AUTHOR’S NOTE
1 “Former President Gerald Ford’s Legacy Remembered.” PBS NewsHour. December 27, 2006. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/remember-july-dec06-ford_12-27/.
2 William Butler Yeats, “The Second Coming.”
1. THE LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE
1 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 27.
2 Christopher Klein, “The Last Hours of the Nixon Presidency, 40 Years Ago.” History. August 8, 2014. http://www.history.com/news/the-last-hours-of-the-nixon-presidency-40-years-ago.
3 http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0808.html?mcubz=3.
4 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/articles/080974-3.htm.
5 “President Nixon’s Resignation Address.” C-SPAN. August 8, 1974. https://www.c-span.org/video/?320753-1/president-nixons-resignation-address.
6 “President Nixon’s Resignation Address.” C-SPAN. August 8, 1974. https://www.c-span.org/video/?320753-1/president-nixons-resignation-address.
7 “President Nixon’s Resignation Address.” C-SPAN. August 8, 1974. https://www.c-span.org/video/?320753-1/president-nixons-resignation-address.
8 “President Nixon’s Resignation Address.” C-SPAN. August 8, 1974. https://www.c-span.org/video/?320753-1/president-nixons-resignation-address.
9 W. Landis Jones (ed.), The Public Papers of Governor Wendell H. Ford, 1971–1974 (Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, 1978), 347.
10 “Historical Inflation Rates: 1914–2016.” US Inflation Calculator. http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/historical-inflation-rates/.
11 “American National Election Studies.” Stanford University and the University of Michigan. http://www.electionstudies.org/.
12 “Public Trust in Government: 1958–2015.” Pew Research Center. November 23, 2015. http://www.people-press.org/2015/11/23/public-trust-in-government-1958-2015/.
13 “Presidential Approval Ratings—Gallup Historical Statistics and Trends.” Gallup. http://www.gallup.com/poll/116677/presidential-approval-ratings-gallup-historical-statistics-trends.aspx.
14 David E. Hoffman, “Secret archive offers fresh insight into Nixon presidency.” Washington Post. October 11, 2015. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/10/11/secret-archive-offers-fresh-insight-into-nixon-presidency/?utm_term=.4e3f40033a3b. James T. Patterson, Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945–1974 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996), 742. Richard Reeves, President Nixon: Alone in the White House (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001), 298.
15 http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/06/richard-nixon-watergate-drunk-yom-kippur-war-119021.
16 Lou Cannon, Governor Reagan: His Rise to Power (New York: Public Affairs, 2003), 385.
17 “President Nixon’s Resignation Address.” C-SPAN. August 8, 1974. https://www.c-span.org/video/?320753-1/president-nixons-resignation-address.
18 Harvey Starr, Henry Kissinger: Perceptions of International Politics (Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 19.
19 Walter Isaacson, Kissinger: A Biography (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992), 366.
20 Henry Kissinger, Years of Upheaval: The Second Volume of His Classic Memoirs (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1982), 68.
21 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 129.
22 Henry Kissinger, Years of Renewal: The Concluding Volume of His Memoirs (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999), 22–23.
23 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 31.
24 Henry Kissinger, Years of Renewal: The Concluding Volume of His Memoirs (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999), 22–23.
25 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 30.
26 Henry Kissinger, Years of Renewal: The Concluding Volume of His Memoirs (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999), 22.
27 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 30.
28 Larry King and Irwin Katsof, Powerful Prayers: Conversations on Faith, Hope, and the Human Spirit with Today’s Most Provocative People (Los Angeles: Renaissance Books, 1998), 68.
29 Bob Greene, Fraternity: A Journey in Search of Five Presidents (New York: Crown Publishers, 2004), 315–16.
30 Andrew Downer Crain, The Ford Presidency: A History (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2009), 33.
31 “Ford Promises That He and Kissinger Will Continue Nixon’s Foreign Policy.” New York Times. January 15, 1975, 4.
32 “Ford Promises That He and Kissinger Will Continue Nixon’s Foreign Policy.” New York Times. January 15, 1975, 4.
33 “A Transcript of Remarks Made by Vice President Ford.” New York Times. August 9, 1974, 2.
34 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 29.
35 Henry Kissinger, Years of Renewal: The Concluding Volume of His Memoirs (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999), 27.
36 Rumsfeld. Memorandum for the File. February 12, 1975.
37 James M. Cannon, Time and Chance: Gerald Ford’s Appointment with History (Ann Arbor, Michigan: The University of Michigan Press, 1998), 197.
38 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 107, n1.
39 Henry Kissinger, Years of Renewal: The Concluding Volume of His Memoirs (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999), 27.
40 Barry Werth, 31 Days: Gerald Ford, the Nixon Pardon and a Government in Crisis (New York: Anchor Books, 2006), 112.
2. “GIVE ME HELL”
1 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. November 30, 1974, and December 1, 1974.
2 James Whitcomb and Claire Whitcomb, Real Life at the White House: 200 Years of Daily Life at America’s Most Famous Residence (New York: Routledge), 401. Rick Perlstein, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014), 278.
3 “Nixon Resigns.” The Washington Post. August 9, 1974, 1.
4 “Nixon Resigns.” The Washington Post. August 9, 1974, 1.
5 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 39.
6 Henry Kissinger, Years of Renewal: The Concluding Volume of His Memoirs (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999), 26.
7 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 124–25.
8 Gerald R. Ford, “Remarks Upon Taking the Oath of Office as President.” East Room, White House. Washington, D.C., August 9, 1974. Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum. https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/speeches/740001.asp.
9 Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to U.S. Ambassador to NATO Donald Rumsfeld. Telegram. August 9, 1974.
10 Rumsfeld. Memorandum. August 1974.
11 Rumsfeld. Memorandum. August 1974.
12 Rumsfeld. Memorandum. August 9, 1974.
13 Rumsfeld. Memorandum. August 1974.
14 Rumsfeld. Memorandum. August 1974.
15 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 23–24.
16 Author Interview with Henry Kissinger, November 12, 2014.
17 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 126.
18 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 126.
19 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 126–27.
20 Rumsfeld. Memorandum. August 9, 1974.
21 Henry Kissinger, Years of Renewal: The Concluding Volume of His Memoirs (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999), 27.
22 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. October 1, 1974.
23 Donald Rumsfeld, Known and Unknown: A Memoir (New York: Sentinel, 2011), 167.
24 Rumsfeld. “Memorandum of Conversation with President.” Memorandum. September 22, 1974.
25 Donald Rumsfeld, Known and Unknown: A Memoir (New York: Sentinel, 2011), 168.
26 Rumsfeld. Memorandum. August 9, 1974.
27 http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/06/richard-nixon-watergate-drunk-yom-kippur-war-119021.
