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On January 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 9:32 am to 9:59 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-021 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger. 1973 Inaugural concerts - Symphony concert - Kissinger's attendance - The President's view - Eugene Ormandy - Edvard Grieg - Van Cliburn - Compared to previous Inaugural -1969 Inaugural - Constitution Hall - Kissinger's view Vietnam settlement - Alexander M. Haig, Jr. - Nguyen Van Thieu - New letter - Conditions - South Vietnamese officials - Foreign Minister - Meeting with Kissinger in Paris - Kissinger's view - Message to Thieu - William H. Sullivan - Agreement details - Police force - The President's meeting with Congressional leaders - Unilateral initialing - Thieu - Peace agreement acceptance - Timing - Haig - Ellsworth F. Bunker - The President's message to Thieu - The President's meeting with Congressional leaders - Barry M. Goldwater, John C. Stennis - Thieu's acceptance of agreement - Possible ramifications - South Vietnam aid - Haig's message - Bunker - Tran Van Lam - Trip to Paris - The President's message to Thieu - Lam's trip to Paris - Congress - Spiro T. Agnew - Trip to South Vietnam - Signing of agreements - Need for Thieu's acceptance - Negotiations - North Vietnamese - Thieu - Protocols - Washington Post - Sullivan - Pistols - Police force - Officers, enlisted men - Protocols - North Vietnamese troops in South Vietnam - Kissinger's response - Messages - Thieu - The President's view - The President's experience - Trips in the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China [PRC] - Corps commanders - US aid - William P. Rogers - Previous statements - Vietnamization - The President's view - Response to the President's message - Deadline - The President's meeting with Congressional leaders - Selected leaders - Goldwater - Contingencies - The President's public statements - Details of final negotiations - US bureaucracy - Allies - Australia - Informing - Marshall Green - Message - Australia, New Zealand - Canada - Pierre E. Trudeau - The President's view - The President's instructions. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.