May 22, 1974

Portuguese Interterritorial Coordination Min Antonio de Almeida Santos, returned from tour of Portuguese African territories, says that he expects Mozambique to become independent within yr, news conf; says that referendum will be held within yr and there is no doubt that majority of people in Mozambique will choose independence; diplomatic sources say Almeida Santos had long held views he expressed at news conf and question whether views have recd full support of new Portuguese Govt; Portugal's new Pres Antonio de Spinola has promised territories self determination; has also made it clear that he would prefer to see territories vote for fed with Portugal rather than independence; Portuguese nationalists fear that Govt might disqualify most of Mozambique black majority from participating in vote on referendum by imposing literacy requirement; it is estimated that only 10% of 8‐million Mozambicans are literate; Almeida Santos comments on referendum; expresses hope that after Mozambique achieves independence, Mozambicans will continue relationship with Portugal; emphasizes that econ relationship between Portugal and Mozambique must be based on ‘competitive and not privileged prices'; illus of Almeida Santos being greeted in Mozambique (L)

new charges of kidnapping, armed robbery and assault filed against Patricia Hearst in Los Angeles County; Hearst and Emily and William Harris still at large on May 21 despite intensive statewide search; FBI releases ‘wanted’ posters showing 3 fugitives; illus; events since kidnapping discussed (M)

Sen Judiciary Com passes resolution of support for Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski in response to his complaint that Pres Nixon is attempting to undercut his authority; Sen E M Kennedy is only com member to dissent from resolution because he feels com should take firmer action to protect Jaworski; contends com should hold public hearings on Jaworski complaint because he says Nixon has ‘violated’ charter spelling out special prosecutor's duties and authority; resolution comes amid growing speculation that Nixon might be preparing to order dismissal of Jaworski, in much same manner that he ordered dismissal of Jaworski's predecessor Archibald Cox; White House deputy press sec Gerald L Warren and Nixon's chief defense counsel James D St Clair attempt to brush aside any such suggestion; some pol observers suggest that resolution might have additional significance in that com Chmn Sen J O Eastland, who voted for resolution, is 1 of handful of Sen Dems who have regularly supported Nixon in past; incident that led to speculation and com action was filing of legal brief by St Clair in proceedings before Judge John J Sirica over Jaworski's subpoena of tapes and records of 64 White House Watergate‐related conversations; brief's contentions noted; apparent parallels between Jaworski's situation with situation that led to Cox's dismissal noted (L)

May 22: Israeli aircraft bomb southern Lebanon on May 21 in raids against Palestinian ‘terrorist targets'; Israel repts that all planes returned safely; air strikes are in response to May 15 guerrilla raid on school in Israeli town of Maalot; Israeli Premier Meir says in Parliament that aim is to destroy ‘infrastructure’ of various Palestianian guerrilla groups; artillery fire between Israel and Syrian forces on Golan hts and Mt Hermon area continues; 1 Israeli is reptd wounded; Israeli security forces set up general alert to block guerrilla infiltration into northern Israel; roadblocks are set up and other security measures are taken (M)

US Export‐Import Bank grants $180‐million loan to USSR to help finance construction of huge fertilizer complex; project, which was worked out by Occidental Petroleum Corp chmn Dr Armand Hammer, includes US imports of ammonia and urea from USSR in exch for superphosphoric acid; loan will be used to help finance construction of ammonia and urea plants at Togliatti and Kuibyshev and pipeline from plant sites to new Black Sea port at Grigoryevka; plants are scheduled to be completed by Dec ‘78; interest on bank loan will be 6%, about half prime commercial‐lending rate in US and less than current 7% interest on bank loans; bank spokesman says 6% interest was prevailing interest at time application for loan was made says Occidental and affiliates plan to invest more than $500‐million in US to construct, ship and expand phosphate rock production in Fla (M)