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On April 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 10:15 pm to 10:25 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-060 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President talked with H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman. Reaction to President's news conference - Charles W. Colson - James E. Cheek, Howard University - Schools - Kenneth Brown, Lithographers- Printers Union - People's Republic of China [PRC] - John W. Oswald, Kent State University - Demonstrators - John F. Watlington, Jr. Wachovia Bank, Winston- Salem - Busing - Gordon Edwards, Kraft Corporation - Demonstrators - Lawrence Kramer, Mayor, Paterson, N.J. - Busing, PRC - Charles T. Lanigan, Republican State Chairman, New York - Busing, demonstrators - James Tate, Mayor of Philadelphia - PRC, demonstrators - Thomas L. Boardman, Cleveland Press - Vietnam, PRC, domestic issues - Reg. Murphy, Atlanta Constitution - PRC, prisoners of war [POWs], Vietnam, Lt. William L. Calley, Jr. - John H. Colburn, Wichita Eagle and Beacon - POWs, PRC, Calley - Everett D. Collier, Houston Chronicle - Busing, demonstrators - Martin S. Hayden, Detroit News - Busing, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew - Robert Watkins, National Medical Association - Vietnam, domestic issues - Putnam Livermore - Emmett Dedmon, Chicago Sun Times - POWs, effectiveness - James R. Allen, Mayor, Columbus, Georgia - Vietnam, Calley, busing - Michael J. O'Neill, New York Daily News - Vietnam, POWs, busing Press conferences - Timing, frequency - Interest - Poll - Compared to speech. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob").