September 10, 1974

white Mozambicans, calling themselves Movement for Free Mozambique, and coalition of blacks, Natl Coalition Party, strengthen their hold on Lourenco Marques, Sept 9, as they continue demonstrations against independence agreement reached on Sept 7 by Portuguese Govt officials and Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo) members; Portuguese Army has made no effort to crush rebellion, but, has kept rebellion from spreading to other parts of Mozambique; reptdly killed number of dissidents when mob attempted to seize control of radio station in Beira; illus; Portuguese Pres Antonio de Spinola sends 2 mil officers to Lourenco Marques to hold meeting with dissidents; meeting lasts for about 10 hrs; both dissident groups say they accept idea of ind Mozambique under black majority govt, but reject idea of turning territory over to Frelimo without test of popular sentiment; accuse Portugal of not honoring pledge to consult people before giving away sovereignty; Dr Uria Simango, coalition party pres and former Frelimo official, says Frelimo does not represent all Mozambicans; Frelimo leader Samora Machel issues statement from Lusaka (Zambia) saying that new rebellion is work of 'band of thugs'; says Frelimo will not hesitate to start afresh guerrilla war (L)

Sources disclose former Pres Nixon successfully beat back White House efforts to have him make full and revealing statement of his role in Watergate affair in conjunction with his pardon; say Nixon was asked by Pres Ford's attys to make what Nixon regarded as 'public confession of criminal guilt'; Nixon refused and subsequent negotiations between 2 camps caused delay in reaching agreement on eventual pardon; conflict was resolved in series of telephone calls after Ford's repr Benton L Becker returned to Washington from San Clemente, Calif; Nixon's statement of gratitude for pardon is described as compromise considerably less contrite than Ford's attys had originally sought; deputy White House press sec John W Hushen denies White House sought from Nixon a statement of his role in Watergate affair in conjuction with pardon; negotiations described; roles played by White House counsel Philp W Buchen, Nixon's atty Herbert J Miller Jr, Becker, Ronald L Ziegler noted (L)

White House deputy press sec John W Hushen announces Pres Ford has decided to postpone indefinitely publication of amnesty plan for Vietnam era war resisters, originally scheduled for Sept 10, statement to reporters returning from Pittsburgh aboard Air Force 1; is 2d time announcement has been postponed; Hushen says recent events, including pardon granted to Richard Nixon, have not allowed Ford time to give issue sufficient consideration; concedes Ford regarded Nixon's pardon as more urgent than amnesty question; says full pardon granted Nixon will not alter Ford's stance against unconditional amnesty for war resisters; Pres Ford encountered public anger over fact that he granted full pardon to Nixon but will not grant same to war resisters when he went to address urban transportation conf in Pittsburgh; illus (L)

well-placed publishing informants rept that former Mayor John V Lindsay has written 300-page pol novel with main character who is handsome, 'Lindsayesque' Congressmen struggling to preserve civil liberties; Lindsay acknowledges he has written book; adds it is 'in very rough draft'; says he wrote 80,000-word draft in 8 wks during 8-mo vacation; notes that he put manuscript in hands of Owen Laster, literary agent with William Morris Agency (L)

Sen Edward M Kennedy is driven from speakers' stand at anti-busing rally in Boston on Sept 9 as he seeks to calm several thousand parents; demonstrators shout insults and throw eggs and tomatoes to protest ct-ordered integration plan, to take effect Sept 12, that calls for busing of some 20,000 of city's 94,000 ps pupils; majority of crowd is Irish and from heavily Dem neighborhoods where Kennedys are normally respected; demonstrators chase Kennedy into nearby Fed office bldg and break plate-glass window; 1 woman follows him, shrieking 'You should be shot'; rally organizers include city school com chmn John J Kerrigan and city councilman Albert O'Neil; Kennedy says demonstrators are entitled to their views; illus (M)