The Program Analysis staff provided analysis and background information for the President, Secretary Kissinger, and the NSC on a broad range of defense and national security topics, particularly the SALT treaty and other arms control and nuclear energy issues. The files contain materials from both the Nixon and Ford administrations.

Most of this collection is unprocessed and closed to research. The container list shows what is currently open.

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Extent

26 linear feet (ca. 52,000 pages)

Record Type
Textual
Provenance

Provenance of the National Security Adviser Files

Donor

Gerald R. Ford (accession number 77-118)

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Collection Type
White House Office Files
Tag - Office Name
National Security Adviser/NSC Staff
Access

Only a portion of this collection has been processed and opened to research. The rest of the collection is still unprocessed and closed. In the processed portions, 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Gerald R. Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.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.

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Karen B. Holzhausen, July 1997; revised, March 2000