President Ford and his National Security Council sit under a portrait of Teddy Roosevelt in the Roosevelt room during which President Ford ordered the final withdrawal of Americans from Vietnam.
A disgrace.
Kissinger later asserted that President Ford needed to decide on a plan to evacuate Americans and some Vietnamese allies within a week. Vice President Rockefeller feared that because the mob would be so unruly during the evacuation, that Marines would have to shoot refugees.
The situation in Cambodia was also discussed.
Ford authorized the use of U.S. Navy vessels to assist in the evacuation of South Vietnamese cities.
The New Zealand surgical team was evacuated from Qui Nhơn ending a twelve year mission there.
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