28 Leon Jaworski to Julius Klein. Letter. March 7, 1975.
29 Rumsfeld. Memorandum. August 9, 1974.
30 Robert Goldwin to Donald Rumsfeld. Memorandum. October 3, 1974.
31 James Cannon, Gerald R. Ford: An Honorable Life (Ann Arbor, Michigan: The University of Michigan Press, 2013), 264.
32 Rumsfeld. Memorandum. August 9, 1974.
33 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 127.
34 James Robenalt, January 1973: Watergate, Roe v. Wade, Vietnam, and the Month That Changed America Forever (Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2015), 11–12.
35 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 131.
36 Rumsfeld. Memorandum. August 10, 1974.
37 Rumsfeld. Memorandum. August 10, 1974.
38 Rumsfeld. Memorandum. August 10, 1974.
39 Rumsfeld. Memorandum. August 10, 1974.
40 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 131.
41 Anthony Lewis, “The Age of Nixon.” New York Times. August 10, 1974, 29.
42 “Tragedy and Triumph.” New York Times. August 11, 1974, 182.
43 “Presidential Approval Ratings—Gallup Historical Statistics and Trends.” Gallup. http://www.gallup.com/poll/116677/presidential-approval-ratings-gallup-historical-statistics-trends.aspx.
3. THE PARDON
1 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. October 9, 1974.
2 Benton L. Becker. “History and Background of Nixon Pardon.” Memorandum. September 9, 1974. Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum. https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0238/1126646.pdf.
3 Matt Schudel, “Benton L. Becker, negotiator of Ford’s pardon of Nixon in 1974, dies at 77.” Washington Post. August 4, 2015. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/benton-l-becker-negotiator-of-fords-pardon-of-nixon-in-1974-dies-at-77/2015/08/04/eda22892-3ac0-11e5-8e98-115a3cf7d7ae_story.html?utm_term=.8b4562e885f4.
4 Matt Schudel, “Benton L. Becker, negotiator of Ford’s pardon of Nixon in 1974, dies at 77.” Washington Post. August 4, 2015. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/benton-l-becker-negotiator-of-fords-pardon-of-nixon-in-1974-dies-at-77/2015/08/04/eda22892-3ac0-11e5-8e98-115a3cf7d7ae_story.html?utm_term=.8b4562e885f4.
5 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 165–66.
6 Benton L. Becker. “History and Background of Nixon Pardon.” Memorandum. September 9, 1974. Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum. https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0238/1126646.pdf.
7 Matt Schudel, “Benton L. Becker, negotiator of Ford’s pardon of Nixon in 1974, dies at 77.” Washington Post. August 4, 2015. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/benton-l-becker-negotiator-of-fords-pardon-of-nixon-in-1974-dies-at-77/2015/08/04/eda22892-3ac0-11e5-8e98-115a3cf7d7ae_story.html?utm_term=.8b4562e885f4.
8 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 168.
9 Benton L. Becker. “History and Background of Nixon Pardon.” Memorandum. September 9, 1974. Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum. https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0238/1126646.pdf.
10 Benton L. Becker. “History and Background of Nixon Pardon.” Memorandum. September 9, 1974. Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum. https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0238/1126646.pdf.
11 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 168.
12 Matt Schudel, “Benton L. Becker, negotiator of Ford’s pardon of Nixon in 1974, dies at 77.” Washington Post. August 4, 2015. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/benton-l-becker-negotiator-of-fords-pardon-of-nixon-in-1974-dies-at-77/2015/08/04/eda22892-3ac0-11e5-8e98-115a3cf7d7ae_story.html?utm_term=.8b4562e885f4.
13 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 169–70.
14 Matt Schudel, “Benton L. Becker, negotiator of Ford’s pardon of Nixon in 1974, dies at 77.” Washington Post. August 4, 2015. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/benton-l-becker-negotiator-of-fords-pardon-of-nixon-in-1974-dies-at-77/2015/08/04/eda22892-3ac0-11e5-8e98-115a3cf7d7ae_story.html?utm_term=.8b4562e885f4.
15 Matt Schudel, “Benton L. Becker, negotiator of Ford’s pardon of Nixon in 1974, dies at 77.” Washington Post. August 4, 2015. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/benton-l-becker-negotiator-of-fords-pardon-of-nixon-in-1974-dies-at-77/2015/08/04/eda22892-3ac0-11e5-8e98-115a3cf7d7ae_story.html?utm_term=.8b4562e885f4.
16 Matt Schudel, “Benton L. Becker, negotiator of Ford’s pardon of Nixon in 1974, dies at 77.” Washington Post. August 4, 2015. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/benton-l-becker-negotiator-of-fords-pardon-of-nixon-in-1974-dies-at-77/2015/08/04/eda22892-3ac0-11e5-8e98-115a3cf7d7ae_story.html?utm_term=.8b4562e885f4.
17 Benton L. Becker. “History and Background of Nixon Pardon.” Memorandum. September 9, 1974. Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum. https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0238/1126646.pdf.
18 Benton L. Becker. “History and Background of Nixon Pardon.” Memorandum. September 9, 1974. Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum. https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0238/1126646.pdf.
19 Benton L. Becker. “History and Background of Nixon Pardon.” Memorandum. September 9, 1974. Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum. https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0238/1126646.pdf.
20 Benton L. Becker. “History and Background of Nixon Pardon.” Memorandum. September 9, 1974. Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum. https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0238/1126646.pdf.
21 Carl Feldbaum and Peter Kreindler. “Factors to be Considered in Deciding Whether to Prosecute Richard M. Nixon for Obstruction of Justice.” Memorandum. August 9, 1974. Watergate.info. http://watergate.info/1974/08/09/jaworski-memorandum-on-prosecuting-nixon.html.
22 Carl Feldbaum and Peter Kreindler. “Factors to be Considered in Deciding Whether to Prosecute Richard M. Nixon for Obstruction of Justice.” Memorandum. August 9, 1974. Watergate.info. http://watergate.info/1974/08/09/jaworski-memorandum-on-prosecuting-nixon.html.
23 John Herbers, “Ford Gives Pardon to Nixon, Who Regrets ‘My Mistakes.’ ” New York Times. September 9, 1974, 1.
24 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 158.
25 Rumsfeld. Memorandum. October 5, 1974.
26 Lester David, The Lonely Lady of San Clemente: The Story of Pat Nixon (New York: Crowell, 1978), 7.
27 “Patricia Nixon, Wife of Former President, Dies at 81.” Los Angeles Times. June 23, 1993.
28 “Nixon’s fear of dying in hospital.” Associated Press. September 15, 1974.
