Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 629 › Conversation 629-005

Nixon & Rogers on Indo-Pakistani War and United Nations

Monday, December 6, 1971 · 9:07 AM–9:09 AM ET · Oval Office · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Rogers, William P.Conversation629-005 on Tape 629 (tape position 00:06:27–00:08:42)StartMonday, December 6, 1971 at 9:07 AMEndMonday, December 6, 1971 at 9:09 AMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 629-005 ↗

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President Nixon and Secretary of State William P. Rogers discuss the administration's legislative strategy following a breakfast meeting with congressional leaders. The conversation focuses on congressional support for the U.S. position at the United Nations regarding the Indo-Pakistani conflict. Nixon directs Rogers to follow up with House leaders after 4:00 pm to coordinate efforts on an upcoming vote.

Indo-Pakistani War
United Nations
Legislative Relations
Foreign Policy
Congressional Strategy

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Yeah.

I'll be calling you a little later on that matter when you see what kind of clear.

But I guess to finish that breakfast, you know, the legislative leaders, and I talked to Mike and to Scott afterwards.

Their major interest, of course, apart from this point, is that they might get through this week's election.

I told Mike and Hugh that I talked to you after and said that you might be a little run-of-the-mill.

They think, you know, that we're doing what's right.

First, they started this proposition.

Mike said, he said, stay.

He said, take another position.

Second, they deal with the U.N. position and all that.

The supporting of our resolution against the Indian possession is a new element in the matter, and the debate is considerably from where it was previously, where it was primarily from India.

The other point is that several of them raise the point that it is a country in which the

I'm very fortunate to be here today to be very daily looked upon across the Senate.

But anyway, I'll talk to you later about it.

Yeah.

All right.

Yeah, I've called all of my constituents.

Now, they have a vote today on a call.

And they think that's going to be unanimous.

Of course, it's not very unanimous, but it will be available.

So you might give them a call.

The house leaders went up to the Department of General Affairs.

So you might give them a call and set it up.

But I would set it up after 4 o'clock.

OK?

Fine.

We'll go ahead.

NARA Description

On December 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:07 am to 9:09 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 629-005 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 629-5

Date: December 6, 1971
Time: 9:07 am - 9:09 am
Location: Oval Office

The President talked with William P. Rogers.

[See Conversation No. 16-12]

Also recorded on December 6, 1971

016-011 9:00 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:07 am.
629-001 9:00 AM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:07 am.
629-002 9:00 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:07 am.
629-003 9:00 AM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:07 am.
629-004 9:00 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:00 am and 9:07 am.
016-012 9:07 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William P. Rogers talked on the telephone from 9:07 am to 9:09 am.
016-013 9:09 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:09 am and 9:19 am.
629-006 9:09 AM · 59 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, William P. Rogers, George H. W. Bush, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Ronald L. Ziegler, John D. Ehrlichman, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, and Wilbur D. Mills met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:09 am to 10:08 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 629-005, December 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/629-005 (accessed October 10, 2026).