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Frequent authors[edit]
- President Gerald Ford
- Dr. Henry Alfred Kissinger, Secretary of State and Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
- Lt. General Brent Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
China memcons and reports[edit]
- Secretary Kissinger's Talks in China, November 1974
- Teng-Ch'iao-HAK Memcon (Welcoming), November 25, 1974, with Henry Kissinger, Deng Xiaoping, Tang Wensheng and Huang Chen
- Ch'iao-HAK Exchange of Toasts, November 25, 1974, by Qiao Guanhua and Henry Kissinger
- Report to the President, November 25, 1974, by Henry Kissinger
- Teng-Ch'iao-HAK Memcon (Japan; Normalization), November 26, 1974, with Henry Kissinger and Deng Xiaoping
- Teng-Ch'iao-HAK Memcon (USSR; Mideast; Energy and Food; Cambodia), November 26, 1974, with Henry Kissinger, Deng Xiaoping and Qiao Guanhua
- Lin-Habib Memcon, November 26, 1974, with Lin Ping and Philip Charles Habib
- Teng-Ch'iao-HAK Memcon (Normalization), November 26, 1974, with Henry Kissinger, Deng Xiaoping, Qiao Guanhua, Huang Zhen, and George Herbert Walker Bush
- Report to the President, November 26, 1974, by Henry Kissinger
- Teng-Ch'iao-HAK Memcon (President's Visit; Nuclear War; SALT; Yugoslavia), November 27, 1974, with Henry Kissinger, Deng Xiaoping, Qiao Guanhua, and George Herbert Walker Bush
- Teng-Ch'iao-HAK Memcon (Sino-Soviet Relations; Europe), November 27, 1974, with Henry Kissinger, Deng Xiaoping, and George Herbert Walker Bush
- Report to the President, November 27, 1974, by Henry Kissinger
- Teng-Ch'iao-HAK Memcon (Europe; Japan; Mideast; South Asia; Cambodia; Energy and Food; Normalization), November 27, 1974, with Henry Kissinger, Deng Xiaoping, Qiao Guanhua, and Tang Wensheng
- Report to the President, November 27, 1974, by Henry Kissinger
- Lin-Habib Memcon, November 28, 1974, with Lin Ping and Philip Charles Habib
- Teng-Ch'iao-HAK Memcon (Middle East; Iran; MIA's; Claims/ Assets Agreement; Congressional Visits; Normalization; Tour d' Horizon), November 28, 1974, Henry Kissinger, Deng Xiaoping, and Qiao Guanhua
- HAK-Ch'iao Exchange of Toasts, November 28, 1974, by Henry Kissinger and Qiao Guanhua
- Ch'iao-HAK Memcon (Communique), November 28, 1974, with Henry Kissinger, Qiao Guanhua and Donald Rumsfeld
- Report to the President, November 28, 1974, by Henry Kissinger
- Joint Communique, November 28, 1974, by the Office of the White House Press Secretary
Ford-Carter debates[edit]
- Carter Interview with Harry Reasoner, 1976 transcript by Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale and Harry Reasoner
- Carter and Crime (Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter 1st debate), 1976 republican Party research into Jimmy Carter's policies by Charles H. McCall, including a selection of quotes and press releases from Carter.
Memoranda of conversations[edit]
Transcripts of conversations held in the White House, from the Ford administration and part of the previous Nixon administration.
March 1973[edit]
- President Nixon–Vadim Trapeznikov memcon (March 20, 1973), discussing bilateral co-operation on scientific research, with President Nixon, Horton Guyford Stever, Vadim Aleksandrovich Trapeznikov (Soviet scientist) and Ambassador Anatoly Fyodorovich Dobrynin (Soviet Ambassador).
- President Nixon–Soviet Women's Gymnastics Team memcon (March 21, 1973), greeting the Olympic team on their visit to the White House, with President Nixon, Author:Vladimir Mikhailovich Smolevsky and the rest of the Gymnastics Team.
