The White House and Pakistan Secret Declassified Documents, 1969-1974

Documents: 1969: Report on President Ayub Khan’s resignation, 25 Mar. Correspondence relating to p resident Nixon’s visit to Lahore, 1 Aug. Meeting with visiting Pakistan Ministers Sher Ali and M.M. Ahmad, 10 Oct. Meeting with Amb Agha Hilaly. 1970: US contacts with the PRC through Paris and Romania, President Yahya Khan’s visit to US, 25 Oct,. President Nixon’s Correspondence with Indira Gandhi, 24 Oct. and 17 Nov. White House Correspondence re: China Initiative. 1971: The Chinese Connection: A: The Preparations for Kissinger’s First trip the Beijing: Report on Bhutto’s comments re: Pakistan general election results of Dec, 1970. White House contacts with PRC through Paris and Romania. White House correspondence with PRC through Pakistan, Secret meeting of R. Murphy (Nixon’s representative) with President Jiang Jieshi, 23 April Selection of Nixon’s representative for China trip Ambassador Farland’s secret trip to Palm Springs to meet Kissinger, 5 May, Kissinger’s stopover in New Delhi, 7 July. Kissinger’s Departure from Islamabad for Beijing, 9 July. B: Dr Kissinger’s Trip to Beijing: Briefing book for Kissinger’s first trip to Bejiing: “Polo, 4 July. Kissinger’s report on trip to president Nixon, 14 July Memoranda of Conversations between Kissinger and Premier Zhou Enali, 9-11 July. C: After the First Trip to Beijing: US contacts with PRC through Paris, 19 July Message from Kissinger to Premier Zhou Enlai, 20 July, Memcon between Kissinger and Amb Huang Zhen, Paris, 26 July, Meeting between Kissinger and Amb Farland, Washington, 29 July. Kissinger’s meeting with Time-Life editors, Washington, 13 August. 1971: The East Pakistan Crisis: D: The Crisis Foments: Situation in East and West Pakistan, February-April. Memo on us Policy options re Pakistan, 28 April, President Nixon meeting with Senior Review Group, Washington, 11 Aug. Memcon Between Kissinger and Amb Huang Zhen, Paris, 16 Aug, Memcon between Kissinger and Amb Dobrynin, Washington, 17 Aug, Memcon between Kissinger and Amb Huang Zhen, Paris, 13 Sept, Kissinger’s Second trip to China, 20-26 Oct. Memcon between Kissinger and Premier Zhou Enali, 22 Oct. E: Contact with India: Discussions with Indian Foreign Secretary Kaul, New Delhi, 9 Oct. Z.A. Bhutto’s analysis of Pakistan’s Political situation, Islamabad, 16 Oct. Briefs for President Nixon’s meeting with indira Gandhi, Nov. Memcons between Nixon and Indira Gandhi, 4-5 Nov. Maurice Williams, report on Pakistan situation, Washington, 5 Nov. F: Contact with Pakistan: Consultations between Kissinger and Pakistan foreign secretary sultan Khan, 15 Nov. President Nixon’s deliberation on the refugee problem, 16 November. Consultations between Kissinger and Amb Huang Hua, 23 Nov. Correspondence between President Nixon and President Yahy Khan, 23-26-Nov. G: American Security Assessments: Meetings of the Washington Special Action Group (WSAG), 3-6 Dec. An Appraisal of US Security commitments to Pakistan, 8 Dec. State Dept. Contingency Plans for Military supply to Pakistan, 9 Dec. H: The Indo-Pak War: US Ambassador Keating and foreign Minister Swaran Singh in New Delhi, 7 Dec. US Ambassador George Bush with Deputy Prime Minister Z.A. Bhutto and Amb Agha Shahi at the UN, New York, 10-13 Dec. US Ambassdor Farland and president Yahya Khan and foreign Secretary Sultan Khan in Islamabad, 8-17 Dec. Kissinger and Amb Huang Hua in New York, 10 Dec. Communications between Kissinger and Premier Zhou Enali, 17 Dec. Correspondence between President Nixon and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, 15-18 Dec. 1972: Preparations for President Nixon’s visit to China in Feb, 1972. Memcon of President Nixon’s meeting with Chairman Mao Zedong, 21 Feb. Memcon of President Nixon’s meetings with premier Zhou Enali, 21-28 Feb. Correspondence between President Nixon and Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou Enali, Briefing by Kissinger to White House Staff Following presidential visit, Memcon of Kissinger’s meeting with Amb Huang Hua, 20 March. Correspondence between President Bhutto and President Nixon, Memcon of Kissinger meetings with Premier Zhou Enali, 20 June. 1973: Benazir Bhutto’s letter to Premier Zhou Enali. Memo on Z.A. Bhutto’s first year. Nixon meeting with Governor M. Khar, Nixon letters to Z.A. Bhutto. Briefing papers for Bhutto visit, Memcon fo Nixon and Bhutto meetings, 18-19 Sept. Memcon between Kissinger and Premier Zhou Enali, 11 Nov. Memcon between Kissinger and Chairman Mao Zedong, 12 Nov. 1974: Recognition by Pakistan of Bangladesh, Feb. Meetings with Foreign Minister Aziz Ahmed, May Kissinger’s meeting with vice foreign minister Ch’aio Kuan-hua, 2 Oct. Kissinger’s meeting with vice premier Deng Xiaoping, 26 and 27 Nov. Postscript, Bibliography, Index.

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