Papers, 1974-77 Press Secretary Nessen's Papers include background material on events in Indochina and notes from many meetings partly concerned with Indochina. A separate collection, the Ron Nessen Files , has indexed transcripts of daily briefings for the White House press corps, with Indochina a frequent topic. The NSA conducted authorized intercepts of helicopter pilot radio transmissions during the evacuation of the Embassy. The Library thanks the NSA Historical Office for discovering, declassifying, and copying the resulting texts. This vast file system was shared by all White House staff.
Contents range from public opinion mail to declassified briefing papers.
The WHCF-Subject File has numerous file headings pertinent to the war. The WHCF-Name File provides a partial name index, very incomplete, to the Subject File. This office provided Presidential-Congressional liaison on such issues as aid to South Vietnam, use of the War Powers Act, MIA and POW concerns, the clemency program, and the admittance of refugees. The files of office head Max Friedersdorf and each of his staff contain pertinent material. The Ted Marrs Files document interagency efforts on behalf of Indochina refugees entering the U.S. in 1975.