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On March 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 12:45 pm to 12:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-053 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger. [See Conversation No. 697-28] Kissinger's location The President's morning briefing - North Vietnam's offensive into South Vietnam - The President's view - US reaction - Understanding between the US and the Soviet Union - The President's correspondence with Leonid I. Brezhnev - The President's talk with Anatoliy F. Dobrynin - Kissinger's response. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.