617–9

Conversation No. 617-9

Date: November 12, 1971
Time: 6:22 pm - 6:37 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with William P. Rogers and Henry A. Kissinger.
[The recording begins at an unknown time while the conversation is in progress]

India-Pakistan relations
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-United Nations [UN]
-The President's forthcoming trip to People's Republic Of China [PRC]
-Military situation
-Possible US diplomatic action
-UN
-Indira Gandhi's view
-Pakistani view
-Security Council
-PRC presence
-Washington Special Actions Group [WSAP]
-Gandhi’s forthcoming speech
-Resolution
-US-PRC relations
-Paris contact
-UN delegation
-Canadian ambassador
-Huang Hua
-Possible US action
-Timing

Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 6:22 pm.

The President's schedule
-Departure for Camp David

Bull left at an unknown time before 6:26 pm.

India-Pakistan
-The President's schedule
-Joseph J. Sisco
-UN
-Security Council
-PRC
-Indians' View
-Agha Muhommad Yahya Khan's view
-Gandhi's forthcoming speech
-Military situation
-East Pakistan
-US actions
-Timing
-Gandhi’s forthcoming speech
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-Messages
-Sisco
-Lakshmi Kant Jha
-Rogers's conversation with Gandhi
-Possible war
-Consequence
-US economic aid


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Vietnam
-Troop withdrawal announcement of November 12, 1971
-Withdrawal period

Rogers left at 6:27 pm.

The President’s schedule
-Meeting

India-Pakistan relations
-Rogers
-Kissinger’s memoranda
-Melvin R. Laird
-Possible motives
-Talks with the PRC
-UN Security Council
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Submarines

Alexander P. Butterfield entered at 6:27 pm.

The President's signature

National Security Council [NSC] meeting

H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman entered at 6:27 pm.

The President's schedule
-American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations [AFL-CIO]
-NSC meeting

Unknown woman

Memorandum for the Cabinet

Butterfield left at 6:33 pm.

India-Pakistan relations
-Sisco
-UN Security Council
-Possible action
-Ceasefire
-PRC
-Military situation
-Possible war
-Timing

US relations with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]
-Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] negotiations
-Laird
-Submarines
-Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles [ICBM]
-US program
-Conservatives

PRC
-Sisco
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Conv. No. 617-9 (cont.)


The President's schedule
-NSC
-Sisco
-John B. Connally
-Cabinet
-Connally
-NSC
-Press conference
-PRC announcement
-Timing
-Press conference
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon

The President's previous press conference
-Impact
-North Vietnam

Kissinger left at 6:35 pm.

White House staff
-Charles W. Colson's views
-Secret Service
-Herbert G. Klein
-Unknown person
-William E. Timmons

The President's schedule
-Departure

The President and Haldeman left at 6:37 pm.