Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum

Vietnam War Documents

This page draws together links to Gerald R. Ford Library historical documents and photographs concerning the Vietnam War available on this web site. A description of the Library's core holdings on this topic is also available.

Vietnam War Declassification Project, April 2000
Cabinet Meeting Minutes and Notes
National Security Study and Decision Memoranda
National Security Council Meeting Minutes
Vietnam Assessment Report by General Fred C. Weyand, April 4, 1975
"A Day in the Life of the President" Exhibit (April 28, 1975)
Photographs of Vietnam War Meetings
Photographs of Mayaguez Incident Meetings
Memoranda of Presidential Conversations (many relate to the Vietnam War, especially in the weeks leading up to the fall of Saigon)

In addition, the National Archives and Records Administration's Archival Research Catalog (ARC) database contains images of 52 Ford Library documents concerning the closing weeks of the Vietnam War, foreign aid for South Vietnam, and the resettlement of Indochina refugees in the United States.