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  • A1110-28A President Ford and Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld in the Oval Office. September 29, 1974.
    A1110-28A President Ford and Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld in the Oval Office. September 29, 1974.
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  • A1274-17A - President Ford confers with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft in the Oval Office. October 8, 1974.
    A1274-17A - President Ford confers with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft in the Oval Office. October 8, 1974.
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  • A1309-04. President Ford meets with his senior staff prior to the second press conference of his presidency.  October 9, 1974.
    A1309-04. President Ford meets with his senior staff prior to the second press conference of his presidency. October 9, 1974.
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  • A2046-09A - President Ford, in his pajamas, meets with staff members Steve Todd (military aide) and Terry O'Donnell in the President's suite in the Akasaka Palace, Tokyo, Japan. November 19, 1974.
    A2046-09A - President Ford, in his pajamas, meets with staff members Steve Todd (military aide) and Terry O'Donnell in the President's suite in the Akasaka Palace, Tokyo,...Show more
    A2046-09A - President Ford, in his pajamas, meets with staff members Steve Todd (military aide) and Terry O'Donnell in the President's suite in the Akasaka Palace, Tokyo, Japan. November 19, 1974. Show less
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  • A2093-24. President Ford and his aides discuss negotiating strategy outdoors, in ‑20 degree weather, for fear of being electronically monitored by their Russian hosts.  November 23, 1974.
    A2093-24. President Ford and his aides discuss negotiating strategy outdoors, in ‑20 degree weather, for fear of being electronically monitored by their Russian hosts. N...Show more
    A2093-24. President Ford and his aides discuss negotiating strategy outdoors, in ‑20 degree weather, for fear of being electronically monitored by their Russian hosts. November 23, 1974. Show less
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  • A3779-08 - President Ford meets with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Army Chief of Staff General Frederick Weyand, and Graham Martin, Ambassador to Vietnam, in the Oval Office. March 25, 1975.
    A3779-08 - President Ford meets with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Army Chief of Staff General Frederick Weyand, and Graham Martin, Ambassador to Vietnam, in the Ov...Show more
    A3779-08 - President Ford meets with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Army Chief of Staff General Frederick Weyand, and Graham Martin, Ambassador to Vietnam, in the Oval Office. March 25, 1975. Show less
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  • A4154-03 - President Ford meets with Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney in the Oval Office. April 22, 1975.
    A4154-03 - President Ford meets with Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney in the Oval Office. April 22, 1975.
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  • A4233-07A. President Ford discusses the evacuation of Saigon with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs Brent Scowcroft during a late night meeting in the White House residence. April 28, 1975.
    A4233-07A. President Ford discusses the evacuation of Saigon with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs Brent Scowcroft du...Show more
    A4233-07A. President Ford discusses the evacuation of Saigon with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs Brent Scowcroft during a late night meeting in the White House residence. April 28, 1975. Show less
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  • A4234-11A. President Ford presides over a National Security Council meeting on the situation on Vietnam. April 28, 1975.
    A4234-11A. President Ford presides over a National Security Council meeting on the situation on Vietnam. April 28, 1975.
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  • A4241-27A - President Ford meets in the Oval Office with Secretary Kissinger and Vice President Rockefeller to discuss the American evacuation of Saigon. April 28, 1975.
    A4241-27A - President Ford meets in the Oval Office with Secretary Kissinger and Vice President Rockefeller to discuss the American evacuation of Saigon. April 28, 1975.
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  • A4241-30A. President Ford meets in the Oval Office with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Vice President Rockefeller to discuss the American evacuation of Saigon. April 28, 1975.
    A4241-30A. President Ford meets in the Oval Office with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Vice President Rockefeller to discuss the American evacuation of Saigon. Ap...Show more
    A4241-30A. President Ford meets in the Oval Office with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Vice President Rockefeller to discuss the American evacuation of Saigon. April 28, 1975. Show less
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  • A4256-04 - President Ford chats with Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld and Rumsfeld’s assistant Richard Cheney in the Oval Office. April 28, 1975.
    A4256-04 - President Ford chats with Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld and Rumsfeld’s assistant Richard Cheney in the Oval Office. April 28, 1975.
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  • A4266-27. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger interrupts a meeting with senior advisers to relay the latest information on the U.S. evacuation of Saigon.  April 29, 1975
    A4266-27. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger interrupts a meeting with senior advisers to relay the latest information on the U.S. evacuation of Saigon. April 29, 1975
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  • A4283-25A. President Ford, Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger (left) and Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger (right) at a meeting with bipartisan congressional leaders to discuss the situation in South Vietnam. April 29, 1975.
    A4283-25A. President Ford, Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger (left) and Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger (right) at a meeting with bipartisan congressional l...Show more
    A4283-25A. President Ford, Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger (left) and Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger (right) at a meeting with bipartisan congressional leaders to discuss the situation in South Vietnam. April 29, 1975. Show less
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  • A4413-08A. President Ford hosts an informal dinner and a Cabinet meeting aboard the presidential yacht, the USS Sequoia.  May 7, 1975.
