Blue binder containing the fifth copy of the August 1, 1976, briefing of the Vail Strategy. The binder contains typewritten pages, along with two tabs marking “Tab I Strategy Details” and “Tab II Background Papers.” On Saturday, August 21, 1976, after the August 19th end of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Republican_National_Convention" class="extiw" title="w:1976 Republican National Convention">Republican National Convention</a>, Ford and his family arrived in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vail,_Colorado" class="extiw" title="w:Vail, Colorado">Vail, Colorado</a> for their annual ski vacation.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> The Vail Strategy, which formulated focused on how to beat Jimmy Carter in the general election, was finalized during a series of meetings between President Ford and his campaign staff after the Republican National Convention. A separate PDF file of each major section of the plan is available at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/exhibits/campaign/strategy_plan.asp">the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum website</a>.
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