Conversation: 016-048
Prev: 016-047 Next: 016-049Start Date: 8-Dec-1971 11:06 AM
End Date: 8-Dec-1971 11:14 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bush, George H. W.;Recording Device: White House Telephone
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:32:49
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:41:14
NARA Description:
On December 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and George H. W. Bush talked on the telephone from 11:06 am to 11:14 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-048 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 16-48 Date: December 8, 1971 Time: 11:06 am - 11:14 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with George Bush. [See Conversation No. 632-10] India-Pakistan War -United Nations [UN] General Assembly session -Vote -Bush’s view -Forthcoming briefing by Bush -Administration’s policy -Congressional support -Neutrality -Peace -UN General Assembly vote -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] -Iron curtain -Romania -Ceasefire and withdrawal -India -Bush’s possible talk with Senators -UN support for US position -Africa -Arab countries -UN Security Council vote -UN General Assembly -Zambia -Tanzania -Morocco -India -UN support -USSR -Indira Gandhi -View of Pakistan -Democracy versus dictatorship -Administration’s policy -Intellectual view 40 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06) -Criticism -Populations of India and Pakistan -Bush’s response -Indian military action -Agha Muhommad Yahya Khan -Pakistan -Yahya Khan -Refugees -UN observers -Sheik Mujibar Rahman -India -Gandhi -Pakistan -Yahya's government -Criticism -Internal problems -Military action -Consequence for international order -Press -Charles L. Bartlett -John F. Kennedy -India -UN Security Council -Anthony Lewis -Editorial quoted by Indian -Bush’s reply -New York Times editorial -Quoted by Indian -President’s view of India -Indian treatment of the President -Gandhi -India -Actions -Pakistan -Yahya Khan -Importance of world opinion -Democracy -Relative sizes of populations -Aggression -Democracy -Communism -UN 41 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/06)