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On January 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, William F. ("Billy") Graham, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, Raymond K. Price, Jr., Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Melvin R. Laird met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:31 pm and 5:11 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 313-021 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President talked with William F. ("Billy") Graham. [Conversation No. 313-21A] [See Conversation No. 18-40] H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman entered at 3:34 pm. The telephone conversation was cut off at an unknown time before 3:42 pm. Phone cut- Off [The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 3:34 pm and 3:42 pm.] [Conversation No. 313-21B] [See Conversation No. 18-41] [End of telephone conversation] Thelma C. ("Pat") Nixon's visit to Africa - Time magazine article - Text and photograph - Commentary - Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, [Anna] Eleanor Roosevelt and Claudia A. (Taylor) ("Lady Bird") Johnson - Mrs. Nixon's reception in Liberia - Flight - Itinerary - US aid projects Foreign visits - Schedule - Host countries - The President's trip in 1953 - US officials - State Department - Peace Corps Mrs. Nixon's visit to Africa - Time commentary - Reprints - Mailing - Newsweek commentary - Time - Photos George W. Romney - Meeting with the President - Rescheduling Edward M. Korry - Possible appointment - Henry A. Kissinger's view - Health, Education and Welfare [HEW] position - State Department's view - Kissinger's activity - Korry's religion - William F. Buckley, Jr.'s views - Appointment by John F. Kennedy - Adlai E. [?]Stevenson, II Buckley - United States Information Agency [USIA] advisory board - Reappointment - Opposition to administration - Kissinger's views Korry - Liberals - Possible HEW position - Kissinger's views [David] Kenneth Rush - Previous conversation with the President Melvin R. Laird - Troop announcement - Conversation with Kissinger - Rush appointment - Conflict of interest [The President talked with Graham between an unknown time after 3:34 pm and 3:42 pm.] [Conversation No. 313-21C] [See Conversation No. 18-42] [End of telephone conversation] Kissinger - Possible call from the President - Conversation with Yitzhak Rabin - State Department - Calls to Haldeman and John N. Mitchell - Conversation with William P. Rogers - Haldeman's call to Mitchell - Kissinger's conversation with Mitchell - Meeting at State Department - Conversation with Nelson A. Rockefeller - Joseph J. Sisco - Tenure in office Sisco - Tenure in office - Kissinger and Israel - Comments at Washington Special Actions Group [WSAG] - India- Pakistan - Middle East - Possible ambassadorship - Haldeman's and Mitchell's possible conversation with Rogers - Kissinger India- Pakistan War - Max Frankel - Kissinger - Credibility - Administration's position - Article by Jack N. Anderson - Neutrality - Kissinger - West Pakistan - Kissinger - Rogers - The President's possible motives for action - Foreign policy prerogatives - Kissinger [Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 09/18/2019. Segment cleared for release.] [Personal Returnable] [313-021- W005] [Duration: 47s] 1972 campaign - John N. Mitchell's role - Nomination - H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman's assessment Richard G. Kleindienst - Appointment - Public relations - Timing of announcement - Maurice H. Stans's resignation - The President's People's Republic of China [PRC] trip - John N. Mitchell - New Hampshire primary Kissinger - Relations with Rogers - Japan - Analogy to Roger Staubach and Bob Griese - Credibility - PRC - Mitchell Raymond K. Price, Jr. [The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 3:42 pm and 3:56 pm.] [Conversation No. 313-21D] [See Conversation No. 18-43] [End of telephone conversation] Kissinger - Conversation with Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell and Rockefeller [The President talked with Price between 3:56 pm and 4:05 pm.] [Conversation No. 313-21E] [See Conversation No. 18-44] [End of telephone conversation] Submission of speech draft - Timing - Camp David Rabin - Mitchell - Kissinger [The President talked with the Vice President Spiro T. Agnew between 4:06 pm and 4:08 pm.] [Conversation No. 313-21F] [See Conversation No. 18-45] [End of telephone conversation] Agnew - Meeting with the President Rabin - Mitchell - Kissinger Kissinger - Laird - Vietnam issue [The President talked with the White House operator at an unknown time between 4:08 pm and 4:12 pm.] [Conversation No. 313-21G] [See Conversation No. 18-46] [End of telephone conversation] Troop announcement - Impact John B. Connally - Health - Invitation to Mrs. Nixon's arrival ceremony - Possible speaking tour - Scheduling - New economic policy slogan - Nonpartisanship - Economic issues - Television -"Question and answer" programs - Haldeman's possible talks with Connally [The President talked with Laird between 4:12 pm and 4:27 pm.] [Conversation No. 313-21H] [See Conversation No. 18-47] [End of telephone conversation] Vietnam - Troop withdrawal level - Laird's view - Possible call to Kissinger - Kissinger - Problems - Laird Kissinger's - Conversation with the President [?] - National Security Council [NSC] - WSAG meeting - Mitchell and Rush - Control Rush - Public relations - Compared with Kissinger and David Packard Kissinger - Forthcoming call from Haldeman - The President's conversations with Laird and Rush - WSAG - Mitchell Haldeman left at an unknown time before 5:11 pm. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Graham, William F. ("Billy"); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operator; Price, Raymond K., Jr.; Agnew, Spiro T. (Vice President); Laird, Melvin R.