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Description: President Gerald R. Ford
meets with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Army Chief of Staff General
Frederick Weyand, and Graham Martin, Ambassador to Vietnam, in the Oval
Office. March 25, 1975.
Description: President Ford carries a
Vietnamese baby from “Clipper 1742," one of the Operation
Babylift planes that transported approximately 325 South Vietnamese orphans
from Saigon to the United States. San Francisco International Airport.
April 5, 1975.
Description: President Ford declares that
the Vietnam War “is finished as far as America is concerned” during
his Convocation Address at Tulane University in New Orleans. April 23,
1975.
Description: President Ford discusses
the evacuation of Saigon with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and
Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs Brent Scowcroft during
a late night meeting in the White House residence. April 28, 1975.
Description: President Ford meets in the
Oval Office with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Vice President
Rockefeller to discuss the American evacuation of Saigon. April 28, 1975.
Description: Secretary of State Henry
Kissinger interrupts a meeting with senior advisers to relay the latest
information on the U.S. evacuation of Saigon. April
29, 1975.
Description: President Ford, Secretary
of State Henry A. Kissinger (left) and Secretary of Defense James R.
Schlesinger (right) at a meeting with bipartisan congressional leaders
to discuss the situation in South Vietnam. April
29, 1975.