    A4413-08A. President Ford hosts an informal dinner and a Cabinet meeting aboard the presidential yacht, the USS Sequoia. May 7, 1975.
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  • A4513-10A. Acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General David C. Jones (USAF) points to a map of the Cambodian coastal region at a late night National Security Council meeting on the seizure of the American merchant ship S.S. Mayaguez by Cambodian gunboats. May 13, 1975.
    A4513-10A. Acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General David C. Jones (USAF) points to a map of the Cambodian coastal region at a late night National Security Co...Show more
    A4513-10A. Acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General David C. Jones (USAF) points to a map of the Cambodian coastal region at a late night National Security Council meeting on the seizure of the American merchant ship S.S. Mayaguez by Cambodian gunboats. May 13, 1975. Show less
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  • A4537-12A. President Ford points to a map of the Cambodian coastal area during a presentation by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at a briefing on the Mayaguez situation for the Bipartisan Congressional Leadership. May 14, 1975.
    A4537-12A. President Ford points to a map of the Cambodian coastal area during a presentation by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at a briefing on the Mayaguez situatio...Show more
    A4537-12A. President Ford points to a map of the Cambodian coastal area during a presentation by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at a briefing on the Mayaguez situation for the Bipartisan Congressional Leadership. May 14, 1975. Show less
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  • A4554-10. President Ford and senior staff members stay late into the night to learn of the recapture of the S.S. Mayaguez and its crew.  May 14, 1975.
    A4554-10. President Ford and senior staff members stay late into the night to learn of the recapture of the S.S. Mayaguez and its crew. May 14, 1975.
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  • A4947-05. President Ford participates in a ceremony to receive the Report of the Commission on CIA Activities within the United States (Rockefeller Commission) from Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller and the committee members.   June 6, 1975.
    A4947-05. President Ford participates in a ceremony to receive the Report of the Commission on CIA Activities within the United States (Rockefeller Commission) from Vice ...Show more
    A4947-05. President Ford participates in a ceremony to receive the Report of the Commission on CIA Activities within the United States (Rockefeller Commission) from Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller and the committee members. June 6, 1975. Show less
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  • A5235-05. President Ford meets with his Cabinet.  June 25, 1975.
    A5235-05. President Ford meets with his Cabinet. June 25, 1975.
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  • A6808-05. President Ford and staff watch a replay of his address to the Nation on recommendations for tax reduction and spending, televised earlier that evening. October 6, 1975.
    A6808-05. President Ford and staff watch a replay of his address to the Nation on recommendations for tax reduction and spending, televised earlier that evening. October ...Show more
    A6808-05. President Ford and staff watch a replay of his address to the Nation on recommendations for tax reduction and spending, televised earlier that evening. October 6, 1975. Show less
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  • A6809-06. President Ford and staff review a draft of his address to the Nation on recommendations for tax reduction and spending, to be delivered that evening. October 6, 1975
    A6809-06. President Ford and staff review a draft of his address to the Nation on recommendations for tax reduction and spending, to be delivered that evening. October 6,...Show more
    A6809-06. President Ford and staff review a draft of his address to the Nation on recommendations for tax reduction and spending, to be delivered that evening. October 6, 1975 Show less
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  • A7704-23 - President Ford meets with CIA Director-designate George Bush in the Oval Office. December 17, 1975.
    A7704-23 - President Ford meets with CIA Director-designate George Bush in the Oval Office. December 17, 1975.
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  • A7923-23. President Ford and his advisers listen to a comment by speechwriter Robert Hartmann at a nighttime meeting devoted to President Ford’s upcoming State of the Union speech. January 17, 1976.
    A7923-23. President Ford and his advisers listen to a comment by speechwriter Robert Hartmann at a nighttime meeting devoted to President Ford’s upcoming State of the Uni...Show more
    A7923-23. President Ford and his advisers listen to a comment by speechwriter Robert Hartmann at a nighttime meeting devoted to President Ford’s upcoming State of the Union speech. January 17, 1976. Show less
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  • A8860-19A. President Ford conducts a nighttime meeting with his advisers to discuss a note received from Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev about Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT). March 18, 1976.
    A8860-19A. President Ford conducts a nighttime meeting with his advisers to discuss a note received from Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev about Strategic Arms Lim...Show more
    A8860-19A. President Ford conducts a nighttime meeting with his advisers to discuss a note received from Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev about Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT). March 18, 1976. Show less
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  • B0252-05A - CIA Director George Bush discusses the evacuation of Americans from Beirut with President Ford during a meeting in the Cabinet Room. June 17, 1976.
    B0252-05A - CIA Director George Bush discusses the evacuation of Americans from Beirut with President Ford during a meeting in the Cabinet Room. June 17, 1976.
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  • B0253-03A. President Ford and National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft point to a map of Beirut during discussions on the evacuation of Americans. June 17, 1976
    B0253-03A. President Ford and National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft point to a map of Beirut during discussions on the evacuation of Americans. June 17, 1976
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  • B0254-11. President Ford conducts a meeting with his national security team to discuss the evacuation of Americans from Beirut.  June 17, 1976.
