242. Transcript of Telephone Conversation Between Secretary of State Rogers and the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)1 2
R: The Pakistan minister you are going to see later today?
K: I don’t know what about.
R: He is going to give you a hard sell on renewing supply of military equipment to Pakistan.
K: That’s not on.
R: He said they have to have arms to negotiate with India. He will give you the hard sell. I told him this was a Presidential decision and under the circumstances it was tough for us to consider such a program. I think encouragement would be harmful.
K: I won’t give him any. I have serious doubts that even the President, who is very pro-Pakistan is even thinking about it.
[Omitted here is discussion unrelated to South Asia.]
- Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box 371, Telephone Conversations, Chronological File. No classification marking.↩
- Rogers told Kissinger that when he met with Secretary General Ahmed, Ahmed would press for a decision to renew the supply of military equipment to Pakistan. Kissinger responded: “That’s not on.”↩