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This Gerald R. Ford Library folder of Ford Congressional Papers holds material from Ford's broadcasts in 1965 and 1966. It contains correspondence with WJR station manager James H. Quello and drafts of Ford's June 1965 "Your Government" radio report on congressional imbalance, Vietnam and Cuba, along with budget remarks. It also includes Ford's March 25, 1966 on-air statement calling for a congressional investigation of UFO sightings near Ann Arbor, Michigan, a Great Society documentary script and a Meet the Press transcript with Indira Gandhi.
“Cooper”4 pages
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Panel: JOSEPH C. HARSCH, NBC News GRAHAM HOVEY, The New York Times CARL T. ROWAN, Chicago Daily News LAWRENCE E. SPIVAK, Permanent Panel Member Moderator: BRYSON RASH Permission is hereby granted to news media and magazines to reproduce in whole or in part. Credit to NBC's MEET THE PRESS will be appreciated. # MEET THE PRESS MR. RASH: Our guest today on MEET THE PRESS, although he is only 35, has earned a reputation as one of Africa's foremost spokesmen. He is Mr. Tom Mboya, the Minister of Economic Planning and Development of Kenya. Mr. Mboya arrived in this country this weekend. He is also Chairman of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and Secretary General of his country's ruling political party, the Kenya African National Union. Now we will have the first questions from Mr. Lawrence Spivak, the permanent member of the MEET THE PRESS panel. MR. SPIVAK: Mr. Mboya, our press reported the other day that a Communist plot to overthrow your government had been uncovered. Is that report true? MR. MBOYA: No, this is not true, and the Minister for Defense the next day made a correction of the report, pointing out that there had not been such a plot although, of course, in view of recent developments in Africa, we, like every other African government, have warned against any of our people or leaders getting involved with forces from outside. MR. SPIVAK: Mr. Mboya, is it not true that there was a government announcement that there had been a Communist plot to overthrow- MR. MBOYA: No, there was no such government announcement. MR. SPIVAK: According to our press also, you stage-managed the conference which deprived Vice President Odinga of his power in your party. Why did you at this particular time move against him?
Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 88 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.