29 Rumsfeld. Memorandum. October 29, 1974.
30 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 161.
31 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 162.
32 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 161.
33 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 161.
34 Found in Barry Werth, 31 Days: Gerald Ford, the Nixon Pardon, and a Government in Crisis (New York: Anchor Books), 318.
35 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 175.
36 Gerald R. Ford, “Remarks on Signing a Proclamation Granting Pardon to Richard Nixon.” White House, Washington, D.C. September 8, 1974. https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/speeches/740060.asp.
37 Gerald R. Ford, “Remarks on Signing a Proclamation Granting Pardon to Richard Nixon.” White House, Washington, D.C. September 8, 1974. https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/speeches/740060.asp.
38 David Hume Kennerly, “In the Room When Ford Pardoned Nixon.” David Hume Kennerly. September 8, 2014. http://kennerly.com/blog/room-ford-pardoned-nixon.
39 David Hume Kennerly, “In the Room When Ford Pardoned Nixon.” David Hume Kennerly. September 8, 2014. http://kennerly.com/blog/room-ford-pardoned-nixon.
40 http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,908675-4,00.html.
41 Patrick Flanary, “How the Nixon Pardon Strained a Presidential Friendship.” ProPublica. December 13, 2011. https://www.propublica.org/article/presidential-pardons-how-the-nixon-pardon-strained-a-presidential-friendshi.
42 “Carter: Nixon pardon okay, after conviction.” United Press International. August 6, 1976.
43 John Herbers, “Ford Gives Pardon to Nixon, Who Regrets ‘My Mistakes.’ ” New York Times. September 8, 1974. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0908.html.
44 Anthony Lewis, “Watergate Aftermath.” New York Times. November 28, 1974, 33.
45 Tom Wicker, “Nixon and Ford.” New York Times. December 7, 1973, 41.
46 Found in Stanley I. Kutler (ed.), Watergate: A Brief History with Documents (Malden, Massachusetts: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), 206.
47 Benton L. Becker. “History and Background of Nixon Pardon.” Memorandum. September 9, 1974. Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum. https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0238/1126646.pdf.
48 “The Nixon pardon in constitutional retrospect.” Constitution Daily. National Constitution Center. September 8, 2016. http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2016/09/the-nixon-pardon-in-retrospect-40-years-later.
49 “The Nixon pardon in constitutional retrospect.” Constitution Daily. National Constitution Center. September 8, 2016. http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2016/09/the-nixon-pardon-in-retrospect-40-years-later.
50 Douglas Brinkley, Gerald R. Ford: The American Presidents Series: The 38th President, 1974–1977 (New York: Times Books, 2007), 71.
51 http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,908675-4,00.html.
52 John Herbers, “Ford Gives Pardon To Nixon, Who Regrets ‘My Mistakes.’ ” New York Times. September 8, 1974. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0908.html.
53 Joel Roberts, “Polls: Ford’s Image Improved Over Time.” CBS News. December 27, 2006. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/polls-fords-image-improved-over-time/.
54 Jeffrey M. Jones, “Gerald Ford Retrospective.” Gallup. December 29, 2006. http://www.gallup.com/poll/23995/gerald-ford-retrospective.aspx.
55 Rumsfeld. “Memorandum of Conversation with President.” Memorandum. October 24, 1974.
56 Gerald R. Ford to Donald Rumsfeld. Telegram. September 18, 1974.
57 Rumsfeld. “Memorandum of Conversation with President.” Memorandum. September 22, 1974.
58 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 184.
59 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 185.
60 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 185.
61 https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0314/1552748.pdf.
62 Donald Rumsfeld to Dick Cheney. Letter. November 16, 1974.
63 Donald Rumsfeld to Dick Cheney. Memorandum. February 27, 1975.
64 Donald Rumsfeld, “Safe in Haig’s Office.” Memorandum. September 29, 1974. Dick Cheney, “Safe.” Memorandum. September 29, 1974.
65 Donald Rumsfeld to Phil Buchen. Memorandum. September 29, 1974. Dick Cheney to Phil Buchen. Memorandum. October 3, 1974.
66 Donald Lowitz. Memorandum. November 1, 1974.
67 Rumsfeld. Memorandum. October 4, 1974.
68 Don Lowitz to Donald Rumsfeld. “Gifts to the President and His Family by White House Staff Members.” Memorandum, October 10, 1974.
69 John Herbers, “Reports of Nixon Ill Health Are Questioned by Visitors.” New York Times. September 10, 1974. http://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/10/archives/reports-of-nixon-ill-health-are-questioned-by-visitors-reports-of.html.
70 Everett R. Holles, “Haig Denies That He Urged Ford to Pardon Nixon.” New York Times. September 18, 1974. http://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/18/archives/haig-denies-that-he-urged-ford-to-pardon-nixon-denies-any-warning.html.
71 http://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/15/archives/terhorst-says-ford-spent-inordinate-time-on-haig-on-transfer-of.html?_r=0.
72 http://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/15/archives/terhorst-says-ford-spent-inordinate-time-on-haig-on-transfer-of.html?_r=0.
73 http://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/18/archives/haig-denies-that-he-urged-ford-to-pardon-nixon-denies-any-warning.html.
74 http://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/18/archives/haig-denies-that-he-urged-ford-to-pardon-nixon-denies-any-warning.html.
75 Rumsfeld, Note for the File, December 9, 1974.
4. PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE
1 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. November 6, 1974.
2 George Gallup, Jr., The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1998 (Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources Inc.), 61.
3 Judith Stein, “Politics and Policies in the 1970s and Early Twenty-first Century: The Linked Recessions.” In Leon Frink, Joseph A. McCartin, and Joan Sangster (eds.), Workers in Hard Times: A Long View of Economic Crises (Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 2014), 145.
4 Frank M. Magill (ed.), Chronology of Twentieth-Century History: Business and Commerce, Volume II (New York: Routledge, 2013), 1,036.
5 http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=5963.
6 Gerald R. Ford, “Address to a Joint Session of the Congress.” House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. August 12, 1974. Found at www.presidency.ucsb.edu.
7 Gerald R. Ford, “Address to a Joint Session of the Congress.” House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. August 12, 1974. Found at www.presidency.ucsb.edu.
8 https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0047/phw19740919-10.pdf.
9 Gerald R. Ford, “Address to a Joint Session of the Congress.” House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. August 12, 1974. Found at www.presidency.ucsb.edu.
10 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 191.
11 Gerald R. Ford, “Address to a Joint Session of the Congress.” House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. August 12, 1974. Found at www.presidency.ucsb.edu.
12 Sam Frizell, “Could a 40-Year-Old Bank Collapse Have Saved the U.S. Economy?” Time. October 8, 2014. time.com.
13 Ron Nessen, Making the News, Taking the News: From NBC to the Ford White House (Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 2011), 123–24.
