A4505-15. The
National Security Council meeting in the Cabinet Room on the
morning of May 13, 1975. President Ford is briefed by General
David C. Jones, USAF, Acting Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, on
possible military options at the onset of the Mayaguez situation.
May 13, 1975. (clockwise from back - Jones; William E. Colby,
Director, CIA; Joseph Sisco; President Ford; and James R.
Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense.) Image size: 173K
A4506-18.
President Ford meets with his National Security Council to
discuss the Mayaguez situation. May 13, 1975. (clockwise from
lower left - Donald Rumsfeld, Assistant to the President for
White House Operations; Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, National
Security Adviser; Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller; General
David C. Jones, USAF, Acting Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff;
William Colby, Director, Central Intelligence Agency; W. Richard
Smyser, Senior Staff Member, NSC; President Ford; James R.
Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense; and William P. Clements,
Deputy Secretary of Defense. Image size: 191K
A4528-23A. Air
Force General David Jones, Acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, briefs the National Security Council on the status of the
rescue operation to gain the release of the crew of the S.S.
Mayaguez, in the Cabinet Room. May 14, 1975. Image size: 166K
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