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In the days surrounding the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) summit meeting in Helsinki, Finland, President Ford, along with Mrs. Ford, Jack Ford, and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, also visited West Germany, Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia. View additional digitized materials related to this trip on the resource page for President Ford's European Trip, 7/26-8/4/1975. For more materials on the CSCE, view the Helsinki Accords resource page and photo gallery.
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Image: A5911-26 Description: Mildred Scheel Greeting First Lady Betty Ford outside of Villa Hammerschmidt in Bonn, West Germany. July 27, 1975. Click here for info and hi-res download |
Image: A5702-27A Description: President Ford and Chancellor Helmut Schmidt review the honor guard at the Bonn/Cologne Airport during a farewell ceremony prior to Ford's departure from West Germany for Poland. July 28, 1975. Click here for info and hi-res download |
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Image: A5961-15 Description: President Ford and Edward Gierek, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party, wave to the crowd from their car in the motorcade from Okecie International Airport to Wilanow Palace in Warsaw, Poland. July 28, 1975. Click here for info and hi-res download |
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Image: A5698-12A Description: President Ford, Ambassador Janusz Lewandowski, Warsaw City Architect Tadeusz Szumiezewica, and others on a walking tour of Old Town, Warsaw, Poland. July 28, 1975. Click here for info and hi-res download |
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Image: A5885-24A Description: First Lady Betty Ford receiving flowers from a young girl during her tour of Helsinki, Finland. July 31, 1975. Click here for info and hi-res download |
Image: A5894-09A Description: First Lady Betty Ford waving from a ferry as it docks at Katajanoka Pier during her tour of Helsinki, Finland. July 31, 1975. Click here for info and hi-res download |
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Image: A5907-17A Description: Jack Ford tours the Forest Products Institute in Helsinki, Finland. August 1, 1975. Click here for info and hi-res download |
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Image: A5770-28A Description: President Ford, First Lady Betty Ford, Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu, and Mrs. Ceausescu dancing with folk dancers in Bucharest, Romania. August 2, 1975 Click here for info and hi-res download |
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Image: A5781-12 Description: President Ford taking a swim at the Spring Palace during a state visit to Bucharest, Romania. August 3, 1975. Click here for info and hi-res download |
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Image: A5777-20 Description: President Ford accepting bread and wine from a group of Romanians at Sinaia Train Station in Sinaia, Romania. August 3, 1975. Click here for info and hi-res download |
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Image: A5792-22 Description: President Ford participating in a working breakfast with Prime Minister Dzemal Bijedic of Yugoslavia, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Ambassador Laurence Silberman, and others at the Old Palace in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. August 4, 1975. Click here for info and hi-res download |
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Image: A5790-04A Description: President Ford greeting American embassy staff members and their families on the patio outside the Old Palace in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. August 4, 1975. Click here for info and hi-res download |
Image: A5791-07A Description: Jack Ford and others at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. August 4, 1975. Click here for info and hi-res download |
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