14 Alan Greenspan, The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World (New York: Penguin, 2007), 66.
15 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. October 8, 1974.
16 Ron Nessen, Making the News, Taking the News: From NBC to the Ford White House (Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 2011), 98.
17 See, for example, Wall Street Journal on October 11, 1974.
18 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. November 30, 1974, and December 1, 1974.
19 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 193–94.
20 Ron Nessen, Making the News, Taking the News: From NBC to the Ford White House (Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 2011), 124.
21 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. October 8, 1974.
22 Found in Mark J. Rozell, The Press and the Ford Presidency (Ann Arbor, Michigan: The University of Michigan Press, 1992), 65.
23 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 194.
24 Found in John Robert Greene, The Presidency of Gerald R. Ford (Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 1995), 72.
25 “WIN Is Losing.” Washington Post. December 20, 1974.
26 “WIN Is Losing.” Washington Post. December 20, 1974.
27 Meg Jacobs, Panic at the Pump: The Energy Crisis and the Transformation of American Politics in the 1970s (New York: Hill and Wang, 2016), 134.
28 Found in Beth Ingold and Theodore Windt (eds.), Essays in President Rhetoric (Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt, 1992), 316.
29 “WIN Is Losing.” Washington Post. December 20, 1974.
30 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. October 7, 1974.
31 Rumsfeld. Memorandum for the File. October 10, 1974.
32 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. December 10, 1974.
33 Robert Werner to Donald Rumsfeld. Letter. December 11, 1974.
34 Rumsfeld. Memorandum. November 6, 1974.
35 Rumsfeld. Memorandum. October 10, 1974.
36 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. November 5, 1974.
37 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. October 8, 1974.
38 Kiron K. Skinner, et al., The Strategy of Campaigning: Lessons from Ronald Reagan & Boris Yeltsin (Ann Arbor, Michigan: The University of Michigan Press, 2007), 105.
39 Kiron K. Skinner, et al., The Strategy of Campaigning: Lessons from Ronald Reagan & Boris Yeltsin (Ann Arbor, Michigan: The University of Michigan Press, 2007), 105.
40 Rumsfeld. Memorandum. November 6, 1974.
41 Donald Rumsfeld to Gerald R. Ford. “Proposed TV Address to the Nation.” Memorandum. January 10, 1975.
42 Gerald R. Ford, “Address to a Joint Session of the Congress.” House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. January 15, 1975. Found at www.presidency.ucsb.edu.
43 Gerald R. Ford, “Address to the Nation on Energy and Economic Programs.” January 13, 1975. Found at www.presidency.ucsb.edu.
44 Clyde Rapp to Donald Rumsfeld. Letter. January 14, 1975.
45 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. January 21, 1975.
46 John Robert Greene, The Limits of Power: The Nixon and Ford Administrations (Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1992), 210.
47 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 204.
48 Ron Nessen, Making the News, Taking the News: From NBC to the Ford White House (Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 2011), 127.
49 Ron Nessen, Making the News, Taking the News: From NBC to the Ford White House (Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 2011), 98.
50 Yanek Mieczkowski, Gerald Ford and the Challenges of the 1970s (Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, 2005), 194.
5. CHOOSING ROCKEFELLER
1 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. December 19, 1974.
2 Rick Perlstein, Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America (New York: Scribner, 2008), 304.
3 Ron Nessen, Making the News, Taking the News: From NBC to the Ford White House (Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 2011), 79.
4 Rumsfeld. “1968 Nixon Meeting to Discuss Vice Presidential Nomination.” Confidential Memorandum. August 8, 1968.
5 Rumsfeld. Memorandum. August 20, 1974.
6 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 107.
7 http://www.nytimes.com/1973/10/13/archives/move-is-surprise-house-gop-leader-would-be-the-40th-vice-president.html.
8 Rumsfeld. Memorandum 2. August 20, 1974.
9 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 29.
10 http://www.politico.com/story/2012/12/this-day-in-politics-085261.
11 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/31/nyregion/31rocky.html.
12 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 142.
13 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 118.
14 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/31/nyregion/31rocky.html.
15 http://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/21/archives/presidents-instincts-shaped-decision-poker-face-approach-remember.html.
16 Lee Edwards to Donald Rumsfeld. “President Ford and Conservatives.” Memorandum. November 6, 1974.
17 http://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/21/archives/a-turn-in-gop-tide-nomination-of-rockefeller-completes-quick.html.
18 http://www.nytimes.com/1974/10/06/archives/rockefeller-gave-kissinger-50000-helped-2-others-he-denies-any.html?mcubz=3&_r=0.
19 http://www.nytimes.com/1974/10/13/archives/rockefeller-says-hes-responsible-on-goldberg-book-sends-telegram-to.html?mcubz=3.
20 http://www.nytimes.com/1974/10/13/archives/rockefeller-says-hes-responsible-on-goldberg-book-sends-telegram-to.html?mcubz=3.
21 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. October 1, 1974.
22 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. December 19, 1974.
23 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. December 21, 1974.
24 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. December 21, 1974
6. MORNING COATS AND WOLF FURS: FORD ABROAD
1 Rumsfeld. Memorandum for the File. November 20, 1974.
2 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 211.
3 John Herbers, “8-Day Asia Trip Will Be Ford’s First Major Test in Personal Diplomacy.” New York Times. November 17, 1974, 12.
4 Yanek Mieczkowski, Gerald Ford and the Challenges of the 1970s (Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, 2005), 283.
5 Frank Cormier, “Ford Visits Japanese Tourist Sites.” Associated Press. Kentucky New Era. November 21, 1974, 3A.
6 Richard Halloran, “Hirohito and Tanaka Greet Ford in Tokyo.” New York Times. November 19, 1974, 3.
7 Peter J. Katzenstein, Rethinking Japanese Security: Internal and External Dimensions (New York: Routledge, 2008), 91.
8 Found in Tara John, “Here’s What Happened During the First U.S. Presidential Trip to Japan.” Time. May 24, 2016. time.com.
9 Richard Halloran, “Hirohito and Tanaka Greet Ford in Tokyo.” New York Times. November 19, 1974, 1, 3.
10 John Roderick, “Ford’s Tokyo Arrival Solves Historic Absurdity.” Associated Press. The Eagle (Bryan, TX). November 18, 1974, 6.
11 Richard Halloran, “Hirohito and Tanaka Greet Ford in Tokyo.” New York Times. November 19, 1974, 1.
12 Ron Nessen, Making the News, Taking the News: From NBC to the Ford White House (Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 2011), 129.
13 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 210.
