Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 37 › Conversation 037-014

Kissinger & Rabin on Middle East diplomacy and Military aid

Thursday, March 1, 1973 · 10:05 AM–10:36 AM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min

ParticipantsKissinger, Henry A.; Rabin, YitzhakConversation037-014 on Tape 37StartThursday, March 1, 1973 at 10:05 AMEndThursday, March 1, 1973 at 10:36 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 037-014 ↗

AI Summary

Henry A. Kissinger and Israeli Ambassador Yitzhak Rabin coordinate the strategy for an upcoming meeting between President Nixon and Prime Minister Golda Meir. They finalize the approach for discussing a potential interim agreement and formalize the U.S. commitment to address Israel's request for additional A-4 and F-4 aircraft. Kissinger confirms that the administration is prepared to approve a production figure of 100 planes, with further technical details to be managed through established diplomatic channels.

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Ambassador Rabin is on the line, Mr. Kissinger.
Hello, Mr.
Ambassador.
I'm with the President, and I've discussed the matter of our conversations.
If the Prime Minister raises the issue of the interim agreement, the President will then raise the other one, and we can proceed in the sense that we discussed.
On the planes, I think the prime minister should explain what your request is.
And my impression is that the president would then be prepared to indicate on the production a figure of 100 and a sympathetic consideration of the other figures to be worked out by experts, including A-4s and F-4s.
All right.
And, hello?
You're right.
And after that, we'll work out how to proceed with that.
Right.
And I've had a word with Joe Sisko on that this morning, so he's generally...
So we can then put it into proper channels.
Fine.
All right.
Then see you later.
Good.
See you later.
Fine.

NARA Description

On March 1, 1973, Henry A. Kissinger and Yitzhak Rabin talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 10:36 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-014 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 37-14

Date: March 1, 1973
Time: Unknown between 10:05 am and 10:36 am
Location: White House Telephone

Henry A. Kissinger talked with Yitzhak Rabin.

[See Conversation No. 866-4B]

       Israel
                -Interim agreement
                        -Golda Meir
                -Airplanes
                        -Israel’s request
                        -Quantity
                        -A-4s, F-4s
                -Kissinger's conversation with Joseph J. Sisco

Also recorded on March 1, 1973

  • 866-004 9:47 AM · 57 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Ronald L. Ziegler, White House operator, Yitzhak Rabin, unknown person(s), and John W. Dean, III met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:47 am and 10:44 am.
  • 037-013 10:05 AM · 15 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:05 am and 10:36 am.
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  • 037-015 10:51 AM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:51 am.
  • 037-016 10:51 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:51 am and 10:52 am.
  • 866-006 10:51 AM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:51 am.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 037-014, March 1, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-014 (accessed October 1, 2026).