August 1974[edit]
The Ford administration began on August 9, 1974 when the previous President, Richard M. Nixon, resigned.
- President Ford–Henry Kissinger memcon (August 15, 1974), with President Ford, Henry Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft.
- President Ford–Henry Jackson–Jacob Javits–Abraham Ribicoff memcon (August 15, 1974), with President Ford, Henry Kissinger, Senator Henry Martin Jackson, Senator Jacob Koppel Javits, Senator Abraham Alexander Ribicoff and Senator William Evan Timmons.
- President Ford–King Hussein memcon (August 16, 1974), conversation relating to foreign aid and the Arab-Israeli conflict. With President Ford, King Hussein of Jordan, Henry Kissinger and Prime Minister Zaid al-Rifai (Prime Minister of Jordan).
- President Ford–Henry Kissinger memcon (August 17, 1974), about strategies for solving the energy crisis, with President Ford and Henry Kissinger.
- President Ford–Bipartisan Congressional Leaders memcon (August 20, 1974), about the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and resultant talks, with President Ford and Henry Kissinger.
- President Ford–Congressional Black Caucus memcon (August 21, 1974), with President Ford, Congressman Charles Coles Diggs and Congressman Augustus Freeman Hawkins
- President Ford–Ambassador Triloki Nath Kaul memcon (August 21, 1974), with President Ford, Henry Kissinger and Ambassador Triloki Nath Kaul (Indian Ambassador). Also attached, a letter to the President from Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (Prime Minister of India).
- President Ford–Ambassador Ardeshir Zahedi memcon (August 21, 1974) with President Ford, Henry Kissinger and Ambassador Ardeshir Zahedi (Iranian Ambassador).
- President Ford–Ambassador Yaqub-Khan memcon (August 21, 1974), with President Ford, Henry Kissinger and Ambassador Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (Pakistani Ambassador).
- President Ford–Foreign Minister Khaddam memcon (August 23, 1974), about the Arab-Israeli conflict and Syrian(Arab)-American relations, with President Ford, Henry Kissinger and Abdul Halim Khaddam (Foreign Minister of Syria).
- President Ford–Henry Kissinger memcon (August 23, 1974), about the Arab-Israeli conflict, with President Ford and Henry Kissinger.
- President Ford–Ambassador Kosciusko-Morizet memcon (August 24, 1974), discussing handling of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, with President Ford, Ambassador Jacques Kosciusko-Morizet (French Ambassador) and Henry Kissinger.
- President Ford–Henry Kissinger memcon (August 24, 1974), about the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, with President Ford and Henry Kissinger.
- President Ford–Cabinet memcon (August 26, 1974) with President Ford, Roy Lawrence Ash, Alan Greenspan, Henry Kissinger, David Kenneth Rush and James Thomas Lynn
- President Ford–Counselor Pungan memcon (August 27, 1974), first Romanian diplomatic visit of the Ford Administration, with President Ford, Henry Kissinger and Counselor Vasile Pungan (Counselor to President Ceausescu).
- President Ford–Henry Kissinger memcon (August 28, 1974), about the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), with President Ford and Henry Kissinger
- President Ford–Henry Kissinger–Emilio Rabasa memcon (August 29, 1974), with President Ford, Henry Kissinger and Emilio Óscar Rabasa Mishkin (Foreign Minister of Mexico)
- Henry Kissinger–James Schlesinger memcon (August 30, 1974), about military matters including the Vietnam War, SALT, Israel and Turkey, with Henry Kissinger, Secretaru of Defense James Schlesinger and Brent Scowcroft
September 1974[edit]
- President Ford–Henry Kissinger–Jerrold Schecter memcon (September 5, 1974), covering multiple topics, with President Ford, Henry Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft (Jerrold Schecter, White House correspondent and diplomatic editor of Time magazine, attends part of the meeting but does not speak).
