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On May 28, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 9:08 am to 9:12 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 003-166 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President talked with William P. Rogers. [See Conversation No. 505-017] Middle East - Egypt - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] role - Anwar el- Sadat - Nikolai Podgorny [National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number LPRN- T- MDR-2014-012. Segment exempt 3.3(b)(1)on 10/17/2017. Archivist: DR] BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [National Security] [Duration: 6s] MESSAGE FROM PODGORNY END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 - United States [US] Role - President's press conference - Sadat's position - King Malik Faisal ibn Abd al- Aziz al- Saud's statements - Israel - Cyrus L. Sulzberger's Story in New York Times - Israel People's Republic of China [PRC] - A May 27, 1971 Washington Post story - Possible Leak - Effect - Austrian action - Administration Handling - Robert J. McCloskey, Ronald L. Ziegler - Henry A. Kissinger - Ziegler, McCloskey. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Rogers, William P.