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On January 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:15 pm and 6:45 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 406-022 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President met with H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman. Press relations - Henry A. Kissinger - Mood - Conversation with Ronald L. Ziegler - Conversation with Haldeman - White House plans - Memorandum - Transcript - James B. ("Scotty") Reston - Leaks - President's response - Motives of foreign governments - Distortions - Quote on bombing - Loyalty - Quote on bombing - Peter Lisagor - President's opponents - Ziegler -"Peace is at hand" press conference - References to President - December 1972 press conference - References to President - Motives - January 23, 1973 press conference - Vietnam settlement - References to President - Nguyen Van Thieu - Negotiations - Concerns - Washington Post - Purpose of Haldeman's conversation - Reston - Joseph C. Kraft - Relations with Alexander M. Haig, Jr. - January 23, 1973 press conference -"Peace with honor" - Vietnam settlement - Relations to President's policy - Reston - Kraft - John F. Osborne - George S. McGovern - Statements on President's policy - Reston - Bombing - Conversation with Haldeman - Public relations - Stories on relations between President and Kissinger An unknown person entered at an unknown time after 6:15 pm. Delivery The unknown person left at an unknown time before 6:45 pm. - Bombing and negotiations - Stories on Vietnam settlement - Effectiveness - Cost - Stories on President's role - Kissinger's role - Jerrold L. Schecter - Bombing - Communications with political left - Motives - Bernard Gwertzman - Reston - Conversation with Haldeman - President's role in peace process - Kissinger's role - President's role in Vietnamization -1968 campaign statements - Melvin R. Laird - Defense Department - President's role in PRC trip - Writing - President's views on Soviet Union - President's decisions - November 3, 1969 - Cambodia, Laos - May 8, 1972 - December 1972 - Kissinger's role - Future statements by Kissinger - Hanoi trip -"Peace with honor" - Liberal establishment - Destruction - President's critics - US as world power -"Peace with honor" - Results - US credibility - President's role in peace process - Congress, the media - Courage - Wisdom - President's decisions - November 3, 1969 - Cambodia, Laos - May 8, 1972 - December 1972 bombing - Consequences of premature US withdrawal -"Bloodbath" - Communist takeover - December 1972 bombing - Results, justifications - President's and Kissinger's roles - Targets -"Terror bombing" - Liberal establishment's credibility - President's achievements - Bureaucracy, Congress, opinion leaders - Liberal establishment - Consequences of views - Vietnam, allies, enemies - Statements - Television [TV] - Vietnam settlement - Defense - January 23, 1973 press conference - President's role - Press contacts - Reston - White House PR plan - Haldeman's conversation with Ziegler - Kissinger - Evaluation of TV appearances - Press reaction - President's role in December 1972 bombing - Negotiations - Announcement - Importance - Kissinger's dissemination of story - Trip to Hanoi - POWs return - Kissinger - January 23, 1973 press conference - Amnesty - President's conversation with Kissinger - Sweden - Canada - Possible penalty - Peace Corps - Domestic Council - Moral issue - Kissinger - Conversation with Haldeman - Purpose - Ziegler - Memorandum - Kissinger - Conversation with Haldeman - John A. Scali, William P. Rogers - Kissinger - Motives -"Georgetown Set" - Choices Haldeman left at 6:45 pm. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob").