilize life for citizens; UPI says broadcasts quoting Communist Gia Phong press agency say that Tra accused US of forcing evacuation of numerous S Vietnamese adults and children and fabricated stories of blood bath in Saigon in bid to force many Vietnamese to flee to foreign countries; agency also repts that Tra told foreign journalists that his com guarantees their safety and opportunity to work in favorable conditions; numberous braodcasts rept on moves undertaken to restore country to life of peace; Saigon radio says official newspaper that began publication on May 3 sold 61,000 copies in Saigon; other broadcasts say more than 200 schools are reopened in 2 coastal provinces, that big paper mill resumed operation and public utilities are functioning normally again (M)
BYRNE CRITICIZES ACTION BY JUDGE; Sees a Danger to the Press in Publisher's Sentencing Both Plead Guilty A Refugee from Cuba
Date: 09 May 1975
By ROBERT McG. THOMAS Jr
Robert McG
NJ Gov Byrne, in lr to State Sup Ct Justice Richard J Hughes, criticizes NJ Superior Ct Judge Richard F Connors for parolling Alfredo Izaguirre Horta, publisher of El Mundo de Hoy, on weapons charge after Horta agreed to wage ed campaign for gun control; cites potential infringement of press freedom and use of leverage of Ct's sentencing power to control what newspaper prints; Antonio Angel Parajon, paper's chief photographer, was arrested with Horta (M)
Lon Nol Is Accused
Date: 08 May 1975
Phnom Penh radio broadcast, monitored in Bangkok and stressing self-reliance theme, says new Cambodian leaders are campaigning to 'clear the country of filth and garbage' left by war and increase farm production in order to be 'completely independent of all foreigners' (S)
Cambodia Reds Are Uprooting Millions As They Impose a 'Peasant Revolution'; Old and Sick Included; Economy Is at Standstill No One Excluded Cambodian Reds Are Uprooting Millions as They Impose a 'Peasant Revolution' Old and Sick Included; Economy Is at Standstill Silent Streets, Eerie Lights Inadequate Descriptions People Driven Out Brutality or Necessity? Soothing General Is Asked About Factions Order Hotel Emptied Executions Reported One Kept, the Rest Given
Date: 09 May 1975
The New York Times/Ennio lacobucciBy SYDNEY H. SCHANBERG Special to The New York TimesThe New York Times/Sydney H. SchanbergPressens Bild
S Schanberg, NY Times correspondent who opted to remain in Phnom Pehn (Cambodia) after Apr 17 Communist takeover of city, describes experiences during 2-wk stay at French Embassy compound in capital; illus (L)
On U.S. Intelligence
Date: 08 May 1975
By Hanson W. Baldwin
Hanson Baldwin
Hanson W Baldwin article holds 'exaggerated, inaccurate or irresponsible press accounts and self-serving politicians' have greatly damaged US intelligence orgns; says current investigations must concentrate on the 'constructive' and must avoid any more public exposure of secret intelligence methods, tech or personnel; questions how one defines line between freedom and license, security and repression, the 'right to know' and irresponsibility
Reporter Jailed in Scotland For Refusal to Name Source
Date: 08 May 1975
High Ct judge orders Daily Record reporter Gordon Airs jailed on May 6 for refusing to identify 1 of 7 men being tried on charges of having conspired to set up 'Free Scotland' secret army, Glasgow; after judge declares Airs in contempt, defense atty for William Anderson, whom Airs would not identify, says his client released reporter from pledge; Airs then identified Anderson, but judge said contempt ruling still stood (S)