Conversation: 639-011
Prev: 639-010 Next: 639-012Start Date: Saturday, December 18, 1971 6:36 PM
End Date: Saturday, December 18, 1971 7:06 PM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali; Raza, Nawabzada Am; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Sanchez, ManoloRecording Device: Oval Office
Full Tape Conversation Start Time: 00:52:43
Full Tape Conversation End Time: 01:21:36
NARA Description:
On December 18, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Nawabzada Am Raza, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 1:36 pm to 2:06 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 639-011 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 639-11
Date: December 18, 1971
Time: 1:36 pm - 2:06 pm
Location: Oval Office
The President met with Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Nawabzada Am Raza, and Gen. Alexander M. Haig,
Jr.; members of the press were present at the beginning of the meeting.
[General conversation]
Photograph
President's schedule
-John B. Connally call
Pakistan
-US position
-United Nations [UN]
-Bhutto’s speech
-Bhutto expresses appreciation for US support
-Bhutto previous meeting with the President
-President's visit to Pakistan in 1964
-Refreshments
Telephone call for President
The President left at 1:40 pm.
President's schedule
-Group of Ten meeting
Oval Office
-Change
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 639-11 (cont.)
Manolo Sanchez entered at 1:40 pm.
Refreshments
Sanchez left at an unknown time before 1:46 pm.
[General conversation]
President's schedule
-President’s forthcoming trip to the People’s Republic of China [PRC]
-Timing
-Press corps
Bhutto’s schedule
-Rome
-Paris
South Asia
-US embassy
-Reports
-Fighting in west
-Students
-[Unintelligible]
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[National Security]
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BANGLADESH
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-[Unintelligible]
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 639-11 (cont.)
-Japanese surrender
-US forces
-French surrender to Germans
The president entered at 1:46 pm.
President's schedule
-Connally
-International monetary situation
Bhutto’s schedule
-Rawalpindi
-Rome
India-Pakistan relations
-Post-war difficulties
-Occupation by force
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Middle East
-German occupation
-Joseph Stalin’s comment
-US position
-Reasons
-Time and the New York Times
-Press reaction
-US rationale and justification
-Anti-aggression
-Internal affairs
-Balance of power
-Vietnam
-Future of Pakistan
-In possible contrast
-India
-Burma
-Ceylon
-USSR
-President’s opinion
-PRC position in Indian Sub-continent
-PRC
-Ability
-Resources
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 639-11 (cont.)
-Support
-Concern over violence
-Territorial integrity
-Ceasefire
-Military aid
-Congress
-Economic aid to Pakistan
-Attitudes
-Changes needed in Pakistan
“Live and let live” society
-Henry A. Kissinger
-William P. Rogers
-Physical damage
-Karachi
-Haig
-Negotiations
-Possibilities discussed
-US position
[Unintelligible]
-Role of the UN
-Humanitarian concerns
-Possible difficulties
-US aid to Pakistan
-Amount comparison
-Kashmir
[Unintelligible]
-Ceasefire
[Unintelligible]
-Help to achieve peace
-President’s advice to Bhutto
-[Unintelligible]
-Agha Muhommad Yahya Khan
-Nixon Doctrine
-Need for self-help
-USSR
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF
Tape Subject Log
(rev. 10/06)
Conv. No. 639-11 (cont.)
-PRC
-Need for dialogue
President's upcoming campaign
Gifts
-Agha Muhommad Yahya Khan
Christmas celebrities
-Plans on Christmas Eve [?]
1960 election
Bhutto, Raza, and Haig left at 2:06 pm.