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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
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-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

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-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.