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635–8
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • Henry A. Kissinger
December 10, 1971
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1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END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1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.
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