Former President Ford Remembered as Staunch Transatlanticist, Friend of Germany

Washington: President Ford meets with Chancellor Helmut Schmidt in the Oval Office on May 12, 1974.

Former President Gerald Ford was a friend of Germany and a strong supporter of transatlantic relations and cooperation, Federal President Horst Köhler and Chancellor Angela Merkel recalled in expressing their condolences to President George W. Bush and the American people.

Bonn: In July 1975, Chancellor Schmidt welcomed Ford to the West German capital. They are flanked by Foreign Minister Genscher and Secretary of State Kissinger.

Helsinki:From left, Schmidt, GDR leader Honecker and Ford are among 35 state leaders gathered here for the signing of the final act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe on August 1, 1975.

“President Ford was a staunch transatlanticist, one of the co-signatories of the Final Act of today’s OSCE, and one of the founding fathers of the Group of leading industrialized nations, now the G8 economic summit,” Köhler wrote to Bush.“In close and particularly amicable cooperation with Chancellor Helmut Schmidt he greatly advanced the German-American partnership. In Germany his memory will be honored forever.”

France: At an economics summit in Rambouillet in November 1975, from left, Ford, French President Giscard d'Estaing, Schmidt and Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Miki.

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