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Gerald Ford: “I was deeply impressed with the problems you and the City Council must face in the next few weeks in meeting the…”

On the recordMay 13, 1975
I was deeply impressed with the problems you and the City Council must face in the next few weeks in meeting the financial problems of the great City of New York.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Letter to Mayor Abraham D. Beame Responding to New York City's Financial Assistance Request

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