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On April 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 7:12 pm to 7:19 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-069 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger. Vietnam - Weather - Adm. Thomas H. Moorer's report to Kissinger - Tanks - Naval gunfire - Route One - Naval gunfire - Kissinger's view - Use in North Vietnam - Dong Hoi area - Authorization - Timing - Moorer - Route One - Location - Cruisers and destroyers - Weather - Improvement - Ceiling - Air strikes - Damage assessment - Tanks and trucks - Weather - Improvement - Results - Tanks, guns, artillery, surface- To- Air- Missiles [SAMs] - Troops - Weather - Change - Timetable - Kissinger's view - Possible settlement - North Vietnamese offensive - Date - Moorer - Melvin R. Laird - Support for air strikes - Moorer - The President's view - Haiphong Attack - Kissinger's view - Timing - Soviet response Soviet Union - Anatoliy F. Dobrynin - Message to Moscow - Forthcoming US- Soviet Summit - Berlin - German treaties - US message to Willy Brandt - The President's decision - The President's forthcoming trip to Poland - Message from the Soviets - Delay - Kissinger's view - Poles - Soviet response - Possibility of a news leak Kissinger briefing for someone - Forthcoming meeting with the President. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.