Gerald Ford actually said...

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 assistance necessary to the survival of the Government of the Khmer Republic.

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Statement on the Evacuation of the United States Mission in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

04/11/1975

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