Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 283 › Conversation 283-036
Nixon & Kissinger on Pakistan and India
Wednesday, October 6, 1971 · 12:37 PM–2:09 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 31 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met to discuss the volatile situation between India and Pakistan. The conversation focused on rising tensions at the border and the potential strategic implications of United States involvement in the regional conflict. The exchange served as a briefing on maintaining neutrality while monitoring military developments in South Asia.
- Pakistan
- India
- Border tensions
- Foreign policy
- South Asia
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NARA Description
On October 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 2:09 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 283-036 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 283-036
Date: October 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:37 pm and 2:09 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger.
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[Previous National Security (B) withdrawal reviewed under MDR guidelines case number
LPRN-T-MDR-2012-004 & LPRN-T-MDR-2014-004. Segment declassified on 05/27/2015.
Archivist: JD]
[National Security]
[283-036-w001]
[Duration: 31s]
Pakistan situation
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
-Indians
-Border
-United States involvement
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- 010-082 11:55 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. Gross talked on the telephone from 11:55 am to 12:01 pm.
- 283-034 12:37 PM · 37 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 2:09 pm.
- 283-035 12:37 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 2:09 pm.
- 283-037 12:37 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 2:09 pm.
- 283-038 12:37 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 2:09 pm.
- 283-039 12:37 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:37 pm and 2:09 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 283-036, October 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/283-036 (accessed October 8, 2026).