    B0254-11. President Ford conducts a meeting with his national security team to discuss the evacuation of Americans from Beirut. June 17, 1976.
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  • B0281-33. President Ford monitors the evacuation of American citizens from Beirut from the office of National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft in the early morning hours of June 19.  June 19, 1976.
    B0281-33. President Ford monitors the evacuation of American citizens from Beirut from the office of National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft in the early morning hours ...Show more
    B0281-33. President Ford monitors the evacuation of American citizens from Beirut from the office of National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft in the early morning hours of June 19. June 19, 1976. Show less
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  • B1376-09. President Ford meets with his advisers to discuss the 1978 Budget of the United States. September 4, 1976.
    B1376-09. President Ford meets with his advisers to discuss the 1978 Budget of the United States. September 4, 1976.
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    A1110-28A President Ford and Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld in the Oval Office. September 29, 1974.
    A1274-17A - President Ford confers with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft in the Oval Office. October 8, 1974.
    A1309-04. President Ford meets with his senior staff prior to the second press conference of his presidency.  October 9, 1974.
    A2046-09A - President Ford, in his pajamas, meets with staff members Steve Todd (military aide) and Terry O'Donnell in the President's suite in the Akasaka Palace, Tokyo, Japan. November 19, 1974.
    A2093-24. President Ford and his aides discuss negotiating strategy outdoors, in ‑20 degree weather, for fear of being electronically monitored by their Russian hosts.  November 23, 1974.
    A3779-08 - President Ford meets with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Army Chief of Staff General Frederick Weyand, and Graham Martin, Ambassador to Vietnam, in the Oval Office. March 25, 1975.
    A4154-03 - President Ford meets with Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney in the Oval Office. April 22, 1975.
    A4233-07A. President Ford discusses the evacuation of Saigon with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs Brent Scowcroft during a late night meeting in the White House residence. April 28, 1975.
    A4234-11A. President Ford presides over a National Security Council meeting on the situation on Vietnam. April 28, 1975.
    A4241-27A - President Ford meets in the Oval Office with Secretary Kissinger and Vice President Rockefeller to discuss the American evacuation of Saigon. April 28, 1975.
    A4241-30A. President Ford meets in the Oval Office with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Vice President Rockefeller to discuss the American evacuation of Saigon. April 28, 1975.
    A4256-04 - President Ford chats with Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld and Rumsfeld’s assistant Richard Cheney in the Oval Office. April 28, 1975.
    A4266-27. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger interrupts a meeting with senior advisers to relay the latest information on the U.S. evacuation of Saigon.  April 29, 1975
    A4283-25A. President Ford, Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger (left) and Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger (right) at a meeting with bipartisan congressional leaders to discuss the situation in South Vietnam. April 29, 1975.
    A4413-08A. President Ford hosts an informal dinner and a Cabinet meeting aboard the presidential yacht, the USS Sequoia.  May 7, 1975.
    A4513-10A. Acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General David C. Jones (USAF) points to a map of the Cambodian coastal region at a late night National Security Council meeting on the seizure of the American merchant ship S.S. Mayaguez by Cambodian gunboats. May 13, 1975.
    A4537-12A. President Ford points to a map of the Cambodian coastal area during a presentation by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at a briefing on the Mayaguez situation for the Bipartisan Congressional Leadership. May 14, 1975.
    A4554-10. President Ford and senior staff members stay late into the night to learn of the recapture of the S.S. Mayaguez and its crew.  May 14, 1975.
    A4947-05. President Ford participates in a ceremony to receive the Report of the Commission on CIA Activities within the United States (Rockefeller Commission) from Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller and the committee members.   June 6, 1975.
    A5235-05. President Ford meets with his Cabinet.  June 25, 1975.
    A6808-05. President Ford and staff watch a replay of his address to the Nation on recommendations for tax reduction and spending, televised earlier that evening. October 6, 1975.
    A6809-06. President Ford and staff review a draft of his address to the Nation on recommendations for tax reduction and spending, to be delivered that evening. October 6, 1975
    A7704-23 - President Ford meets with CIA Director-designate George Bush in the Oval Office. December 17, 1975.
    A7923-23. President Ford and his advisers listen to a comment by speechwriter Robert Hartmann at a nighttime meeting devoted to President Ford’s upcoming State of the Union speech. January 17, 1976.
    A8860-19A. President Ford conducts a nighttime meeting with his advisers to discuss a note received from Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev about Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT). March 18, 1976.
    B0252-05A - CIA Director George Bush discusses the evacuation of Americans from Beirut with President Ford during a meeting in the Cabinet Room. June 17, 1976.
    B0253-03A. President Ford and National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft point to a map of Beirut during discussions on the evacuation of Americans. June 17, 1976
    B0254-11. President Ford conducts a meeting with his national security team to discuss the evacuation of Americans from Beirut.  June 17, 1976.
    B0281-33. President Ford monitors the evacuation of American citizens from Beirut from the office of National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft in the early morning hours of June 19.  June 19, 1976.
    B1376-09. President Ford meets with his advisers to discuss the 1978 Budget of the United States. September 4, 1976.
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