Conversation: 551-006
Prev: 551-005 Next: 551-007Start Date: Thursday, July 29, 1971 3:50 PM
End Date: Thursday, July 29, 1971 4:20 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Hilaly, Agha; White House photographerRecording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 03:07:37
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 03:37:15
NARA Description:
On July 29, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Agha Hilaly, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 11:50 am to 12:20 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 551-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 551-6
Date: July 29, 1971
Time: 11:50 am - 12:20 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
Letter
-Presidential correspondence
[David] Kenneth Rush
-Agreement
-William P. Rogers
-The President's role
-Marshall Green
-The State Department
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Agha Hilaly entered at 11:52 am; the White House photographer was present at the beginning of
the meeting.
Greetings
The US initiative towards the People's Republic of China [PRC]
-Pakistan
-Hilaly's role
-Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan’s role
-Confidentiality
-The President, Kissinger
-Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
-President’s letter to Yahya Khan
-The Pentagon Papers
-Public perception, press
-The President's July 28, 1971 meeting with John S. Farland
-Gratitude
-Perspective of history
-Pakistani perspective
-Handling
-Relations with the PRC
-Hilaly's experiences as Ambassador
-Yahya Khan
-Lyndon B. Johnson
-Rogers
-President’s role
-The PRC
-Chou En-lai
-Hilaly’s contact
United Nations [UN]
-PRC membership issue
-Timing of action
-Secretary General elections
-Albania
-Secretary General elections
-PRC
-Max Jacobson
-Arab reaction
-Ancestry
-Endalkachew Makonnen
-Ethopia
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-Ethnicity
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[National Security]
[Duration: 54s ] Conv. No. 551-6 (cont.)
UNITED NATIONS
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The PRC
-The President's forthcoming trip
-Union of Socialist Republics [USSR] reaction
-Timing
-Pakistani Ambassador to Canada
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[National Security]
[Duration: 8m 17s ]
INDIA-PAKISTAN
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Pakistan
-Agency for International Development [AID]
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-Commodities
-Currency
-Pakistani devaluation
-US action
-John B. Connally
-Economic situation
-East Pakistan compared to West Pakistan
-US Economic aid Conv. No. 551-6 (cont.)
-Yahya Khan
-Levels
-Commodities
Hilaly
-Retirement
-Tenure as Ambassador
-Hilaly's sister
-Kissinger's student
Presidential gifts
-Award
-Laws on acceptance of foreign awards
Kissinger and Hilaly left at 12:20 pm.