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The White House Situation Room: Noon and Evening Notes is one of many sub-collections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files.This collection especially includes briefing books prepared for President Ford in anticipation of his meetings with foreign leaders during his trips overseas. It also includes briefing books for President Ford’s trips to the United Nations, a summit in Puerto…
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. View in NARA catalog Series Description and …
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This collection mostly comprises White House letterhead memoranda submitted by National Security Advisers Henry Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft to President Ford on virtually a daily basis. These highly-classified memoranda are labeled “Information Items” and are usually two to three pages in length. They contain information and analysis on developments in various countries,…
… 7.6 linear feet (ca. 6,000 pages) Record Type Textual Donor Gerald R. Ford (accession number 77-118) Last Modified Date 2024-10-30 Collection Type White House Office Files Tag - Office Name National Security Adviser/NSC Staff Access Open, but …
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The Presidential Country Files for East Asia and the Pacific is one of many subcollections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files.The Presidential Country Files described here concern U.S. relations with countries of eastern Asia and the Pacific Ocean, and address regional issues as well as issues specific to individual countries. Materials in the first several folders concern…
Memoranda of the National Security Adviser and National Security Council staff, cable traffic between the State Department and U.S. embassies, and comparable material concerning U.S. relations with countries in eastern Asia and the Pacific Ocean. Arranged by name of country, with separate sequences for NSC documents and State Department telegrams. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Filter Folders by Status Open Closed Digitized Reset …
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The “NSC Europe, Canada, and Ocean Affairs Staff Files” is a sub-collection of the National Security Adviser Files. The provenance of the Ford Library’s National Security Adviser Files is described in Appendix A.The NSC Europe, Canada, and Ocean Affairs staff provided foreign policy support to the President, Vice President, and National Security Adviser on bilateral and multilateral relations in…
Materials of A. Denis Clift and his staff concerning U.S relations with and events in specific countries in Europe and Canada, trips there by American officials, visits to the U.S. by European and Canadian leaders, and ocean policy. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Country File, 1974-77. Ford Trips File, 1974-77. General Subject File, 1974-77. Visits by Foreign Leaders File, 1974-77. Filter Folders by Status Open Closed Digitized Reset …
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Presidential Correspondence with Foreign Leaders is one of many subcollections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files. The provenance and nature of the National Security Adviser Files as a whole are described in Appendix A. The subcollection described here concerns letters and telegrams exchanged between President Ford and leaders from sixty-four countries. The materials…
A mix of routine and substantive letters and telegrams exchanged between President Ford and leaders of sixty-four countries. Substantive exchanges address such topics as Angola, the British financial crisis, economic summit meetings, Middle East peace process, OPEC, Cyprus, South Vietnam, NATO, and Soviet influence in Africa and Asia. Supporting materials, including memoranda, notes, and letter drafts, round out the collection. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword …
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The Presidential Country Files for Africa is one of many subcollections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files.These Presidential Country Files relate to U.S. relations with existing and emerging countries in Africa, and address regional concerns as well as issues specific to individual countries. Materials in the first five folders are filed under “Africa,” and the remainder of the…
Memoranda of the National Security Adviser and National Security Council staff, cable traffic between the State Department and U.S. embassies, and comparable material concerning U.S. relations with countries in Africa. Arranged by name of country, with separate sequences for NSC documents and State Department telegrams. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Filter Folders by Status Open Closed Digitized Reset Filters Container List …
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The Presidential Country Files for Latin America is one of many subcollections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files.During the Ford administration, the National Security Council (NSC) advised the President about domestic, foreign and military policies in relation to United States national security. It considered policies on matters of common interest to the departments and agencies…
Primarily National Security Council memoranda and Department of State telegrams concerning United States policy and relations with countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Subjects include the Organization of American States (OAS), the Panama Canal treaty negotiations, trade, foreign aid, civil aviation, human rights, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's trips to Latin America, and Cuba's changing role in the region. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter …
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The White House Situation Room: Brent Scowcroft’s Morning Newspaper Summaries is one of many subcollections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files. The provenance and nature of the National Security Adviser Files as a whole are described in Appendix A. In January 1976, for reasons not apparent, the staff of the White House Situation Room began preparing reports for National…
Reports prepared by the White House Situation Room staff for National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft summarizing newspaper coverage of foreign affairs/national security issues and events. The newspapers covered are the Washington Post, New York Times, and Baltimore Sun.The reports cover only January 1976-January 1977. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Brent Scowcroft's Morning Newspaper Summaries, 1976-77. Filter Folders by Status …
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The National Security Council was established by the National Security Act of 1947 in recognition of the need for coordination of political, military, and economic considerations in the development of national security policy in the post-World War II period. By the Reorganization Plan of 1949, the NSC was placed in the Executive Office of the President.The statutory function of the NSC is to…
These are the formal, institutional records of the Ford-era NSC and its committees, working groups, panels, and administrative staff. The NSC had retained them for continuity of government until the Clinton administration. That portion of the collection which pertains to intelligence matters remains unprocessed and is in the physical custody of the National Archives in Washington, D.C. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Administrative …
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The Memoranda of Conversations (memcons) is one of many sub-collections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files. The provenance and nature of the Ford National Security Adviser Files as a whole are described in Appendix A.The bulk of the memcons are based on Brent Scowcroft’s notes from meetings he attended in his capacity as Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security…
Collection Finding Aid and Links to Digital Files Transcript-like records, and the notes from which they were prepared, of President Nixon’s and President Ford’s conversations with heads of state and foreign officials, senior intelligence and national security officials, American ambassadors, Cabinet members, members of Congress, and other distinguished foreign and American visitors. The memoranda of conversations (memcons) cover a wide variety of foreign affairs and national security topics, including …