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Conversation: 455-002

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Start 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

455-002.mp3

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
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                        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


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Privacy]
[Duration: 38s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1

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                   -Responsibilities
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                                    Tape Subject Log
                                       (rev. 9/08)



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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[Privacy]
[Duration: 53s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2                                     Conv. No. 455-2 (cont.)

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                   -Qualifications
                        -Environment
                        -Budget
                        -Government reorganization


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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[Privacy]
[Duration: 1m 8s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3

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         -Morton’s role
              -Schlesinger
              -Congressional relations
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                                      (rev. 9/08)



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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[Privacy]
[Duration: 3s ]


END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4                                     Conv. No. 455-2 (cont.)

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         -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
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                          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