14 Yanek Mieczkowski, Gerald Ford and the Challenges of the 1970s (Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, 2005), 43.
15 Ron Nessen, Making the News, Taking the News: From NBC to the Ford White House (Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 2011), 129.
16 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 211.
17 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 210.
18 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 210.
19 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 211.
20 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 211.
21 Catherine Mayer, “Why Is Donald Rumsfeld on This Package of Spicy Peanuts?” Time. December 7, 2011. world.time.com.
22 “Top 10 Embarrassing Diplomatic Moments.” Time. content.time.com.
23 Fox Butterfield, “President Tours Old Kyoto and Samples Some of Its Elegance.” New York Times. November 22, 1974, 16.
24 Frank Cormier, “Ford Visits Japanese Tourist Sites.” Associated Press. Kentucky New Era. November 21, 1974, 3A.
25 Fox Butterfield, “President Tours Old Kyoto and Samples Some of Its Elegance.” New York Times. November 22, 1974, 16.
26 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 212.
27 “Geishas tend Ford dinner.” Associated Press. The Newark Advocate. November 21, 1974, 34.
28 Frank Cormier, “Ford Visits Japanese Tourist Sites.” Associated Press. Kentucky New Era. November 21, 1974, 3A.
29 John Herbers, “Ford and Tanaka Note Joint Tasks.” New York Times. November 21, 1974, 18.
30 Richard Halloran, “Ford Is in Korea; Hails Close Link.” New York Times. November 22, 1974, 16.
31 Gerald R. Ford, “Remarks on Arrival at Seoul, Republic of Korea.” November 22, 1974. www.presidency.ucsb.edu.
32 Richard Halloran, “Ford Is in Korea; Hails Close Link.” New York Times. November 22, 1974, 16. Aldo Beckman, “Thousands Cheer Ford Arrival in South Korea.” Chicago Tribune. November 22, 1974, 18.
33 Rumsfeld. Memorandum for the File. November 21, 1974. Richard W. Johnson, “New Army Game.” Sports Illustrated. July 21, 1975, 34.
34 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 212.
35 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 213.
36 Richard Halloran, “Ford Is in Korea; Hails Close Link.” New York Times. November 22, 1974, 16.
37 Peter Lisagor, “Ford Flies to Orient.” The Pittsburgh Press. November 17, 1974, 1.
38 Rumsfeld. Memorandum for the File. November 23, 1974.
39 Rumsfeld. Memorandum for the File. November 22, 1974.
40 Rumsfeld. Memorandum for the File. November 23, 1974.
41 https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2013-08-23/the-secret-bromance-of-nixon-and-brezhnev.
42 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 213.
43 Rumsfeld. Memorandum for the File. November 22, 1974.
44 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 214.
45 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 214.
46 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 214.
47 Ron Nessen, Making the News, Taking the News: From NBC to the Ford White House (Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 2011), 130.
48 Ron Nessen, Making the News, Taking the News: From NBC to the Ford White House (Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 2011), 131.
49 Hedrick Smith, “Ford-Brezhnev Talks.” November 22, 1974. New York Times, 7.
50 Rumsfeld. Memorandum for the File. November 22, 1974.
51 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 218.
52 Ron Nessen, Making the News, Taking the News: From NBC to the Ford White House (Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 2011), 132.
53 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. November 26, 1974.
54 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 219.
55 “Wolf-Skin Fur Coat.” Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum. www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov.
56 Ron Nessen, Making the News, Taking the News: From NBC to the Ford White House (Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 2011), 133.
57 Found in Mark J. Rozell, The Press and the Ford Presidency (Ann Arbor, Michigan: The University of Michigan Press, 1992), 78.
58 Rumsfeld. Memorandum for the File. November 20, 1974.
59 John Herbers, “Ford and Tanaka Note Joint Tasks.” New York Times. November 21, 1974, 18. John Herbers, “Ford Asks Japan to Help Combat Economic Stress.” New York Times. November 20, 1974, 3.
60 Rumsfeld. Memorandum for the File. November 20, 1974.
7. NEITHER CONFIRM NOR DENY: THE GLOMAR EXPLORER AND THE CRISIS IN THE CIA
1 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. March 19, 1975.
2 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. March 19, 1975.
3 “Sunken Ship Deal by CIA, Hughes Told.” Los Angeles Times. February 7, 1975, 1.
4 [Author excised], “Project Azorian: The Story of the Hughes Glomar Explorer.” Studies in Intelligence. Secret. Excised copy. Fall 1985. Found at The National Security Archive, The George Washington University. nsarchive.gwu.edu.
5 [Author excised], “Project Azorian: The Story of the Hughes Glomar Explorer.” Studies in Intelligence. Secret. Excised copy. Fall 1985. Found at The National Security Archive, The George Washington University. nsarchive.gwu.edu.
6 “Full text of ‘Declassified Articles from the CIA Journal Studies in Intelligence.’ ” archive.org.
7 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. August 10, 1974.
8 Seymour Hersh, “Huge CIA Operation Reported in U.S. Against Antiwar Forces, Other Dissidents in Nixon Years.” New York Times. December 22, 1974, 1.
9 James A. Wilderotter. “CIA Matters.” Memorandum. January 3, 1975. George Washington University, National Security Archive.
10 James A. Wilderotter. “CIA Matters.” Memorandum. January 3, 1975. George Washington University, National Security Archive.
11 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. February 7, 1975.
12 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. February 7, 1975.
13 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. March 17, 1975.
14 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. October 7, 1974.
15 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. January 3, 1975.
16 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. January 3, 1975.
17 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. January 4, 1975.
18 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. January 3, 1975.
19 “Allegations of CIA Domestic Activities.” Memorandum. January 3, 1975. Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum.
20 Rumsfeld. Memorandum. January 4, 1975.
21 Rumsfeld. Memorandum. January 4, 1975.
22 Rumsfeld. Memorandum, January 4, 1975.
23 Rumsfeld. Memorandum. January 4, 1975.
24 Rumsfeld. Memorandum. January 4, 1975.
25 Alex E. Hindman, Gerald Ford and the Separation of Powers: Preserving the Constitutional Presidency in the Post-Watergate Period (Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2017), 153.
26 Dick Cheney to Donald Rumsfeld. Memorandum. February 28, 1975.
27 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. January 29, 1975.
28 “Sunken Ship Deal by CIA, Hughes Told.” Los Angeles Times. February 7, 1975, 1.
29 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. March 19, 1975.
30 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. March 19, 1975.
31 Memorandum of Conversation; Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Box 8, January 23, 1975—Ford, Kissinger. history.state.gov.
32 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. March 19, 1975.
33 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. March 10, 1975.
34 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. March 19, 1975.
