{"conversationCode":"025-055","tapeNumber":25,"conversationNumber":55,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-025-055","startDateTime":"1972-06-12T18:52:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-06-12T18:56:00.000Z","startDate":"12-Jun-1972","startTime":"2:52 PM","endDate":"12-Jun-1972","endTime":"2:56 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Javits, Jacob K.;","description":"On June 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Jacob K. Javits talked on the telephone from 2:52 pm to 2:56 pm. 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It has been rereviewed and\nreleased 10/27/2017.]\n[Unintelligible]\n[025-055-w001]\n[Duration: 2m 5s]\n\n     Middle East\n         -Yitzhak Rabin\n         -Israel\n               -US policy\n         -Arabs\n               -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR]\n         -Jordanian crisis\n         -The President's visit\n         -Russia\n         -Israel\n\f     1972 election\n          -Jacob K. Javits's support for the President\n          -Domestic issues\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n*****************************************************************\n\n[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 10/27/2017.\nSegment cleared for release.]\n[Personal Returnable]\n[025-055-w002]\n[Duration: 1m 22s]\n\n     Middle East\n         -Foreign issues\n               -Vote on Strategic Arms Limitation Talks [SALT] Treaty\n         -George S. McGovern\n               -Strength in New York\n               -Appeal to younger voters\n               -Primary\n               -Position on Israel\n                     -Possibility of attack on Israel\n                     -Cut on defense\n                           -Fleet in Israel\n                          -Yitzhak Rabin’s knowledge\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["025-055.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:21:05","tapeEnd":"02:25:02","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Javits, Jacob K."],"prevCode":"025-054","nextCode":"025-056","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":22.57,"text":"Hello."},{"start":22.59,"end":23.43,"text":"You're up there for your son's graduation."},{"start":23.45,"end":23.99,"text":"Where do you graduate from?"},{"start":24.01,"end":24.77,"text":"Yeah, I was giving my congratulations."},{"start":24.79,"end":25.29,"text":"But it's all very stupid."},{"start":25.31,"end":26.67,"text":"You know, second purpose I've done is to learn a lot about politics."},{"start":26.69,"end":26.89,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":26.91,"end":27.11,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":27.13,"end":27.33,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":27.35,"end":27.55,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":27.57,"end":27.77,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":27.79,"end":28,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":28.02,"end":28.21,"text":"Thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Senator Jacob Javits discussed regional Middle East security and the influence of the Soviet Union in the context of ongoing foreign policy and the upcoming 1972 election. They specifically reviewed the implications of George McGovern's campaign, focusing on his potential impact on New York voters and his controversial stance on defense spending and Israeli security. Beyond these geopolitical concerns, the President extended personal congratulations to Javits regarding his son's graduation.","topics":["Middle East policy","1972 Presidential Election","George McGovern","Israel","Soviet Union","Defense spending","SALT Treaty"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T03:07:29.240Z"},"topicSlugs":["middle-east-policy","1972-presidential-election","george-mcgovern","israel","soviet-union","defense-spending","salt-treaty"],"audioDurationSec":236,"audioFiles":[{"file":"025-055.mp3","bytes":5668152,"durationSec":236.1,"bitrate":192058,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:27.841Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/025-055.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/025-055","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/25/conversation-025-055","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}