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On April 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 3:35 pm to 3:54 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-159 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: Henry A. Kissinger talked with the President. Vietnam - Report from Alexander M. Haig, jr. - Air strikes - Success - Talk With Ellsworth F. Bunker - Talk With Gen. James F. Hollingsworth - Third Corps - Route 13 - Unknown cities - B-52s - An Loc - Situation - Enemy movement - Tanks - Artillery - Stabilization - Air strikes - Tactical situation -21 st Armored Division -5 th Division - Duong Van Minh - Third Corps - North Vietnamese losses - Hollingsworth's estimates - Tanks - T-54s [?] - An Loc - Morale of garrison - Army of the Republic of Vietnam [ARVN] morale - Vietcong - I Corps - Fourth Corps - Con Tien - Survey team - Change in attitude - US aircraft - US naval reinforcements - Rebuilding - Future strategy - US position - Kissinger's view - Kissinger's schedule - Liberals - Cambodia - David K.E. Bruce - Arthur F. Burns - Comment to Rose Mary Woods - Support for the President's stands - Soviet Union - Navigator - Pilot - Criticism - Victory - ARVN - Blockade - Haig's report - North Vietnamese losses - Gen. Creighton W. Abrams, jr. - Use of US power - Reinforcements - Air strikes - Number of sorties - B-52s - Effectiveness - Tactical aircraft - Phantoms - Israelis - US [Previous National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number LPRN- T- MDR-2014-012. Segment declassified on 12/08/2017 and 08/23/2017. Archivist: AY] [National Security] [022-159- W001] [Duration: 42s] Vietnam - Hanoi campaign Vietnam - Soviet Union and People's Republic of China (PRC) - Hanoi - Soviet Union - German Treaty - Kissinger's forthcoming trip - B-52 strike - Richard M. Helms talk with Kissinger - Lyndon B. Johnson strategy - The President's view Kissinger's meeting with an unknown person Kissinger's forthcoming meeting with the President - Kissinger's forthcoming trip to Moscow - The President's schedule - Camp David - Date - Kissinger's schedule - Message to Chinese - The President's schedule - Domestic issues - Kissinger's preparations - Camp David - Kissinger's arrival for meeting - Plans Kissinger's forthcoming trip to Moscow - William P. Rogers - Notification of Kissinger's trip - Haig and Haldeman - Kissinger's meeting with the North Vietnamese and Soviets - Date - Paris - Kissinger's departure - Results - Possible conversation between Rogers and Anatoliy F. Dobrynin - Message from Leonid I. Brezhnev - Substance - Haldeman and Haig - Need for notification - Possible US- North Vietnam meeting in Paris - Soviet request - Kissinger discussion of Vietnam matter - Possible attendance of North Vietnamese - Private meetings - Arrangements - Rogers's knowledge of private meetings - Haig - The President's talking paper - Kissinger's previous talks with Rogers - Receipt of talking paper Haig's return Kissinger's departure - Kissinger's forthcoming meeting with the President - Kissinger's schedule - Dinner party - Newspaper editors - Appearance - Departure - The President's travel plans - Key Biscayne - Camp David - Advantages - Privacy - Ronald L. Ziegler The President's schedule - Forthcoming reception for editors - Camp David. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.