Gerald Ford actually said...

I am deeply grateful to them for a job well done.

I sincerely regret that there was not timely action on my request to the Congress to enable the United States to continue to provide the ass...

Despite that evacuation, we will continue to do whatever possible to support an independent, peaceful, neutral, and unified Cambodia.

I have instructed the personnel of the U.S. Mission to leave Phnom Penh.