Secret White House Tapes

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16–30
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • Henry A. Kissinger
December 6, 1971
Conversation No. 16-30

Date: December 6, 1971
Time: 10:58 pm - 11:05 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with the President.

India-Pakistan War
-Union of Soviet Socialist [USSR]
-Responsible to Kissinger
-Note

[Pause]

-USSR’s United Nations [UN] resolution
-Acceptability to US
-Provisions
-Ceasefire
-Pakistan
-Political settlement over East Pakistan
-December 1970 elections
-Withdrawal
-Recognition
-Bangladesh
-East Pakistan
-Yuli M. Vorontsov
-President’s position
-Pierre Trudeau
-US possible defeat
-Withdrawal
-Possible strategy
-USSR and India
-Differences on East Pakistan
-Significance
-Bangladesh
-US policy
-William P. Rogers’ statement
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-US position
-National Security Council [NSC] meeting
-Diplomatic wires
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-Rogers’ conversation with Senators
-UN
-Ceasefire
-Withdrawal
-Political accomendation
-India
-Responsibility
-Withdrawal
-Kissinger’s backgrounder
-Timing
-USSR
-US reply to note
-Rogers’ statement
-Economic assistance cutoff
-Kissinger’s view
-India
-US push for political settlement
-President’s line with Trudeau
-A. E. Ritchie
-Rogers’ conversation with Senators
-Rogers’ comment at afternoon meeting
-USSR

State Dinner with Trudeau
-Jean-Luc Pepin
-Edgar J. Benson [?]
-Pierre A. Rinfret
-Spiro T. Agnew
-John B. Connally
-President’s comments
-John W. Chancellor

Kissinger’s backgrounder
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