35 Nicholas Daniloff, Of Spies and Spokesmen: My Life as a Cold War Correspondent (Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 2008), 242.
36 Seymour Hersh, “CIA Salvage Ship Brought Up Part of Soviet Sub Lost in 1968, Failed to Raise Atom Missiles.” New York Times. March 19, 1975, 1.
37 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. March 20, 1975.
38 “Project AZORIAN.” Central Intelligence Agency. November 21, 2012. www.cia.gov.
1 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. March 7, 1975.
2 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. November 4, 1974.
3 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. October 9, 1974.
4 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. October 28, 1974.
5 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. November 30, 1974, and December 1, 1974.
6 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. November 4, 1974.
7 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. February 3, 1975.
8 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. February 6, 1975.
9 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. February 18, 1975.
10 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. February 17, 1975.
11 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. February 17, 1975.
12 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. October 25, 1974.
13 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. March 24, 1975.
14 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 1, 1975.
15 Richard Reeves, “G.O.P.: Ford Says It Is His, But It Isn’t Yet.” New York Times. March 16, 1975, 4.
16 https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/exhibits/campaign/016800303-001.pdf.
17 “Ronald Reagan Announcement for Presidential Candidacy.” November 20, 1975. The Reagan Library. reaganlibrary.archives.gov.
18 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. February 26, 1975.
19 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 1, 1975.
9. THE FALL OF VIETNAM
1 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. March 31, 1975.
2 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. March 29, 1975.
3 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. March 27, 1975.
4 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. March 3, 1975.
5 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. March 3, 1975.
6 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. March 27, 1975.
7 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 1, 1975.
8 Gerald R. Ford, “Remarks to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois.” Chicago, Illinois. August 19, 1974. www.presidency.ucsb.edu.
9 Gerald R. Ford, “Remarks Announcing a Program for the Return of Vietnam Era Draft Evaders and Military Deserters.” Washington, D.C. September 16, 1974. www.presidency.ucsb.edu.
10 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. January 16, 1975.
11 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. February 6, 1975.
12 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. January 17, 1975.
13 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. January 27, 1975.
14 Gerald R. Ford, “Special Message to the Congress Requesting Supplemental Assistance for the Republic of Vietnam and Cambodia.” Washington, D.C. January 28, 1975. www.presidency.ucsb.edu.
15 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. February 14, 1975.
16 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. January 30, 1975.
17 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. February 14, 1975.
18 John P. Murtha, From Vietnam to 9/11: On the Front Lines of National Security (University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006), 24–25.
19 Testimony before U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Hearings on Supplemental Assistance to Cambodia, February 24, 1975.
20 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 1, 1975.
21 David Coleman, “NSC Meetings in the Nixon Administration.” History in Pieces. historyinpieces.com.
22 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. February 25, 1975.
23 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 1, 1975.
24 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 1, 1975.
25 Author Interview with Henry Kissinger, November 12, 2014.
26 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. March 18, 1975.
27 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. October 23, 1974.
28 David Kennerly, Interview with the author, May 19, 2015.
29 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 254.
30 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 2, 1975.
31 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 14, 1975.
32 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 10, 1975.
33 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 1, 1975.
34 Gerald R. Ford. “The President’s News Conference.” April 3, 1975. The American Presidency Project. www.presidency.ucsb.edu.
35 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 253.
36 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 4, 1975.
37 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 1, 1975.
38 Gerald R. Ford, et al. Joint Leadership Meeting. Memorandum. Early April 1975.
39 James Reston, “Jackson’s Latest Scoop.” New York Times. April 9, 1975, 43.
40 Ron Nessen to Donald Rumsfeld. “Some Thoughts.” Memorandum. April 10, 1975.
41 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 10, 1975.
42 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 255.
43 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 14, 1975.
44 Gerald R. Ford, et al. “Cabinet Meeting.” Memorandum. April 16, 1975.
45 Michael H. Hunt (ed.), A Vietnam War Reader: A Documentary History from American and Vietnamese Perspectives (Durham, North Carolina: The University of North Carolina Press, 2010), 190.
46 Rick Perlstein, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2014), 427.
47 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 22, 1975.
48 Gerald R. Ford. “Address at a Tulane University Convocation.” Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana. April 23, 1975. The American Presidency Project. www.presidency.ucsb.edu.
49 Richard L. Madden, “Ford Says Indochina War Is Finished for America.” New York Times. April 24, 1975, 1.
50 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 24, 1975.
51 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 24, 1975.
52 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 24, 1975.
53 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 30, 1975.
54 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 30, 1975.
55 Ron Nessen, It Sure Looks Different From the Inside (Chicago: Playboy Press, 1978), 113.
56 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 30, 1975.
57 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 257.
58 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 25, 1975.
59 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 14, 1975.
60 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 14, 1975.
61 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 25, 1975.
62 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 257.
63 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 1, 1975.
10. FORD AT THE HELM: THE SS MAYAGUEZ CRISIS
1 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 12, 1975.
2 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 275.
3 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. July 12, 1975.
4 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. June 23, 1975.
5 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 12, 1975.
6 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 12, 1975.
7 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 12, 1975.
8 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 12, 1975.
9 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 12, 1975.
10 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 276.
11 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 12, 1975.
12 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 12, 1975.
13 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 12, 1975.
14 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 12, 1975.
15 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 12, 1975.
16 Donald Rumsfeld, Known and Unknown: A Memoir (New York: Sentinel, 2011), 211.
17 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 12, 1975.
18 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 13, 1975.
19 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 13, 1975.
20 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 13, 1975.
21 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 13, 1975.
22 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 13, 1975.
23 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 13, 1975.
24 Donald Rumsfeld to Gerald R. Ford. “Cambodia.” Memorandum. May 14, 1975.
25 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 13, 1975.
26 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 13, 1975.
27 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 13, 1975.
28 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 13, 1975.
29 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 278.
30 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 278.
31 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 14, 1975.
32 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 279.
33 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 14, 1975.
34 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 14, 1975.
35 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 282.
36 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 14, 1975.
37 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 283.
38 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 283.
39 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 16, 1975.
40 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 16, 1975.
41 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 20, 1975.
42 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 20, 1975.
43 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 20, 1975.
44 Jeffrey M. Jones, “Gerald Ford Retrospective.” Gallup. December 29, 2006. http://www.gallup.com/poll/23995/gerald-ford-retrospective.aspx.
11. COMMANDER IN CHIEF
1 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 9, 1975.
2 Gerald R. Ford to Henry Kissinger. Letter. January 30, 1975.
3 Severn Palydowycz, Kenneth Wanio, and John Burtyk to Gerald R. Ford. Letter. October 3, 1975.
4 Richard Lewis, “Space age: end of act one.” New Scientist. July 31, 1975, 265.
5 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. June 23, 1975.
