April 18, 1975

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)

NYS Sen, by 39-11 vote Apr 17, repeals state's 'fair trade' law; Gov Carey seen certain to sign it; bill sponsor Sen John R Dunne comments; Sen Albert Lewis speaks against bill but votes for it after Sen Joseph Pisani assures him measures are under way to protect small merchants (M)

Prince Sihanouk's special repr Chau Seng and Cambodian Amb to France Ok Sakun say new Cambodian Govt will follow policy of neutrality and nonalignment, Paris news conf; Seng declares Sihanouk is chief of state and will return to Phnom Penh when circumstances permit; his comments that Phnom Penh people have greeted insurgents with 'joy and enthusiasm' are confirmed by recent Phnom Penh dispatch from Le Monde correspondent Patrice de Beer; notes, in relieved tones, that '7 traitors' who Sihanouk said deserve hanging' have all fled country, including Pres Lon Nol, Premier Long Boret and Gen Sisowath Sirik Matak; comments on possibility of renewed relations with US; emphasizes nationalist determination of Cambodian Communists and differences between Cambodia and Vietnam; holds that while France united Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, people of 3 nations 'are very different'; contends Buddhism will remain state religion; says there are no N Vietnamese in Cambodian armed forces; says there will be other forms of cooperation between countries; Cambodian source says 50,000 tons of rice will be given to Vietnamese in return for arms and ammunition; differences between Chau Seng's reaction to questions and those of Vietnamese Communists noted; Seng, commenting on fate of 17 newsmen and photographers missing in Cambodia, says Govt has released all captured journalists; por (L)

NYS Gov Carey and Atty Gen Lefkowitz announce on Apr 17 that former NYS Sup Ct Justice Bernard S Meyer will head ind inquiry into Malcolm H Bell's charge that chief Attica prosecutor Anthony G Simonetti covered up possible crimes by law enforcement officers during '71 Attica inmate rebellion; Meyer is sworn in as special Deputy Asst Atty Gen assigned to evaluate conduct of Attica prosecution; his background noted; selection is strongly praised by advocates of ind inquiry, including Bell's atty Robert P Patterson Jr and NYC Bar Assn head Cyrus R Vance; por of Meyer (M)

former Treas Sec John Bowden Connally Jr is acquitted of charges of accepting bribes from dairy farmers to secure increase in Fed milk price supports; illus; trial highlights revd (L)