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On June 29, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 11:07 am to 11:18 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 135-002 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger. [See also Conversation No. 195-5] Kissinger's trip to New York - People's Republic of China [PRC] - President's letter on Vietnam - US- North Vietnamese relationship - Kissinger's discussions with the PRC - North Vietnamese troops Vietnam War Peace Negotiations - North Vietnamese response to President's proposal - Timing and schedule - Invitation to Joseph C. Kraft - Compared to Anthony Lewis - George S. McGovern Vietnam military action - The President's statements on the draft - Kissinger's view - Residual forces - Future - Casualties - Missing in action [MIAs] number - Quang Tri operation - Bombing - Compared to Verdun battle in World War I - Naval operations - North Vietnamese preparations for ceasefire - Kissinger's assessment - The President's view - Possible effect ***************************************************************** [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 08/22/2023. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [135-002- W004] [Duration: 3m 10s] Foreign policy - Democratic Party platform - Henry A. Kissinger's view - Vietnam - Withdrawal of US forces - Peace proposals - Israel - Henry A. Kissinger's view - Defense - George S. McGovern - W[illiam] Averell Harriman - Henry A. Kissinger's view - Israel - Yitzhak Rabin - Jerusalem as capital - Defense funding - North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] - People's Republic of China [PRC] and Japan - Administration policy - The President's view ***************************************************************** Kraft - Trip to Vietnam - Kissinger's forthcoming meeting - The President's policies - McGovern - Importance of trip - President's term in office - Israel Grain sale with the Soviet Union - Earl L. Butz and Peter G. Peterson - Credit - President's role - Letter from Leonid I. Brezhnev - The President's efforts - Announcement - Location for announcement - The President's possible role - Timing. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.