{"conversationCode":"310-026","tapeNumber":310,"conversationNumber":26,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-310-026","startDateTime":"1971-12-26T16:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-12-26T17:12:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Dec-1971","startTime":"11:52 AM","endDate":"26-Dec-1971","endTime":"12:12 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Monson, Zosimo;","description":"On December 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Zosimo Monson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:52 am and 12:12 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 310-026 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"EOB","recordingDevice":"Old Executive Office Building","latitudeEstimated":38.897567,"longitudeEstimated":-77.039147,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 310-26\n\nDate: December 26, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 11:52 am and 12:12 pm\nLocation: Executive Office Building\n\nThe President met with Zosimo T. Monzon [?]\n\n     Briefcase\n          -Oval Office\n\nMonzon [?] left at an unknown time before 12:12 pm.","filename":["310a.mp3","310b.mp3","310c.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:11:44","tapeEnd":"03:13:47","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Monson, Zosimo"],"prevCode":"310-025","nextCode":"310-027","tapeTranscriptFile":"310a.mp3,310b.mp3,310c.mp3","transcript":[{"start":11509.9,"end":11515.96,"text":"He said that Budo cannot claim that this is part of Pakistan anymore."},{"start":11516.24,"end":11522.64,"text":"In other words, he's really put Budo on his daughter's grave."},{"start":11522.68,"end":11524.3,"text":"Is it part of India?"},{"start":11529.34,"end":11535.24,"text":"The fact that they've been terribly cruel and deceitful is beginning to get true."},{"start":11541.49,"end":11547.61,"text":"Well, you know, the main thing, though, when you look at what they're doing, they're doing exactly what I certainly think."},{"start":11548.13,"end":11558.95,"text":"They're occupying East Pakistan, and I don't think they're ever going to get out to you."},{"start":11558.97,"end":11560.77,"text":"You know, now another lie comes up."},{"start":11560.81,"end":11566.38,"text":"They had to back down on the charge that the Pakistani army had slaughtered those intellectuals."},{"start":11566.44,"end":11568.12,"text":"It turns out there had been some religious sect."},{"start":11568.14,"end":11570.02,"text":"You notice that?"},{"start":11571.57,"end":11573.21,"text":"Well, anyway, fine."},{"start":11573.33,"end":11577.56,"text":"I hope you feel better and just take an easy look out the window."},{"start":11578.58,"end":11578.96,"text":"Okay."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":11509,"end":11618.375,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Zosimo Monzon to discuss the shifting geopolitical landscape in South Asia following the Indo-Pakistani War. The conversation focused on the occupation of East Pakistan, with Nixon expressing skepticism regarding India's long-term withdrawal intentions and questioning the validity of reports concerning atrocities by the Pakistani army. Nixon characterized the situation as a series of falsehoods, emphasizing his distrust of the current political developments in the region.","topics":["East Pakistan","India","Indo-Pakistani War","Geopolitics","Military occupation","South Asia"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T14:25:57.437Z"},"topicSlugs":["east-pakistan","india","indo-pakistani-war","geopolitics","military-occupation","south-asia"],"audioDurationSec":123,"audioFiles":[{"file":"310a.mp3","bytes":117448201,"durationSec":7340.43,"bitrate":128001,"missing":false},{"file":"310b.mp3","bytes":117569827,"durationSec":7348.03,"bitrate":128001,"missing":false},{"file":"310c.mp3","bytes":56289070,"durationSec":3517.99,"bitrate":128002,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:38.956Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/310a.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/310b.mp3","https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/310c.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/310-026","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/310/conversation-310-026","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}