6 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. June 27, 1975.
7 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. October 9, 1975.
8 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. July 9, 1975.
9 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. July 9, 1975.
10 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 30, 1975.
11 Dick Cheney to Donald Rumsfeld. “Solzhenitsyn.” Memorandum. July 8, 1975.
12 http://www.nytimes.com/1975/07/17/archives/kissinger-sees-perils-in-solzhenitsyns-views-secretary-says-meeting.html.
13 http://www.nytimes.com/1975/07/18/archives/ford-now-trying-to-arrange-solzhenitsyn-meeting.html.
14 http://www.nytimes.com/1975/07/18/archives/ford-now-trying-to-arrange-solzhenitsyn-meeting.html.
15 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 298.
16 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. July 17, 1975.
17 http://www.nytimes.com/1975/07/12/archives/notes-on-people-congress-urged-to-invite-writer.html.
18 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. July 9, 1975.
19 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. July 11, 1975.
20 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. July 11, 1975.
21 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. March 6, 1975.
22 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. February 27, 1975.
23 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. July 23, 1975.
24 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. July 23, 1975.
25 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 298.
26 Ron Nessen, Making the News, Taking the News: From NBC to the Ford White House (Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 2011), 178.
27 Daniel J. Sargent, A Superpower Transformed: The Remaking of American Foreign Relations in the 1970s (New York: Oxford University Press, 2015), 219.
28 https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2015/06/06/how-handshake-helsinki-helped-end-cold-war/YggtezKJGdM7d7jv8uEy5I/story.html.
29 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. February 16, 1976.
30 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 299–300.
31 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. February 16, 1976.
32 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. February 15, 1976.
33 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. February 16, 1976.
34 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. January 8, 1976.
35 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. July 18, 1975.
36 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. July 21, 1975.
37 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. July 21, 1975.
38 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. January 2, 1976.
39 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. January 2, 1976.
40 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. January 2, 1976.
41 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. January 14, 1976.
42 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. January 19, 1976.
43 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. January 19, 1976.
12. ASSASSINS’ TARGET
1 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. August 26, 1975.
2 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. August 29, 1975.
3 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-remarkable-mrs-ford/.
4 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. August 9, 1975.
5 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. August 27, 1975.
6 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. March 3, 1975.
7 “Ford Assassination Attempts Recalled.” Associated Press. Washington Post. December 27, 2006.
8 http://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/06/archives/ford-safe-as-guard-seizes-a-gun-woman-pointed-at-him-on-coast.html.
9 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. September 5, 1975.
10 http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/history/article2596754.html.
11 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. September 11, 1975.
12 Ron Nessen, Making the News, Taking the News: From NBC to the Ford White House (Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 2011), 181.
13 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. September 22, 1975.
14 http://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/24/archives/man-who-deflected-gun-asserts-im-not-a-hero.html.
15 http://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/24/archives/man-who-deflected-gun-asserts-im-not-a-hero.html.
16 http://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/21/archives/for-sara-moore-brilliant-roles-enriched-a-drab-life.html.
17 Ron Nessen, Making the News, Taking the News: From NBC to the Ford White House (Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 2011), 182.
18 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. September 23, 1975.
19 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. September 23, 1975.
20 http://www.nytimes.com/1975/10/01/archives/miss-moore-tried-to-call-ford-guards-five-times-miss-moore-tried-to.html.
21 http://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/24/archives/ford-resists-growing-pressure-to-curb-his-public-appearances-guard.html.
22 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. September 22, 1975.
23 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. September 24, 1975.
24 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. September 26, 1975.
25 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. September 23, 1975.
26 Ron Nessen, Making the News, Taking the News: From NBC to the Ford White House (Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 2011), 184.
13. THE (SO-CALLED) HALLOWEEN MASSACRE
1 Donald Rumsfeld and Richard Cheney. Memorandum for the President. October 24, 1975.
2 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. October 22, 1975.
3 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. October 22, 1975.
4 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. June 11, 1975.
5 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. September 24, 1975.
6 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 320.
7 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 323.
8 Samuel Kernel and Samuel L. Popkin (eds.), Chief of Staff: Twenty-Five Years of Managing the Presidency (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986), 175.
9 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. March 4, 1975.
10 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. August 5, 1975.
11 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. February 1, 1975.
12 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 28, 1975.
13 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. July 10, 1975.
14 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. October 22, 1975.
15 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. September 17, 1975.
16 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. October 22, 1975.
14. RUMBLE FROM THE RIGHT
1 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 6, 1976.
2 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. May 21, 1975.
3 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. June 17, 1975.
4 Bob Teeter to Dick Cheney, “Analysis of Early Research.” November 12, 1975. https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/exhibits/campaign/002700157-001.pdf.
5 Gerald R. Ford: “The President’s News Conference.” February 17, 1976. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=5569.
6 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. February 18, 1976.
7 http://www.nytimes.com/1976/02/21/archives/reagan-discloses-ford-cabinet-bid-countering-rivals-attack-on-him.html.
8 http://www.nytimes.com/1976/02/21/archives/reagan-discloses-ford-cabinet-bid-countering-rivals-attack-on-him.html?_r=0.
9 http://www.nytimes.com/1976/02/21/archives/reagan-discloses-ford-cabinet-bid-countering-rivals-attack-on-him.html?_r=0.
10 http://www.nytimes.com/1976/02/21/archives/nixon-trip-revives-issue-vexing-to-ford-in-primary-nixon-trip.html.
11 Bob Teeter to Dick Cheney, “Analysis of Early Research,” November 12, 1975. https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/exhibits/campaign/002700157-001.pdf.
12 “Ronald Reagan Announcement for Presidential Candidacy.” November 20, 1975. https://reaganlibrary.archives.gov/archives/reference/11.20.75.html.
13 Gerald R. Ford. “Address in Minneapolis Before the Annual Convention of the American Legion.” August 19, 1975. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=5174.
14 Gerald R. Ford. “Address in Minneapolis Before the Annual Convention of the American Legion.” August 19, 1975. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=5174.
15 Gerald R. Ford. “Address in Minneapolis Before the Annual Convention of the American Legion.” August 19, 1975. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=5174.
16 http://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/29/archives/detentes-supporters-under-fire-in-the-us-faced-with-a-formidable.html?nytmobile=0.
17 http://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/29/archives/detentes-supporters-under-fire-in-the-us-faced-with-a-formidable.html?nytmobile=0.
18 Gerald R. Ford: “Interview for an NBC News Program on American Foreign Policy,” January 3, 1976. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=6132.
19 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. February 24, 1976.
