May 5, 1975

reporter's notebook by Fox Butterfieid describes scene during Amer evacuation of Saigon; illus (L)

NY Times reappraisal of fall of Nazi Ger and division of 2 Ger states, in light of 30th anniv marking end of World War II; divergent viewpoints on reconstruction and Ger collective guilt noted; illus (L)

Former S Vietnamese Premier and Vice Pres Nguyen Cao Ky, on arrival in Guam from USS Blue Ridge, says US is not to be blamed for fall of S Vietnam; says that while he and others actively plotted to overthrow Pres Thieu's Govt, 'we were not brave enough' to do so; holds country needed new mil leaders rather than pol force; declines to name other plot participants; expects reprisals against some Vietnamese still in S Vietnam; hopes to become private citizen in US; intends to remain in Guam indefinitely to bolster morale of other refugees; says he will go to Washington (DC) on behalf of refugees; rest of Ky family is at Travis Air Force Base (Calif); Manila Govt has demanded that US not bring pol and mil exiles from old Saigon regime to Amer bases in Philippines; says it prefers that only Vietnamese women and children be brought to bases, adding that each can remain in country for 3 days; illus (M)

The parties of the governing West German coalition headed by Chancellor Helmut Schmidt halted a recent losing trend and made clear gains in state elections yesterday in North Rhine‐Westphalia and the Saar. Details are on Page 9.

Doctors and professional people are among 343 Vietnamese refugees who arrived at Eglin Air Force Base May 4; 600 more expected May 5; departure from Saigon recalled; children illus (L)