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The NSC International Economic Affairs Staff Files is one of many sub-collections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files and is a valuable source of materials on a wide range of international economic issues.Scope and Content of the CollectionGerald Ford became President as the United States and numerous other countries were experiencing severe economic problems. These problems were…
Materials of Robert Hormats and his staff, mostly from 1976, on U.S. international economic policy, economic relations with foreign countries, and the Rambouillet and Puerto Rico economic summits. Specific topics include foreign aid, monetary affairs, foreign investment, trade, commodities, energy, oil, civil aviation, and maritime affairs. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Institutional Subject File, (1974) 1975-76. Presidential …
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United States Air Force Captain John K. Matheny was detailed to the National Security Council staff in July 1975 and served until the end of the Ford administration. Although his official job title was Staff Assistant to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, the position was sometimes called “junior military assistant.” He worked closely with Robert C. “Bud” McFarlane,…
Material concerning his work as an assistant to Robert C. McFarlane, primarily in the area of NSC interactions with the congressional select committees on intelligence and Ford administration efforts to reform the intelligence community. Some materials on other topics appear, including a significant file on the administration's self-evaluation of the handling of the Mayaguez incident. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Subject File, …
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The Staff Assistant Peter W. Rodman Files is one of many subcollections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files.Peter Rodman served as a staff assistant to National Security Advisers Henry Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft from 1969 to 1977. His duties ranged from the routine (drafting farewell and thank you letters for Kissinger and Scowcroft) to the important (creating memoranda of…
A chronological file documenting handling of letters addressed to Kissinger or Scowcroft and reminders to the National Security Adviser about matters requiring his attention, and a fragmentary subject file concerning several foreign policy issues. A few important documents appear, including a handwritten memorandum of conversation of Henry Kissinger's discussions with President Asad of Syria on Aug. 23, 1975 and original maps associated with the negotiation of the Sinai Accords. Most memoranda of …
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The Saigon Embassy Files Kept by Ambassador Graham Martin is one of many subcollections that comprise the National Security Adviser Files.In January 1978, the North Carolina State Police found a cache of classified documents in the trunk of a car that had been stolen from former U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam Graham A. Martin. They turned the documents over to the FBI. The documents were…
Copies of State Department telegrams and White House backchannel messages between U.S. ambassadors in Saigon and White House national security advisers, talking points for meetings with South Vietnamese officials, intelligence reports, drafts of peace agreements, and military status reports. Subjects include the Diem coup, the Paris peace negotiations, the fall of South Vietnam, and other U.S./South Vietnam relations topics, 1963 to 1975. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by …
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The news summary was a compilation and distillation of printed and electronic media news articles and editorial opinion, distributed daily to the President and about 130 White House staff. During the Ford administration the news summaries were edited successively by Lyndon Allin, Philip Warden, James Shuman and Agnes Waldron. Details on the summary and its production can be found in the…
Staff Secretary's Office The President's copies of the daily news summaries compiled by Press Office staff members and distributed for reading by the President and his staff. Few contain initials or annotations by the President. This set is missing about 75 of the news summaries issued during the administration. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series President's Daily News Summaries, 1974-77. Filter Folders by Status Open Closed Digitized …
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The Treasurer’s Office Files document the fiscal and budgetary issues handled by Robert Moot and his successor, Royston Hughes. The Treasurer’s Office initially reported to the PFC Finance Committee headed by David Packard. In April 1976, the PFC reorganized and the Treasurer’s Office then reported directly to PFC Chairman James Baker. After the Republican National Convention in August 1976,…
President Ford Committee Records main page Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series Treasurer's Office: Advocate File, 1975-1976. Treasurer's Office: American Management Systems (A.M.S.) File, 1975-1976. Treasurer's Office: Banking RecordsFile, 1975-1976. Treasurer's Office: General Election Contributions File, 1976. Treasurer's Office: General Election State Expenditures File, 1976. Treasurer's Office: General Election Vendors File, 1976. Treasurer's Office: …
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This collection consists of copies of materials opened, in whole or in part, as a result of Ford Library compliance with a National Security Council mandate to search for and have reviewed for declassification all materials relating to questionable activities in Chile from 1970 on, especially regarding Augusto Pinochet. Included are documents about the kidnapping and death of General Rene Schneider, the election of and coup against Salvador Allende, and the 1976 bombing in Washington, D.C. that killed …
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Pamela Powell came to the Nixon White House in February 1973 as an assistant to Counsellor Anne Armstrong. She remained on the staff through the Ford administration. In both administrations, and under both job titles, her responsibilities were very similar. President Nixon had charged Counsellor Armstrong with responsibility for youth affairs, and as her assistant, Powell…
Director for Youth Affairs, Office of Public Liaison Materials relating primarily to White House liaison with youth organizations and adults working with young people, and administration of the White House Summer Intern program. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series General Subject File, 1973-76. White House Interns Name File, 1974-75. White House Interns Subject File, 1973-76. Youth Organizations File, 1973-76. Filter Folders by Status …
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Overview of the OfficeThe mission of the Presidential Personnel Office (PPO) was to provide the President with outstanding candidates for appointment for all Presidentially-appointed positions in the Federal Government. Also, from time to time, the Office provided the President with recommended policy guidance for his use in instructing Federal department and agency heads on conduct of…
Working files of the White House office which handled administration personnel appointments. Included are files on the search for potential appointees, the screening process used to evaluate candidates and solicit opinions, and the Presidential decision process. The bulk of the collection concerns appointments to positions in Cabinet departments, independent regulatory agencies, the Federal judiciary, and the numerous Federal boards and commissions. Only occasional scattered folders concern appointments to …
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Most telephone calls placed or received at the White House were handled by the main White House switchboard. Calls could also be made or received over a signal line (the White House Communications Agency switchboard). In addition, the White House Communications Agency maintained a separate secure line for handling security sensitive calls. Both switchboards kept their own separate…
Staff Secretary's Office Daily listings of Presidential telephone calls placed or received. The logs were compiled either by staff assistant Nell Yates, the White House Operators, or the White House Communications Agency. The logs merely indicate the name of the caller and length of the call. In only a few cases is there any indication of the topic of the calls. View in NARA catalog Series Description and Container List Filter by Keyword Filter by Series All Series President's Telephone Logs, 1974-1977. …