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The collection nucleus is briefing books prepared for President Ford in anticipation of his meetings with foreign leaders during his trips overseas. The collection also includes materials pertaining to advance work and trip planning. In addition there is White House and State Department cable traffic to and from the presidential travel party, including Henry Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft, on important diplomatic and security developments unrelated to the trips.
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National Security Advisers Henry Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft sent to President Ford, almost daily, a short highly-classified memo of disparate “Information Items” drawn from intelligence and diplomatic sources (click here for an example). These often were supplemented by other memos. They tell of developments in various countries, international negotiations, important events, and high-level conversations and correspondence. The information is primarily reportive and analytical rather than a briefing on current or proposed U.S. actions. The collection’s title derives…
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This collection consists of two series: KARDEX Directories and Outgoing Correspondence Indexes.THESE SERIES ARE NOT FULLY DESCRIBED IN PRESNET.The White House Central Files main page
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The collection documents the Asmus family’s participation on the Bicentennial Wagon Train, especially along the Santa Fe Trail.
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A random 3% sample of carbon copies of telegrams received and dispatched by the White House Telegraph and Travel Section. The collection contains no information on the operation of the Telegraph and Travel Section.
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The White House Usher's Office, headed by Rex Scouten, was responsible for White House Executive Residence operations. This collection includes materials pertaining to staff appointments, events, swimming pool construction, Christmas preparations, budgets and expenditures, and construction of a warehouse for storage of furnishings. Also included in the collection is material related to the production of a film on the history of the White House.
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The White House Central Files (WHCF) was a filing and retrieval system shared by President Ford and his staff. It includes many of their communications with each other, federal agencies, Members of Congress, and individuals and institutions across the spectrum of American public and private life. Some routine foreign government correspondence is included as well. A president's WHCF begins the day he takes office and ends the day he leaves (for Ford, August 9, 1974-January 20, 1977).The Ford Domestic Council and National Security Council staffs also used the WHCF. The latter mostly limited its…