Conversation: 455-002
Prev:  455-001 Next: 455-003Start Date: 22-Feb-1971 10:09 AM
End Date: 22-Feb-1971 10:38 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Morton, Rogers C. B.; Hitt, Robert J.; Ehrlichman, John D.; Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:54:26
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:23:58
NARA Description:
On February 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Rogers C. B. Morton, Robert J. Hitt, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:09 am to 10:38 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 455-002 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 455-2 Date: February 22, 1971 Time: 10:09 am - 10:38 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Rogers C. B. Morton, Robert J. Hitt, and John D. Ehrlichman Appointment of Undersecretary Morton’s trip to Florida -Press coverage -Watershed problem -Florida Power and Light Company -Nuclear plant Morton’s visibility -Public speeches -John B. Connally -Congress Appointment -Charles J. DiBona -Peter M. Flanigan 7 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Dr. James R. Schlesinger -Budget experience -William T. Pecora -US Geological Survey -John A. Volpe -Hollis M. Dole -Materials Commission -Frederic V. Malek Conv. No. 455-1 (cont.) -Ehrlichman -Commissions -Emphasis on youth -Bert S. Cross and Robert C. Tyson -Retired military -Need for Undersecretary -Upcoming reorganization -Problems of Interior Department -Budget -Bureaucracy -Schlesinger -Melvin R. Laird -Budget experience -President’s view -George P. Shultz -Robert P. Mayo ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Privacy] [Duration: 38s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ****************************************************************************** -Responsibilities 8 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 [Privacy] [Duration: 53s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2 Conv. No. 455-2 (cont.) ****************************************************************************** -Qualifications -Environment -Budget -Government reorganization ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 [Privacy] [Duration: 1m 8s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3 ****************************************************************************** -Morton’s role -Schlesinger -Congressional relations 9 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) ****************************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 [Privacy] [Duration: 3s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4 Conv. No. 455-2 (cont.) ****************************************************************************** -Fred J. Russell -Forthcoming letter -Meeting with Flanigan -DiBona -Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. -John C. Stennis -Margaret Chase Smith -Schlesinger -President’s view -University of Rochester -Volunteer Army Alaska pipeline -Hearings in Washington, DC and in Alaska -Morton’s view -Oil companies’ view -Movement of oil -Alternatives -Native claims issue -Congress -Negotiations -Need for oil -Walter J. Hickel’s position -Tankers -Valdez port -Environmental effect -Nation’s needs -Morton’s comments -Public relations efforts -Flanigan and Shultz 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 9/08) -Maurice H. Stans -General George A. Lincoln -Dole and Pecora -Role -National energy policy -Stans -Shultz -President Conv. No. 455-2 (cont.) -Lincoln -Stans -Dole Morton’s trip to Illinois -Revenue sharing -Administration health program Photos Hitt and Morton left at 10:38 am Charles W. Colson Ehrlichman left at 10:38 am