Nixon's involvement

Q: You mentioned President Nixon and a conversation in the Oval Office. Before you became EPA Administrator, did he give you any advice - either written or spoken - on your new job?

MR. TRAIN: I don't really remember him doing so. I would imagine that President Nixon was pretty preoccupied at that time with his various problems. I don't really recall that he gave me any particular instructions. Now, Al Haig, as I recall, went out of his way to emphasize that I should recognize that there has to be balance in these jobs. I replied that I understood. I suspect Haig may have gotten that thought from the President; I know Haig did not have any personal association with the environment whatsoever. The only thing I recall clearly was my conversation with Nixon about the swearing-in.

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