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Letter from Ambassador Graham Martin to President Gerald R. Ford Regarding a Photograph From the United States Consulate in Nha Trang, South Vietnam
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Letter from Ambassador Graham Martin to President Gerald R. Ford Regarding a Photograph From the United States Consulate in Nha Trang, South Vietnam
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EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
SAIGON
April 2, 1975
Dear Mr. President:
Yesterday, just before our Consul General in
Nha Trang left his office on my orders, he suddenly
returned to his office, took your picture off his wall,
smashed the glass and removed your picture so that
it would not be there for the North Vietnamese to deface
or mutilate.
I thought you might like to have it as a memento
of as brave and dedicated a group of Foreign Service
Officers as our country has ever had. The performance
of the staffs at Danang and Nha Trang has been
magnificent.
Left to its normal inclinations the personnel pro-
cesses of the Department of State tends to penalize,
in terms of future assignments, those Foreign Service
Officers who have loyally supported your policies in
Viet-Nam. To reverse this process, you might wish to
discuss with Secretary Kissinger the possibility of
appointing Mr. Spear as Ambassador to an appropriate
Embassy.
The President
GERALD
R.
The White House
Washington, D. C.
FORD
LIBRARY
-2-
I am sending this to you by the safe hand of
David Kennerly. It has been a distinct pleasure to
have him as our house guest for the past few days.
I now fully understand why you are so fond of him.
I thought you wanted him back alive so I curtailed a
few of his proposed trips.
With my warmest personal regards,
GERALD
R.
Respectfully,
FORD
And Martin
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Graham Martin