Word: codicils
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Reaganites presented the only document drawn up during the meetings. It was described as merely a "talking paper." It bore no relation to anything so grand as an "agreement," "codicil" or a "treaty of Detroit" outlining a "co-presidency"-terms later bandied wildly about the convention hall. A mere 1½ pages of double-spaced typing, it tried to sketch out how Ford would fit into the decisionmaking and paper flow of the White House. One specific point was that Ford would have daily supervisory authority, but not final power of decision, over the National Security Council, the Office...