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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Reference | FCO 82/273 |
| Department/Office | Foreign Office |
| Title | Internal political situation in the USA; changes in US Administration (1973) |
| Description | Report on some views expressed by Congressmen on the racial situation in the US which on the whole gives an encouraging picture. An account of the appointment of Gerald Ford as Vice President. Analysis of the US scene including the energy crisis, President Nixon, the Watergate scandal, changes in the Administration including Kissinger's appointment as Secretary of State and the dismissals of Stoessel, Casey, Willis Armstrong, Sisco, Pearce, Malmgren and Hormats. In external policy, criticism of Europe's alleged giving-in to Arab blackmail and Europe's failure to help the Netherlands, the Middle East crisis and doubts about the Soviet Union and Kissinger's policy of detente. Report on the Presidency and the hearings before Judge Siricia concerning the tapes and the President's Personal Secretary Rose Mary Wards who gave evidence along with Haldeman, and the President's Counsel, Buzhardt, as well as retired Army Officer Butcher. |
| Date | 1973 |
| Collection | The Nixon Years, 1969-1974 |
| Region | North America |
| Countries | Netherlands, Soviet Union, United States |
| Places | Asia; Britain; Canada; China; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Europe; Geneva; Ireland; Israel; Japan; Kuwait; Mexico; Micronesia; Middle East; Netherlands; Peru; Rhodesia; South East Asia; Soviet Union; Syria; United Kingdom; United States of America |
| People | Anderson, John B; Armstrong, Willis; Burger, Warren Earl; Bush, George H W; Cromer, 3rd Earl of; Daley, Richard; Douglas-Home, Sir Alec; Ehrlichman, John D; Flanigan, Peter; Ford, Gerald; Jackson, Henry; Kennedy, Robert F; Kraft, Joseph; Mills, Wilbur; Overton, Hugh; Richardson, Elliot; Stokes, Carl B.; Wards, Rose Mary; Young, Andrew |
| Topics | Agriculture; Aid; Arab; Arms; Balance of Payments; Black Panthers; British Embassy; Census; Civil rights; Coal; Congress; Crime; Defence; Democratic Party; Department of Commerce; Department of State; Detente; Draft; Economy; Elections; Energy; Environment; FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation); Federal Reserve; foreign policy; Free trade; General Motors; Gubernatorial; Health; Impeachment; Inflation; Japanese; Mid-Term elections; Military Procurement Bill; North Atlantic Treaty Association (NATO); Oil; organisation; Payments; Protectionism; Race; Recession; Republican Party; Saturday night massacre; Senatorial; Shipping; State Department; Supreme Court; Taxation; Taxes; The Nine; Trade; Trade Bill; Treasury; troops; Unemployment; Vice President; Wages; Watergate; Welfare; White House; withdrawal |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
