639–11

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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Tape Subject Log
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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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Tape Subject Log
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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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Tape Subject Log
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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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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.