Ford seeks $972 million in aid for Saigon and right to use troops for evacuation 40 years ago this hour (Apr 10 1975)


Video: 'Gerald Ford-Address on U.S. Foreign Policy (April 10, 1975)'

(Thursday, April 10, 1975, 9:00 p.m. EDT; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and Cold War) — U.S. President Gerald Ford appealed to Congress tonight to approve “without delay” nearly a billion dollars in military and humanitarian aid for Saigon to give South Vietnam a chance to “save itself” as a country and make possible a large-scale evacuation of Americans and South Vietnamese “should the worst come to pass” (click here to watch the complete speech).