Conversation: 853-017
Prev:  853-016 Next: 853-018Start Date: 8-Feb-1973 3:07 PM
End Date: 8-Feb-1973 11:59 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Morton, Rogers C. B.; Recording Device: Oval Office
NARA Description:
On February 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Rogers C. B. Morton met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 3:07 pm and 11:59 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 853-017 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 853-17 Date: February 8, 1973 Time: Unknown after 3:07 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Rogers C. B. Morton. President’s policies -47- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Feb.-10) Conversation No. 853-17 (cont’d) -American people’s support -Understanding Morton’s health -Physical exam -Prostate gland -Johns Hopkins Hospital -Palo Alto -Stanford Medical Center -Radiation treatment -Worry -Operation -Radiation treatment -Doctor -Authority -Stanford Medical Center Morton’s Palo Alto office -Suzanne Whitaker -Robert J. Hitt Morton’s health -Prostate gland -Radiation treatment -Scheduling -Postponement -Physical examination -Yearly test -Gen. Walter R. Tkach -Doctor -Second opinion -Johns Hopkins -Hoyt S. Vandenberg -National Security Council [NSC] -Physical examination ****************************************************************************** [Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift] -48- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Feb.-10) Conversation No. 853-17 (cont’d) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 4s] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [End segment reviewed under deed of gift] ****************************************************************************** -Prognosis Congressional relations -Russell B. Long -Support for President -President’s reelection -Fighting -Public attitudes -Fighting -Taxes President’s forthcoming trip -Morton’s best wishes -President’s discretion Morton left at an unknown time after 3:07 pm.