20 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 367.
21 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 367.
22 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. February 27, 1976.
23 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. February 27, 1976.
24 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. February 27, 1976.
25 Rumsfeld. Memorandum for the File. January 30, 1976.
26 http://www.nytimes.com/1976/03/04/archives/reagan-to-press-attacks-on-ford-he-will-stress-failures-of-us.html?_r=0.
27 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. March 4, 1976.
28 Gerald R. Ford: “Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at the Everett McKinley Dirksen Forum in Peoria,” March 5, 1976. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=5672.
29 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/15/opinion/15clymer.html.
30 https://history.state.gov/milestones/1977-1980/panama-canal.
31 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. February 18, 1975.
32 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. February 18, 1975.
33 http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/04/1976-convention-oral-history-213793?paginate=false.
34 Rumsfeld. Memorandum of Conversation. March 29, 1976.
35 Rumsfeld. Memorandum for the File. January 6, 1976.
36 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 1, 1976.
37 http://www.nytimes.com/1976/04/01/archives/reagan-says-kissinger-yields-u-s-leadership-to-russians.html?_r=0.
38 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 1, 1976.
39 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 6, 1976.
40 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. April 6, 1976.
15. LAST CAMPAIGN
1 Rumsfeld. “Meeting with the President.” Memorandum. September 8, 1976.
2 https://apnews.com/1a98fa0647824cb29100144deed02855/76-window-ugliness-gop-contested-convention.
3 http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/cary-grant-introduces-betty-ford-at-the-1976-gop-convention/.
4 James Sterba, “Visiting Diplomats Get New Idea of U.S.,” New York Times, August 20, 1976.
5 “Giant Elephants Flop As Gimmick,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 17, 1976.
6 http://www.gallup.com/poll/23995/gerald-ford-retrospective.aspx.
7 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 397.
8 https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/04/27/ted-cruzs-early-vice-presidential-pick-has-echoes-of-ronald-reagan/.
9 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 394.
10 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 394.
11 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 348.
12 http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1976/07/28/page/5/article/reagan-gambles-all-in-schweiker-choice.
13 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 395.
14 There was another name that was decidedly not on my list but which the President had decided to include on his: my own. The same day I turned in my list of possible running mates to the President, I received a call from Phil Buchan, the White House Counsel, informing me that I was being considered. Around the same time, I was confronted with a matter more urgent than the possibility of the vice presidency. Some weeks before the convention, I discovered a visible lump on my throat. Shortly before, I had heard from my mother about a newspaper article on the recent discovery of tumors in adults who had undergone radiation therapy for tonsillitis as children, as I had. When I first went to the White House physician’s office to get checked out, they didn’t find anything. But now, with the big lump erupting in my neck while this was still fresh in my mind, I wasn’t taking any chances. On August 6, I met with another doctor and learned that I was going to have to have surgery to remove a tumor on my thyroid. The first available date—August 16—was the day the convention would be kicking off in Kansas City. I concluded my chances of being selected had dropped significantly, not least because we wouldn’t know if the bulge in my neck was cancerous until after the convention. Fortunately, it wasn’t.
15 Adam Wren, “ ‘It Was Riotous’: An Oral History of the GOP’s Last Open Convention,” Politico, April 5, 2016. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/04/1976-convention-oral-history-213793.
16 Quoted in Adam Wren, “ ‘It Was Riotous’: An Oral History of the GOP’s Last Open Convention,” Politico, April 5, 2016. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/04/1976-convention-oral-history-213793.
17 This wasn’t the first time during the campaign season that Rockefeller drew unwanted headlines. At one point, while addressing a southern Republican state chairman, Rockefeller snapped, “You got me out, you sons of bitches. Now get off your ass!”
18 Quoted in Adam Wren, “ ‘It Was Riotous’: An Oral History of the GOP’s Last Open Convention,” Politico, April 5, 2016. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/04/1976-convention-oral-history-213793.
19 Quoted in Adam Wren, “ ‘It Was Riotous’: An Oral History of the GOP’s Last Open Convention,” Politico, April 5, 2016. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/04/1976-convention-oral-history-213793.
20 Quoted in Adam Wren, “ ‘It Was Riotous’: An Oral History of the GOP’s Last Open Convention,” Politico, April 5, 2016. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/04/1976-convention-oral-history-213793.
21 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 398.
22 Quoted in Adam Wren, “ ‘It Was Riotous’: An Oral History of the GOP’s Last Open Convention,” Politico, April 5, 2016. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/04/1976-convention-oral-history-213793.
23 http://www.newsweek.com/delegate-battle-1976-reagan-almost-unseated-ford-449843.
24 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 400.
25 Gerald R. Ford: “Remarks in Kansas City Upon Accepting the 1976 Republican Presidential Nomination,” August 19, 1976. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=6281.
26 “Republican National Convention.” August 19, 1976. Reagan Library. https://reaganlibrary.archives.gov/archives/reference/8.19.76.html.
27 “Republican National Convention.” August 19, 1976. Reagan Library. https://reaganlibrary.archives.gov/archives/reference/8.19.76.html.
28 https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/exhibits/campaign/020500224-001.pdf.
29 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 377.
30 Rumsfeld. Meeting with the President. Memorandum. August 30, 1976.
31 Rumsfeld. Meeting with the President. Memorandum. September 7, 1976.
32 Rumsfeld. Meeting with the President. Memorandum. September 7, 1976.
33 Rumsfeld. Meeting with the President. Memorandum. September 30, 1976.
34 Rumsfeld. Meeting with the President. Memorandum. September 30, 1976.
35 Rumsfeld. Meeting with the President. Memorandum. September 30, 1976.
36 Rumsfeld. Meeting with the President. Memorandum. September 17, 1976.
37 Press Conference, October 6, 1976. https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/exhibits/campaign/020500300-001.pdf.
38 http://www.nytimes.com/1976/10/08/archives/ethnic-groups-score-ford-on-europe-view-many-are-astonished-by.html?_r=0.
39 http://www.pbs.org/newshour/spc/character/glossaries/carter.html.
40 http://www.nytimes.com/1976/10/22/archives/ford-and-carter-forces-dispute-gop-ad-showing-playboy-cover.html.
41 https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/exhibits/campaign/002400398-001.pdf.
42 Rumsfeld. Meeting with the President. Memorandum. November 3, 1976.
43 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 435.
44 Gerald R. Ford, A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), 436.
EPILOGUE
1 https://www.upi.com/Navy-christens-worlds-most-expensive-warship-the-Gerald-R-Ford/70081384109591.
2 http://www.weeklystandard.com/the-good-ship-gerald-ford/article/767149.
3 https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NHLS/Text/85003048.pdf.