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On July 22, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 2:17 pm and 2:25 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 136-007 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger. [See Conversation No. 197-10] Kissinger's location Ken Jamieson's previous call to John B. Connally ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number LPRN- T- MDR-2014-015. Segment exempt per Executive Order 13526, 3.3(b)(1) on 04/29/2019. Archivist: MM] [National Security] [136-007- W001] [Duration: 1m 35s] SAUDI ARABIA END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** Kissinger's call to Connally Connally - Location - Schedule - Charles W. Colson - Forthcoming television interview - Talking points - Appointment to President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board [PFIAB] - Disarmament - Senate Vietnam military activities - Quang Tri operation - Planned North Vietnamese attack - Military strategy - Lam Son operation - Briefing for President - Importance of air power - Situation in North Vietnam President's previous conversation with Colson - Jack N. Anderson's column in Washington Post - Hanoi comment on George S. McGovern McGovern - Possible reply to Anderson's column - US casualties in Vietnam as issue - Administration response Weather Kissinger's schedule - Stewart J. O. Alsop. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.