SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

Fairly routine files concerning various foreign policy issues, President Ford's trips abroad, visits of heads of foreign governments, and operation of the White House press office. Also includes more substantive briefing materials for Ford's meetings with heads of foreign governments, but these are currently security classified and closed.

QUANTITY
2.8 linear feet (ca. 5,600 pages)

DONOR
Gerald R. Ford (accession number 77-107)

ACCESS
Open. Some items are temporarily restricted under terms of the donor's deed of gift, a copy of which is available on request, or under National Archives and Records Administration general restrictions (36 CFR 1256).

COPYRIGHT
Gerald R. Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain.

Prepared by Helmi Raaska, August 1986
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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Edward J. Savage

1922 - Born, Rochester, New York

1947 - B.A., University of Rochester

1950 - B.S., foreign service, Georgetown University

1950-55 - Foreign Service officer, public affairs, Germany

1956 - Press attache, American Embassy, Colombo, Ceylon

1957-60 - Press officer, State Department

1960-63 - Press attache, American Embassy, Helsinki, Finland

1964-66 - Assistant director, United States Information Agency

1966-69 - Public affairs officer, American Embassy, Beirut, Lebanon

1969-71 - Counselor, press affairs, American Embassy, Saigon, Vietnam

1971-74 - Public affairs adviser, Bureau of European Affairs, State Department

Oct.-Nov. 1974 - Consultant, White House press office

Dec. 1974-June 1975 - Assistant press secretary for foreign affairs, White House press office

INTRODUCTION

A veteran press officer in the foreign affairs field, Edward Savage came to the White House press office as a consultant on detail from the State Department. In December 1974 he was named assistant press secretary for foreign affairs, a position he held until his resignation in June 1975. In this capacity Savage met daily with press secretary Ron Nessen to discuss developments in foreign affairs and served as liaison with the foreign press. He worked closely with foreign embassies on details of visits by heads of their governments and in press arrangements when President Ford traveled abroad. Savage's resignation was due at least in part to his frustration over the National Security Council's refusal to allow him a more significant role in foreign policy news guidance.

The Savage files consist of correspondence, memoranda, press releases, transcripts of interviews and testimony, briefing guidance, briefing books, presidential press guidance, printed material, and clippings. These materials relate to various foreign policy issues, President Ford's trips abroad, visits of heads of foreign governments, and the operation of the White House press office. Open materials on presidential trips and visits of foreign leaders include correspondence and memoranda relating to arrangements for the press corps, press releases, public statements, briefing materials, and schedules. The bulk of the more substantive briefing materials, which concern Ford's meetings with foreign officials, are currently security classified and closed to research.

Related Materials (August 1986)
Related materials can be found in the files of press office colleagues and the Ron Nessen papers.

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Subject File, 1974-75. (Boxes 1-7, 2.8 linear feet)
Correspondence, memoranda, briefing papers, press guidance, press releases, and printed materials relating to various foreign policy issues, President Ford's trips abroad, visits of heads of foreign governments, and operation of the White House press office.

Arranged alphabetically by subject.

CONTAINER LIST

Box 1 - Subject File

• Australia - Meeting with Prime Minister Whitlam, 1975/05/07
• Austria - Visit of Chancellor Kreisky, 1974/11/12-14
• Austria - Visit of Chancellor Kreisky, 1974/11/12-14 - Briefing Book
• Briefing Guidance (1)-(8)

Box 2 - Subject File

• CIA
• Canada
• Canada - Visit of Prime Minister Trudeau, 1974/12/04
• Cyprus - Greece - Turkey
• Denmark
• Diego Garcia
• Energy Crisis
• Europe - President's trip, 1975/05-1975/06 (1)-(2)
• Falkiewicz, Andrew T. - Chronological Letter File, 1974/08-1974/11
• Falkiewicz, Andrew T. - Chronological Memo File, 1974/08-1974/11
• Falkiewicz, Andrew T. - Chronological Referral File, 1974/08-1974/10
• Food for Peace
• Foreign Assistance Programs
• France
• France - French National Television filming at White House, 1975/05/22
• France - President's trip to Martinique, 1974/12 (1)-(4)
• Geneva Protocol of 1925 and Biological Weapons Convention
• Germany, Democratic Republic
• Germany, Federal Republic - Visit of Chancellor Schmidt, 1974/12/4-7

