Word: consultancy
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First, Ford has emphasized his plans to be an executive who is available to more than just his top aides. The process by which Nelson A. Rockefeller was tapped as the vice president-designate makes it apparent that Ford, in sharp contrast to Nixon, will consult Congressional leaders, and a wide variety of friends and even political opponents before making any big decisions. This naturally will diminish the degree to which Ford will rely upon Kissinger as a supreme advisor...
...island's population, the Greeks believe that Ankara should have asked for no more than a fifth. Athens, however, was not even allowed to consider seriously the plan at Geneva or to come up with counterproposals. When Greek Foreign Minister George Mavros asked for 36 hours to consult with his government, Günes flatly refused, and the talks broke down without accomplishing anything during six days of negotiating...
This was just a pretext of [British Foreign Secretary James] Callaghan's to gain time. On the surface the argument that [Greek Foreign Minister George] Mavros and [Greek Cypriot Acting President Glafcos] Clerides had to consult their governments looked valid. But they had direct telephone lines with their capitals, just like the Turks, and they could have consulted their people by phone. All we wanted was separate geographical zones for the two Cypriot communities. Mavros and Clerides wanted to maintain the status quo. If we had accepted the delay they would have come back with negative replies anyway...
Almost nobody had a harsh word to say about Gerald Ford. Senator Charles Percy of Illinois spoke of Ford's ability to work smoothly with Congress; Senator Alan Cranston, the California Democrat, noted Ford's ability "to reach out, to consult and to conciliate." From the Colorado Rockies where he was vacationing, former Kansas Governor Alf Landon, the Republican presidential candidate of 1936, watched Ford's performance and was impressed "with the promptness with which he is making his decisions; he's going about his job without hesitation or delay...
...Kissinger will be answering to a new President. The Japanese and some European leaders have long felt that the Nixon-Kissinger duo was too fond of close-to-the-vest diplomacy and the rawest sort of balance of power politics. Ford is perceived as more open, more willing to consult with America's allies, and therefore a beneficent influence on Kissinger...