Memorandum from Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller to President Gerald R. Ford Regarding Indications of a Possible Major Earthquake in California
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OCR Page 1 of 7MEVICE PRESICENT
WAS - NC-C: -
February 5, 1976
R. FORD
MEMORANDUM FOR:
THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
THE VICE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Indications of Possible Major Earthquake
in California
1. At one of the Science-Advisory Panel meetings
two weeks ago, Dr. Frank Press, Chairman of the
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at M.I.T.,
reported on indications of a possible major earthquake
in California. Through Dr. Teller, I asked him to
give me the basic information, which is in the attached
letter.
2. As Dr. Press' letter states, this information
will soon become public, probably in Science magazine,
later this month.
3. I have sent copies of the letter to
Dr. Teller, Dr. Hans Mark; and Dr. Guy Stever of the :
National Science Foundation, as well as to the
chairmen of the two science-and-technology advisory
and consulting groups (Simon Ramo and Bill Baker)
4.
What is at stake is:
-- restoration of 25% funding cut for the
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U.S. Geological Survey's National
Earthquake Information Service;
-- appropriation of $2 million for a "dense"
earthquake-monitoring network at the
Southern end of the San Andreas fault,
similar to the network already operating
effectively at the Northern end of the
fault, near San Francisco;
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