Box 3 - Subject File

• Great Britain - President's meeting with Foreign Minister Callaghan, 1974/09/24
• Great Britain - Visit of Prime Minister Wilson, 1975/01-1975/02 (1)-(2)
• International Economics and Trade
• International Monetary Affairs
• Iran
• Iran - Visit of Shah, 1975/05/14-18
• Iran - Visit of Shah, 1975/05/14-18 - Briefing Book
• Israel
• Japan and Korea - President's trip to Far East, 1974/11 (1)-(3)
• Japan and Korea - President's trip to Far East, 1974/11 - Briefing Book
• Jordan - Visit of King Hussein, 1975/04/28-30
• Jordan - Visit of King Hussein, 1975/04/28-30 - Briefing Book
• Korea
• Latin America
• Law of the Sea

Box 4 - Subject File

• Mayaguez Incident
• Middle East
• Military - Annual Defense Department Report, FY 1976 and FY 1977
• Military - FY 1976 and Transition Budgets, FY 1977 Authorization Request and FY 1976-1980 Defense Programs
• Military - News Conference with Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger, 1975/01/14
• Military - United States Military Posture for FY 1976
• Military - World Military Expenditures and Arms Trade 1963-1973
• Mutual and Balanced Force Reduction
• NATO
• Netherlands - Visit of Prime Minister den Uyl, 1975/05/14
• Netherlands - Visit of Prime Minister den Uyl, 1975/05/14 - Briefing Book
• New Zealand - Meeting with Prime Minister Rowling, 1975/05/07
• Organization of American States - Bilateral Book

Box 5 - Subject File

• Organization of American States - Biographic Book
• Organization of American States - General Assembly, 1975/05
• Pakistan - Visit of Prime Minister Bhutto, 1975/02/4-7
• Pakistan - Visit of Prime Minister Bhutto, 1975/02/4-7 - Briefing Book
• Portugal
• Presidential Interview with Foreign Press, 1975/05/23
• Presidential Interview with Los Angeles Times, 1975/03/23
• Presidential Interview with Pierre Salinger, 1975/06/09
• Presidential Interview with Tom Brokaw and John Chancellor, 1975/01/23
• Presidential Interview with Walter Cronkite, Eric Sevareid, Bob Schieffer, 1975/04/21
• Presidential Press Guidance (1)-(3)

Box 6 - Subject File

• Romania
• SALT II
• Saudi Arabia
• Savage, Edward J. - Chronological File, 1974/11-12
• Savage, Edward J. - Chronological File, 1975/01-05
• Savage, Edward J. - Memoranda to and from Ron Nessen
• Senegal - Visit of President Senghor, 1975/05/22-23
• Senegal - Visit of President Senghor, 1975/05/22-23 - Briefing Book
• Singapore - Meeting with Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, 1975/05/08
• Singapore - Meeting with Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, 1975/05/08 - Briefing Book
• State of the Union 1975

Box 7 - Subject File

• Telegrams - Classified
• Trade Act of 1974
• Tunisia - Visit of Prime Minister Nouira, 1975/05/01
• Tunisia - Visit of Prime Minister Nouira, 1975/05/01 - Briefing Book (1)-(2)
• USSR
• Vietnam
• Visitors to Press Office (1)-(3)
• Yugoslavia - Visit of Prime Minister Bijedic, 1975/03/19-21
• Yugoslavia - Visit of Prime Minister Bijedic, 1975/03/19-21 - Briefing Book
• Zambia - Visit of President Kaunda, 1975/04/01 - Briefing Book