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On December 18, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 11:25 am to 11:35 am. The Camp David Study Desk taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 184-010 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger. The President's schedule - Dinner party - Richard L. Wilson - Joseph W. Alsop - Adm. Thomas H. and Carrie Ellen (Foy) Moorer - Announcement - Timing Vietnam War - US bombing and mining of North Vietnam - Hanoi announcement - Timing - Attacks on radio stations - B-52s - Weather - Losses - Expectations -[Hanoi] - Surface to air missiles [SAMs] - Number - Schedule - SAMs - Losses - Expectations - Purpose - Naval strikes - Tactical Air [TACAIR] strikes - A-6s - Timing - A-6s, A-3s - F-111s - Airfields - Timing - William Beecher's New York Times article - Source - Accuracy - Source - Defense Department - Melvin R. Laird -[David] Kenneth Rush - Hanoi announcement - Tone - Negotiations - Resumption of negotiations - US message to North Vietnam - Expected reply - Timing - Settlement agreement - Timing -1973 Inauguration - Purpose - US credibility - North Vietnam - People's Republic of China [PRC], Soviet Union - Hanoi announcement - Apollo XVII Astronauts - Public relations [PR] - Handling - Beecher's New York Times article - Source - Purpose - Timing - North Vietnam's response - Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander M. Haig, Jr. - Attacks and radio stations - Defense Department - Laird - Rush - William P. Rogers - Unknown person - Defense Department - William J. Baroody, Jr. - Laird - Weather - Support aircraft - Number - Airplane losses - B-52s - SAM - Report - Pilots - Past experience - Forthcoming report. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.