March 1, 1975

State Sec H A Kissinger calls killing of John Patrick Egan a ‘senseless and despicable crime’ (S)

NY Times survey of energy experts reveals grave doubts about Pres Ford's goal for increasing oil production; experts say official Govt estimates of reserves are highly optimistic; hold new discoveries will be located where exploitation will be controversial, difficult and slow; M King Hubbert (Geological Survey) and Dr Philip Abelson (Science) comment (S)

Article on mounting pol struggles within Cambodia notes that US State Dept officials are not certain who Cambodian Pres Lon Nol can negotiate with if Govt falters; experienced dept official says ‘it is not clear to me that if Lon Nol decides to surrender he would know where to send surrender offer’; '70 coup that toppled Prince Norodom Sihanouk Govt and seated Lon Nol traced; Sihanouk unswervingly has refused to negotiate with Lon Nol Govt and has offered ‘reconciliation’ with US if it drops all support for present regime; has acknowledged that he is not actual leader of insurgency, which he says is led by ‘Khmer Rouge’ Communists; says that if insurgents liberate Cambodia he will accept post as roving amb or repr outside country; reasons given; Amer officials believe that Saloth Sar is key leader of Cambodian Communists; Cambodian insurgent Govt is officially headed by Penn Nouth, who is living in exile in Peking; acting premier and insurgent forces mil head is officially Khieu Samphan; other insurgent officials include interior min Hou Youn and information min Hu Nim; estimates are that insurgent forces now number from 60,000 to 100,000 troops, with 2,000 to 3,000 N Vietnamese advisers (M)

comment on life and family of Baxter; illus (L)

Lome Convention is acclaimed by UN reprs of participating countries as landmark econ agreement between rich and poor countries and model for future internatl commodity pacts; delegates say one innovation of conv is that it provides for $450-million stabilization fund to protect 46 countries from extreme fluctuations in price of 12 basic commodities; Lome pact provisions noted (S)