Meetings with Heads of State

A1545-10. In his first foreign trip President Ford meets with Mexican President Luis Echeverria in a stopover visit at the Nogales, AZ/Nogales, Mexico border. October 21, 1974. Show less

A2092-03A - President Ford and Soviet General Secretary Leonid I. Brezhnev sign a Joint Communiqué following talks on the limitation of strategic offensive arms. The document was signed in the conference hall of the Okeansky Sanitarium, Vladivostok, USSR. November 24, 1974. Show less

A2102-06. President Ford dons a Russian wool cap upon his arrival in Soviet Union, shown here with Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev at Vozdvizhenka Airport, Vladivostok, USSR. November 23, 1974. Show less

A2107-29A. President Ford, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and other U.S. representatives meet with General Secretary Brezhnev, Foreign Secretary Gromyko, Ambassador Dobrynin, and others aboard a Russian train headed for Vladivostok, USSR. November 23, 1974. Show less

A4573-18A. President Ford and the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, look at charts related to the USS Mayaguez military operation earlier that month, during the State Visit of the Shah and Shahbanou, Farah Pahlavi. Show less

A4878-27. President Ford escorts Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, to his limousine after a luncheon meeting at the American Embassy Residence. Show less

A6738-23. President and Mrs. Ford escort the Emperor (Hirohito, now Showa) and Empress of Japan to a white tie dinner held in honor of their first State Visit to the United States. October 2, 1975. Show less

A7344-17. President Ford with British Prime Minister Harold Wilson during a press conference at the International Economic Summit in Rambouillet, France. November 17, 1975. Show less

A7580-04A. President Ford makes remarks at a Reciprocal Dinner in honor of the People's Republic of China Official Party that he and First Lady Betty Ford hosted in the Peking Room of the Great Hall of the People. Beijing, China. December 4, 1975. Show less

A7620-13A. President Ford, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Chief U.S. Liaison Officer George H.W. Bush and the President's staff hold bilateral talks with Vice-Premier Teng Hsiao-P’ing and other officials in the Great Hall of the People. Beijing, China. December 2, 1975. Show less

A7630-04A - Escorted by Deng Xiao Ping President Ford inspects the honor guard upon his arrival in China with his entourage, which included Mrs. Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Beijing, China. December 1, 1975. Show less

A9877-16. Prior to their Oval Office meeting President Ford and French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing stand on the White House Colonnade along with Secretary of State Henry Kissingerand French Foreign Minister Jean Sauvagnargues. May 17, 1976. Show less