Conversation: 272-013
Prev: 272-012 Next: 272-014Start Date: Wednesday, August 11, 1971 7:12 PM
End Date: Wednesday, August 11, 1971 7:45 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Moorer, Thomas H. (Adm.); Cushman, Robert E., Jr. (Gen.); Irwin, John N., II; Williams, Maurice J.; Sisco, Joseph J.; Selden, Armistead I., Jr.Recording Device: Old Executive Office Building
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:27:42
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:01:20
NARA Description:
On August 11, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, Gen. Robert W., Jr. Cushman, Jr., John N. Irwin, II, Maurice J. Williams, Joseph J. Sisco, and Armistead I. Selden, Jr. met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:12 pm to 3:45 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 272-013 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 272-13
Date: August 11, 1971
Time: 3:12 pm - 3:45 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
President's schedule
-Stephen B. Bull's call to Kissinger
-Forthcoming meeting
-Itinerary
-India-Pakistan
-Refugees
-India
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
Thomas H. Moorer, Robert E. Cushman, John N. Irwin, Maurice J. Williams, Joseph J. Sisco,
and Armistead I. Selden, Jr. entered at an unknown time after 3:12 pm.
[General conversation]
-San Clemente
India and Pakistan
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 272-13 (cont.)
-US policy
-Avoidance of war
-Media
-Humanitarian aid
-Pakistan
-Refugees
-United Nations [UN]
-President's conversation with Indian Ambassador
-Economic aid
-Political aspects
-National interests
-War
-India
-Pakistan
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-US
-PRC
-Pakistan
-India
--Agha Muhommad Yahya Khan
-Refugees
-India
-US policy
-USSR
-US policy
-State Department
-Instructions fro Sisco
-Need to avoid war
-Neutrality
-Consequences of possible war
-President’s possible television appearance
-Appeal to Congress for economic aid cut-off
-Summarized
-Economic aid
-USSR
-Need to avoid war
-Restraint
-Yahya Khan
-US policy
-Joseph S. Farland
-Yahya Khan
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 272-13 (cont.)
-India
-Policy
-Independent Bangladesh
-Means
-Soviet-Indian Friendship Treaty
-USSR
-Visit by Andrei A. Gromyko to India
-Support for guerilla activity
-Instability in East Pakistan
-Pakistan
-Yahya Khan
-Possible action
-East Pakistan
-India
-US aid
-Political situation
-Impact on insurgency
-Military situation
-Guerilla activity
-India
-UN
-Refugees
-East Pakistan
-US policy
-Peaceful outcome
-Yahya Khan
-Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
-Pakistan's view
-President's conversation with Farland
-Political settlement
-Relationship to refugees problem
-East Bengel
-Impact on Pakistan
-India
-Guerillas
-Yahya Khan
-Exiles in Calcutta
-Farland
-Analogy to Henry J. Tasca
-Greece
-Williams’ possible trip to Pakistan
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 272-13 (cont.)
-Kissinger's conversations with Yahya Khan
-Refugees
-Political accommodation
-Food distribution
-Agency for International Development [AID]
-US policy
-Political issue
-Press
-Yahya Khan
-Press reports
-The President’s view
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[Duration: 16s ]
PAKISTAN
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-Humanitarian relief
-Refugees
-Aid
-Political accommodation
-Possible conversation with Farland
-Awami League
-US policy
-Farland's role
-State Department
-Refugees
-UN
-Refugee relief
-Secretary of State
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 272-13 (cont.)
-Contributions
-Figures
-India
-Forthcoming report for President
Kissinger, et al. left at 3:45 pm.