Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 293 › Conversation 293-021
Nixon & Kissinger on India-Pakistan conflict and Foreign aid
Monday, November 22, 1971 · 12:45 PM–1:30 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and Henry Kissinger discuss the escalating crisis between India and Pakistan in anticipation of a Washington Special Action Group (WSAG) meeting. Nixon directs Kissinger to adopt a firm stance toward the international community, mandating a complete suspension of all U.S. aid to both combatants. The President emphasizes that this cessation of assistance is a strategic tool to influence the conflict, instructing Kissinger to ensure this hard-line policy is clearly communicated.
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Position in tape: 01:24:37 – 01:26:34
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NARA Description
On November 22, 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 12:45 pm and 1:30 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 293-021 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 293-21
Date: November 22, 1971
Time: Unknown between 12:45 pm and 1:30 pm
Location: Executive Office Building
The President talked with an unknown person [Henry A. Kissinger?]
India-Pakistan
-Forthcoming Washington Special Action Group [WSAG]
-Meeting
-US policy
-The President’s instructions
-US policyAlso recorded on November 22, 1971
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- 015-089 12:19 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John B. Connally, Clark MacGregor, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:19 pm to 12:24 pm.
- 015-090 12:45 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:45 pm and 1:30 pm.
- 015-091 1:30 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Clark MacGregor talked on the telephone from 1:30 pm to 1:32 pm.
- 015-092 1:32 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:32 pm and 1:42 pm.
- 015-093 1:42 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 1:42 pm to 1:43 pm.
- 015-094 1:43 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 1:43 pm and 2:25 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 293-021, November 22, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/293-021 (accessed October 1, 2026).