April 26, 1975

S Vietnamese Pros Tran Van Huong calls on Natl Assembly to decide whether to replace him with Gen Duong Van Minh in order to negotiate with Communists, Apr 26 speech; says he cannot turn over power to Minh himself because it would be unconst; assembly begins emergency session following Huong's remarks; Vietcong spokesman Lt Col Vo Dong Giang comments on recent attempts by US officials to change pol structure of S Vietnamese Govt to conform with Vietcong demands; Vietcong officials deny they are demanding that any particular person head new Saigon Govt, series of phone conversations with NY Times; recent activities of former Premier Nguyen Cao Ky, natl labor leader Tran Quoc Buu and Buddhist leader Thich Tri Quang noted; Huong and Ky illus (L)

US Commerce Dept repts $1.3‐billion trade surplus for qr ended Mar 31, 1st surplus in last 5 qrs; says Mar surplus totaled record $1.38‐billion; Acting Sec John Tabor anticipates that US trade balance will return to deficit as currently large oil stocks are consumed and oil imports start rising, but other dept officials are more optimistic; large surplus linked to importers accelerating their filing of customs declarations in Jan to beat Feb 1 imposition of $1 a bbl fee on crude oil and to anticipation that fee would rise to $2 on Mar 1, leading to accelerated reptg in late Feb of imports; graph compares US exports and imports, Mar ‘74 to Mar ‘75 (M)

Ford Adm, concerned about possible impact of Indochina situation in other Asian countries, hopes to bolster relations with Japan, S Korea, Philippines and other Asian nations in coming wks and mos; high Adm officials say that no formal reassessment of Amer policy toward Asia had been ordered similar to current rev of Middle East policy, but number of key officials have already begun giving increased attention to ways of preventing breakdown in stability in area; courses of action taken or contemplated listed (M)

Ford is 1st Yale Law School grad to become Pres (S)

NYS Board of Regents unanimously revokes license of NYC physician Dr Max Jacobsen for unprofessional conduct for injecting patients with amphetamines to boost their moods; charges against Jacobson revd; Jacobson to appeal decision; may apply for reinstatement of license (M)