August 9, 1975

Pres Francisco da Costa Gomes, after 3 wks of turmoil and uncertainty following resignation of 2 major non-Communist parties from coalition Govt, swears in new Cabinet devoid of any strong pol base but leaning toward Communist, Aug 8; swears in Cabinet despite warnings by pol parties and fellow mil officers of threat of Communist dictatorship in country; says Cabinet is stop-gap govt that he hopes will provide for pol pause during which 'we may construct something more definitive'; under new Govt, Premier Vasco dos Santos Goncalves will have 2 Deputy Premiers, Jose Texeira Ribeiro and Lt Col Antonio Arnao Metelo; Foreign Min Maj Ernesto Melo Antunes is replaced by Mario Ruivo; Francisco Pereira de Moura becomes Social Affairs Min and Mario Murteira stays on as Econ Planning Min; Premier Goncalves warns that 'neo-fascist' activity will be severely repressed and appeals for reconciliation and unity among all Portuguese who favor socialism; document, rejecting new Govt and signed by 9 members of High Council of Revolution, is delivered to Costa Gomes; Majs Melo Antunes and Vitor Alves and Capt Vasco Lourenco are among document signers; there are rumors that some 400 officers support dissidents, including current triumvirate member Brig Gen Sarvaiva Otelo de Carvalho; Pres Costa Gomes also receives Open lr' from Socialist leader Mario Soares; lr warns that country is on edge of abyss; also calls on Costa Gomes to save revolution, which is being compromised by minority profoundly totalitarian (L)

Aug 9: Israel has submitted to US its latest pkg of proposals for new interim agreement with Egypt amid growing mood of optimism in Israel about chances of concluding new accord sometime in next several wks; final, intensive round of diplomatic shuttling by Sec Kissinger in late Aug is regarded by Israeli officials as likely; latest Israeli ideas on new agreement were passed to Kissinger on Aug 7 by Israeli Amb Simcha Dinitz following conf by Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin, Foreign Min Yigal Allon and Defense Min Shimon Peres in Jerusalem; Israeli official says Egyptian ideas are 'close to ours on several points, but important differences remain on others'; issues still in dispute on new Sinai accord summarized; Israeli officials assume that new interim agreement will be followed by reconvening of Geneva peace conf and, perhaps simultaneously, negotiations with Syria about Golan Hts (M)

NYS Gov Carey signs bill requiring both parties in divorce action to file sworn statements of net worth before start of trial; bill is longtime legislative goal of women's movement; is designed to keep husband or wife from artificially lowering net worth through last-minute financial manipulation; information is now available, but only through complicated legal maneuvering; bill sponsor Sen Emanuel R Gold says automatic disclosure should lower cost of many divorces; other bill sponsors are Sens Karen S Burstein, Carol Bellamy and Linda Winikow and Assemblywoman Rosemary R Gunning (S)

2d in series of articles assessing Pres Ford's 1st yr in office discusses foreign affairs on which Ford has had slight impact; Ford is found to have held to his pledge to continue ex-Pres Nixon's policies (L)

2d in series of articles assessing Pres Ford's 1st yr in office discusses foreign affairs on which Ford has had slight impact; Ford is found to have held to his pledge to continue ex-Pres Nixon's policies (L)