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On February 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:26 pm and 4:34 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-093 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: Michael J. Mansfield talked with the President. [See Conversation No. 840-16] Henry A. Kissinger's schedule - Trip to Hanoi and Peking Mansfield's schedule - Possible trip to Peking - Kissinger - Timing Committee for the Study of Foreign Policy - H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman - Appointments - House and Senate members - The President's appointees - Nelson A. Rockefeller - James B. Pearson - Mansfield Southeast Asia ceasefires - Reports - Vietnam - Cambodia - Norodom Sihanouk - Laos - Pathet Lao - US bombing - Rationale Mansfield's trip - Kissinger Committee for the Study of Foreign Policy - Appointments - Jane Engelhard [?] - New Jersey - Blacks - Hugh Scott - Republican fundraiser - Philadelphia - Irish American - Africa - Qualifications. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator.