Conversation: 117-005
Prev:  117-003 Next: 117-007Start Date: 8-Mar-1973 11:44 AM
End Date: 8-Mar-1973 12:05 PM
Participants:
Khar, Mustafa; Ahmed, Aziz; Khan, Sultan Mohammad; [Unknown person(s)]; Recording Device: Cabinet Room
NARA Description:
On March 8, 1973, Mustafa Khar, Aziz Ahmed, and Sultan Mohammed Khan, and unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 11:44 am and 12:05 pm. The Cabinet Room taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 117-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 117-5 Date: March 8, 1973 Time: Unknown after 11:44 am until 12:05 pm Location: Cabinet Room An unknown man met with Mustafa Khar, Aziz Ahmed, and Sultan Mohammed Khan Cabinet Room -Seating arrangements -The President’s chair -Secretary of Commerce -John F. Kennedy -Inclusion of United States’ Ambassador to the United Nations in the Cabinet -Anecdote about Dean Rusk and Robert S. McNamara 10 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) Refreshments Cabinet Room -Seating United States’ political system -British heritage -Comparison between United States’ and parliamentary systems -Pakistan -National Security Council [NSC] -Previous meeting -Members -Domestic Council -Members -Organization Pakistan -Constitution -Compared with United States’ -Diversity United States’ political system -Variety Pakistan -Powers of President -Parliament -Powers United States’ political system -Local and Federal distinctions -Controversy -Civil War -States’ Rights -Compared with Soviet Union -Role of Soviet constitution Soviet bloc -Extent of political freedom -Theoretical rights United States’ political system -Residual powers in states 11 NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF Tape Subject Log (rev. 10/08) -National constitution -Powers of central government -Pakistani constitution -Powers of provinces Ambassador’s meeting with the President Khar, et al. left at 12:05 pm