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On December 8, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and George H. W. Bush talked on the telephone from 11:06 am to 11:14 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 016-048 of the White House Tapes. Topics include: The President talked with George Bush. [See Conversation No. 632-10] India- Pakistan War - United Nations [UN] General Assembly session - Vote - Bush's view - Forthcoming briefing by Bush - Administration's policy - Congressional support - Neutrality - Peace - UN General Assembly vote - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] - Iron curtain - Romania - Ceasefire and withdrawal - India - Bush's possible talk with Senators - UN support for US position - Africa - Arab countries - UN Security Council vote - UN General Assembly - Zambia - Tanzania - Morocco - India - UN support - USSR - Indira Gandhi - View of Pakistan - Democracy versus dictatorship - Administration's policy - Intellectual view - Criticism - Populations of India and Pakistan - Bush's response - Indian military action - Agha Muhommad Yahya Khan - Pakistan - Yahya Khan - Refugees - UN observers - Sheik Mujibar Rahman - India - Gandhi - Pakistan - Yahya's government - Criticism - Internal problems - Military action - Consequence for international order - Press - Charles L. Bartlett - John F. Kennedy - India - UN Security Council - Anthony Lewis - Editorial quoted by Indian - Bush's reply - New York Times editorial - Quoted by Indian - President's view of India - Indian treatment of the President - Gandhi - India - Actions - Pakistan - Yahya Khan - Importance of world opinion - Democracy - Relative sizes of populations - Aggression - Democracy - Communism - UN. Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bush, George H. W.