Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 634-011
Date: Thursday, December 9, 1971 at 3:57 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/634-011
National Archives Catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/417180291 (NAID 417180291)

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[0:03] Well, you can, as far as I'm concerned, we can skip this paragraph here.
[0:14] I don't know whether you've had a chance to look at it.
[0:21] On the resumption of the Swiss negotiations.
[0:26] If you don't want to get that technical.
[0:27] What do we want to say?
[0:29] No, this is all.
[0:30] I just don't want to restrain the Indians.
[0:32] Yeah.
[0:34] But you can say this is just, I didn't know whether you wanted to get that technical.
[0:39] I don't know what else to do.
[0:41] What do you want to get out of it?
[0:44] That's the point.
[0:45] I mean, I'll make a point that it's going to be very rational.
[0:47] What do I want to tell them to do?
[0:49] Well, now, this is all I had to tell him.
[0:51] Well, I'm not sure you have anything else to tell him.
[0:54] Well, first, they must attack West Pakistan.
[0:58] That's right.
[0:58] Let's get that over there.
[0:59] And...
[1:00] It imperils our nation.
[1:01] It must not interfere.
[1:03] It will affect, and you might say it will affect all these prospects of trade.
[1:07] Well, I'd slip that in.
[1:09] I'd slip that in.
[1:10] And I would not let myself get drawn into a debate with... No, no, no.
[1:15] No, I'm not here to discuss that.
[1:22] I'll do it and then I'll want the Translator to go up and I'll stand up and then we can sit down.
[1:29] I'll sit down and I'll tell people that's a very warm letter.
[1:31] I'll do that first and then I'll say that I want this passed on and I don't want to discuss it.
[1:37] This is not about discussing it.
[1:40] I want to debate it in my feelings.
[1:43] I've been in correspondence.