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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 39, folder \"Ford, Betty - Nixon, Richard\" of\nthe Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nSome items in this folder were not digitized because it contains copyrighted\nmaterials. Please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library for access to\nthese materials.\nDigitized from Box 39 of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nMRS. FORD ON NIXON\nRe: \"Final Days\" New book by Woodward &\nBernstein\n\"I really feel very badly to think that things\nthat are past and are gone are coming out in\na book that is \" \"I believe it will be\nconsidered fictional.\"\n\" Feel a great deal of sympathy for Pat Nixon,\"\nContinued on back\nRusty - -\nPlo pull\neverything me\n\"The Final Days\"\n+ make a\nNixon file\nFORD LIBRARY\nunder Mrs. Ford\nC-2\nThe Washington Star\nTuesday,\nMarch 30, 1976\nPC\nDesigners Honor Betty Ford\nperio\nEleni on Fashion: Cited for Her Support of the Industry\nrece\nvers\nhis\nNEW YORK- - Mrs. Gerald R. Ford said yesterday,\nnated at the school). Mrs. Ford was aware that such\ndra\n'Nixon's Final Days,\" the new Robert Woodward and\nfashion greats as the late Norman Norell, Adrian and\n\"J.\nCarl Bernstein book, \"will be considered fiction\" in\nClare McCardle, among many others, had attended\nAn\ndays to come. In a brief question and answer session\nthe school that she said, \"deserves its top, top reputa-\nPa\nbefore being presented with the 1976 Parsons Award\ntion.\"\nth\nfor her and support of the Americen fash\nShe always has been anthuciastic about American\nN024\nRW\nLAST DAYS\nWASHINGTON (AP) -- FIRST LADY BETTY FORD SAYS SHE BELIEVES A\nCONTROVERSIAL NEW BOOK ON RICHARD M. NIXON'S LAST DAYS IN THE WHITE\nHOUSE WILL EVENTUALLY BE REGARDED AS FICTION, NOT FACT.\nMRS. FORD ALSO SAID PORTIONS OF ''THE FINAL DAYS, BY WASHINGTON\nPOST REPORTERS BOB WOODWARD AND CARL BERNSTEIN, 'COULD HAVE BEEN\nOMITTED.''\n\"I HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF SYMPATHY NOT ONLY FOR MRS. NIXON BUI FOR\nTHE WHOLE FAMILY,\" MRS. FORD COMMENTED DURING AN APPEARANCE IN NEW\nYORK MONDAY. \"I FEEL BADLY THAT THINGS THAT ARE IN THE PAST AND GONE\nARE STILL COMING OUT.''\nTHE BOOK CLAIMS THAT BOTH NIXON AND HIS WIFE DRANK HEAVILY DURING\nTHE WATERGATE SCANDAL THAT LED TO NIXON'S RESIGNATION IN AUGUST 1974.\nIT ALSO DEPICTS A DISTRAUGHT, SUICIDAL NIXON ON THE EVE OF HIS\nDEPARTURE WHO WEPT DURING A MEETING WITH SECRETARY OF STATE HENRY A.\nKISSINGER AND POUNDED THE CARPET AS HE ASKED, WHAT HAVE I DONE? WHAT\nHAS HAPPENED?\"\nKISSINGER GAVE THE BOOK POOR REVIEWS, SAYING MONDAY THAT EXCERPTS HE\nHAS SEEN FROM THE BOOK WERE DISTORTED AND INSENSITIVE.\n03-30-76 10:40EST\nR. FORD LIBRARY\nTHE WASHINGTON POST\nB2\nTuesday, March 30, 1976\nPersonalities\nCicely Tyson, top\nleft, took a 10-\nThe Richard Nixons, of San Cle-\nday break from\nmente, Calif., spent their Saturday\nnight dining with the James Roose-\nfilming \"The Blue\nof Corona del Mon- Celif - -\nCarter's\nFeeling the\nBetty on The Book\nSouthern\nSHE DOESN'T HEM & HAW\nHospitality\nAT PARSONS AWARD GALA\nBy CLYDE HABERMAN\nBy ANNA QUINDLEN\ncelving her prize- miniature sterling sil-\nN.Y. Post Correspondent\nThe program read like a list of the finest\nver replica of the Parsons table-the First\nROANOKE, Va. Jim\nlabels Seventh Avenue has to offer: Donald\nLady fielded questions about excerpts from\nTucker, a librarian for the\nBrooks, Albert Capraro, Kasper, Calvin\ntheir new book, which portrays former\ncounty, stood on the corner\nKlein, Shannon Rodgers, Chester Weinberg,\nPresident Nixon as a distraught and drink-\nof Campbell Av. and Second\nBetty Ford-\ning heavily during his last months In office.\nSt. here waiting for Jimmy\n\"T needly feel vome badly to think that"
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