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Image: A4509-13A
Description: President Ford makes a point
during a National Security Council meeting during the Mayaguez crisis.
May 13, 1975.
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Image: A4513-10A
Description: Acting Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff General David C. Jones (USAF) points to a map of the
Cambodian coastal region at a late night National Security Council meeting
on the seizure of the American merchant ship S.S. Mayaguez by Cambodian
gunboats. May 13, 1975.
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Image: A4527-19
Description: Vice President Nelson A.
Rockefeller observes a map presentation by Acting Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff David C. Jones (USAF) at a National Security Council
meeting on
the Mayaguez situation. May 14, 1975.
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Image: A4530-11
Description: Philip Buchen, Counsel to
the President, Chief of Staff Donald H. Rumsfeld and Secretary of State
Henry A. Kissinger attend to a map presentation by Acting Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff David C. Jones (USAF) on the status of the
rescue operation to gain the release of the crew of the S.S. Mayaguez. May
14, 1975.
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Image: A4537-12A
Description: President Ford points to
a map of the Cambodian coastal area during a presentation by Secretary
of State Henry Kissinger at a briefing on the Mayaguez situation for
the Bipartisan Congressional Leadership. May 14, 1975.
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Image: A4539-18A
Description: President Ford briefs the
Bipartisan Congressional Leadership on the seizure of the American merchant
ship S.S. Mayaguez. May 14, 1975.
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Image: A4541-22A
Description: Departing early from a White
House dinner in honor of Netherlands’ Prime Minister Johannes
den Uyl, Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger and Deputy Assistant for
National Security Affairs Brent Scowcroft work into the night
to monitor developments in the retaking of the Mayaguez. May 14,
1975.
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Image: A4545-24A
Description: President Ford excused himself
from a White House dinner for Netherlands’ Prime Minister Johannes
den Uyl to take a phone call about plans to retake the S.S. Mayaguez
and its crew. May 14, 1975.
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Image: A4554-10
Description: President Ford and senior
staff members stay late into the night to learn of the recapture of the
S.S. Mayaguez and its crew. May 14, 1975.
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