Washington (CNN)On his first morning as president, the CIA told Gerald Ford that Richard Nixon's resignation the day before had probably left many adversaries, including America's Cold War nemesis, the Soviet Union, "in something of a state of shock."

"None of the potential trouble-makers has produced even a rumble," according to the CIA. "It may be that many have not had time to consider how the situation might be turned to advantage," since they had "probably not anticipated the situation to come to a climax so rapidly."

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