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On November 4, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Ronald L. Ziegler talked on the telephone from 8:40 am to 8:45 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 033-004 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President talked with Ronald L. Ziegler. [See Conversation No. 389-2] Henry A. Kissinger Ziegler's location 1972 election - Vietnam War - George S. McGovern's charges - Deception - Nguyen Van Thieu's delays - The President's position - Kissinger's rebuttal - Washington Post quotation - Foreign students - Confidence - Rebuttal - William P. Rogers - Melvin R. Laird - Necessity - The President's foreign policy speech - Patience - Begging for peace - Hanoi propaganda - Cease- Fire provisions - Enforcement - Elections - Kissinger's responses - Restraint - The President's trip - President's posture - November 3, 1972 - Press and media coverage - New York Times, Washington Post - Television - Vietnam - Wires, radio - Press coverage - Robert B. Semple, Jr. - View of crowds - New job [at New York Times] - Chicago - Adequacy. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.