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Heady Aftermath. Ford's trip comes at a time when he is still feeling the heady aftermath of public acclaim in the U.S. for the way in which he directed the military action that rescued the U.S. merchant ship Mayaguez from the Cambodians. He made no mention of the incident during a speech at a Bicentennial celebration in Charlotte, N.C. But when members of the North Carolina congressional delegation praised the rescue, the keyed-up crowd of more than 50,000 cheered and whistled. Ford was also buoyed by the growing belief among liberals in Congress that...
...Much Force. To an extent, Ford should be aided in his personal diplomacy by his firmness in dispatching Marines and U.S. fighter-bombers to force Cambodia to give up the Mayaguez and its crew. Some Europeans believed that he used too much force. But White House aides thought that the rescue operation, at the very least, demonstrated to allied leaders Ford's ability to act swiftly and decisively...
...many that his pardon of Nixon may have been more right than wrong (because it helped refocus the nation's attention on other problems), his program on the economy, which has forced the hostile Congress to move, his energy program, and his quick and successful response to the Mayaguez hijacking. Whether he has been right or wrong in his decisions...
...white-tie state dinner at the White House. On hand once again was a large complement of notables, including Comedian Bob Hope, Singer Pearl Bailey, Dancer Fred Astaire, Auto Executive Henry Ford II and his wife Cristina, and Pan American World Airways Chairman William Seawell. Without specifically mentioning the Mayaguez affair, the Shah congratulated the President "for the great leadership and the right decisions that you took for your country." The state dining room rang with applause as the Shah lifted his glass of Schramsberg Blanc de Blanc to Ford...
...Student radicals had festooned the airport with banners reading BASTARD FORD, GET YOUR TROOPS OUT! and FORD, YOU DESTROY INTERNATIONAL LAW. Thai government officials denounced the Pentagon's dispatch of Marines and helicopters from the U.S.-operated Utapao airbase to the rescue of the American merchant vessel Mayaguez as "madness"; Prime Minister Kukrit Pramoj reacted with what he first described as "displeasure" and later as outright "fury." At week's end an emergency Cabinet meeting voted to recall Whitehouse's counterpart, the Thai Ambassador to the U.S., from Washington for consultation...