Conversation: 635-008
Prev: 635-007 Next: 635-009Start Date: 10-Dec-1971 10:51 AM
End Date: 10-Dec-1971 11:12 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.;Recording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 01:58:50
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 02:20:55
NARA Description:
On December 10, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:51 am to 11:12 am. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 635-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 635-8
Date: December 10, 1971
Time: 10:51 am - 11:12 am
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Henry A. Kissinger.
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-7 (cont.)
India-Pakistan situation
-Strafing American planes
-State department protest
-Publicity
-East Pakistan
-Ceasefire
-Combination
-United Nations [UN] Security Council
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 10:51 pm.
The President’s schedule
Bull left at an unknown time before 11:00 am.
-West Pakistan
-Kissinger's meeting with Yuli M. Vorontsov
-Timing
-John F. Kennedy agreement
-Note to Leonid I. Brezhnev
-Cease-fire
-East Pakistan commander
-People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-US position
-Carrier movement
-Jordanian planes
-Number
-Saudi Arabia
-[Unintelligible]
-Adm. Thomas H. Moorer meeting
-Possible cancellation
-The President's schedule
-Camp David
-Azores
-Congress
-Recess
-Moorer and Melvin R. Laird meeting
-Timing
-The President’s schedule
-Azores and Key Biscayne
-Two plans
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-8 (cont.)
-Laird
-David Packard
-Date and location of meeting
-Cambodia
-Bombing strike reports
-Lack of follow-up
-Kissinger’s previous meeting with Moorer
-Kissinger's meeting with PRC
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[National Security]
[Duration: 2m 4s ]
PRC
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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Ronald L. Ziegler entered at 11:00 am.
Bangladesh
-US recognition
-India
Ziegler left at 11:04 am.
Indonesia
-Aid
-John B. Connally
-Previous conversation with Kissinger
-Lt. Gen. T.N.J. Suharto
-Kissinger’s previous conversation with the Indonesian Ambassador
-Connally
-Connally
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-8 (cont.)
-Talk with Kissinger
-Timing
International monetary situation
-Kissinger's meeting with Georges J.R. Pompidou
-British
-Connally
-George R.S. Baring [Earl of Cromer]
-Group of Ten meeting
-Proposed meeting between the President and Pompidou
-Japanese
-Arthur F. Burns
-Connally
-Sense of urgency
India-Pakistan situation
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
[National Security]
[Duration: 55s ]
PRC
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 2
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-The President's meeting with Vladimir V. Matskevich
-Possible ceasefire
-Bangladesh
-US position
-Brezhnev letter
- Agha Muhommad Yahya Khan
-Ceasefire and withdrawal
-West Pakistan
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-8 (cont.)
-USSR
-East Pakistan
-Demand of independence
-Recognition of Bangladesh
-Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
-Aid to West Pakistan
-Program
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
[National Security]
[Duration: 15s ]
PAKISTAN
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 3
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-Congress
-Economic aid
-Aid to India
-Amount
-Treaty with USSR
-Karachi
-Kissinger's meeting with Vorontsov
-John F. Kennedy agreement
-Proposed tone of conversation
-West Pakistan
-Situation
-USSR
-PRC
-India-US relations
-John A. Scali
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 635-8 (cont.)
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
[National Security]
[Duration: 1m 18s ]
INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 4
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-John N. Irwin, II
-Indian ambassador
-Acquisition of territory
Kissinger left at 11:12 am.