- President Ford–Walter Annenberg memcon (September 6, 1974), conversation between President Ford and retiring US Ambassador to the United Kingdom Ambassador Walter Annenberg.
- President Ford–Henry Kissinger memcon (September 6, 1974), briefly discussing other meetings, with President Ford, Henry Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft
- President Ford–Henry Kissinger–Nelson Rockefeller memcon (September 6, 1974), with Gerald Ford, Henry Kissinger, Vice President Nelson Rockefeller
- President Ford–Henry Kissinger–Kurt Waldheim memcon (September 9, 1974), with President Ford, Henry Kissinger, UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim and Ambassador John Scali (US Ambassador to the United Nations)
- President Ford–Henry Kissinger memcon (September 10, 1974), with President Ford and Henry Kissinger
- President Ford–Edward Heath memcon (September 10, 1974), with President Ford, Henry Kissinger, Edward Heath (former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) and Ambassador Peter Edward Ramsbotham.
- President Ford–Henry Kissinger–Yitzhak Rabin memcon (September 10, 1974), covering Israel's security problems after the Yom Kippur War, with President Ford, Henry Kissinger, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (Prime Minister of Israel) and Ambassador Simcha Dinitz (Israeli Ambassador to the United States).
- President Ford–Bipartisan Congressional Leadership memcon (September 12, 1974), covering funding for foreign aid, with President Ford, Henry Kissinger, Rep. George Mahon (Democrat-Texas), Sen. John Stennis (Democrat-Mississippi), Sen. George Aiken (Republican-Vermont), Sen. John McClellan (Democrat-Arkansas), Rep. Wayne Hays (Democrat-Ohio), Rep. Elford Cederberg (Republican-Michigan), Rep. Felix Hébert (Democrat-Louisiana), Sen. John Sparkman (Democrat-Alabama), Rep. Carl Albert (Democrat-Oklahoma & Speaker of the House), Sen. Robert Byrd (Democrat-West Virginia) and "Scott".
- President Ford–James Callaghan memcon (September 24, 1974), with President Ford, Henry Kissinger, James Callaghan (Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom) and Ambassador Peter Edward Ramsbotham.
October 1974[edit]
- President Ford–Vladimir Kirillin memcon (October 25, 1974), discussing bilateral co-operation on scientific research, with President Ford, Horton Guyford Stever and Deputy Premier Vladimir Alekseyevich Kirillin (Deputy Premier of the USSR)
January 1975[edit]
- President Ford–Ambassador Sir Peter Ramsbotham memcon (January 22, 1975), with President Ford, Henry Kissinger and Ambassador Peter Edward Ramsbotham (British Ambassador).
May 1975[edit]
- President Ford–Harold Wilson–James Callaghan memcon (May 30, 1975), with President Ford, Henry Kissinger, Prime Minister Harold Wilson (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom), James Callaghan (Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom)
July 1975[edit]
- President Ford–Eastern Europe Advocates memcon (July 25, 1975), relating to the imminent Helsinki Accords and mitigating the worries of Balkan-American groups regarding the Soviet Union. With President Ford, Mikulas Ferjencik, Paul P. Dargis, Frank J. Vodrazka, Joseph Lesawyer, Brent Scowcroft, Andras Pogany, Aloysius Mazewski, Edward Joseph Derwinski, Clement John Zablocki, Mike Bachar, Daniel John Flood, Daniel David Rostenkowski, Kazys Bobelis, Lev E. Dobriansky, Jack French Kemp and Arthur Denis Clift.
- President Ford–Harold Wilson–James Callaghan memcon (July 30, 1975), with President Ford, Henry Kissinger, Prime Minister Harold Wilson (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom), James Callaghan (Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom)
September 1975[edit]
- President Ford–Margaret Thatcher memcon (September 18, 1975), with President Ford, Margaret Thatcher (Leader of the Opposition of the United Kingdom) and Ambassador Peter Edward Ramsbotham
WikiProject[edit]
- WikiProject Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, with further works to be transcribed from the Library's collection.