{"conversationCode":"037-014","tapeNumber":37,"conversationNumber":14,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-037-014","startDateTime":"1973-03-01T15:05:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-03-01T15:36:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Mar-1973","startTime":"10:05 AM","endDate":"1-Mar-1973","endTime":"10:36 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Kissinger, Henry A.; Rabin, Yitzhak;","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.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.4","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part IV","chronReleaseDate":"8-Dec-2010","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 37-14\n\nDate: March 1, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 10:05 am and 10:36 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nHenry A. Kissinger talked with Yitzhak Rabin.\n\n[See Conversation No. 866-4B]\n\n       Israel\n                -Interim agreement\n                        -Golda Meir\n                -Airplanes\n                        -Israel’s request\n                        -Quantity\n                        -A-4s, F-4s\n                -Kissinger's conversation with Joseph J. Sisco","filename":["037-014.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Kissinger, Henry A.","Rabin, Yitzhak"],"prevCode":"037-013","nextCode":"037-015","transcript":[{"start":0.32,"end":3.52,"text":"Ambassador Rabin is on the line, Mr. Kissinger."},{"start":3.54,"end":3.92,"text":"Hello, Mr."},{"start":4.16,"end":4.58,"text":"Ambassador."},{"start":4.7,"end":11.07,"text":"I'm with the President, and I've discussed the matter of our conversations."},{"start":13.2,"end":24.01,"text":"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."},{"start":24.77,"end":28.69,"text":"On the planes, I think the prime minister should explain what your request is."},{"start":29.75,"end":47.11,"text":"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."},{"start":50.28,"end":50.88,"text":"All right."},{"start":52.72,"end":53.7,"text":"And, hello?"},{"start":54.02,"end":54.38,"text":"You're right."},{"start":55.02,"end":61.51,"text":"And after that, we'll work out how to proceed with that."},{"start":61.53,"end":61.69,"text":"Right."},{"start":61.73,"end":66.78,"text":"And I've had a word with Joe Sisko on that this morning, so he's generally..."},{"start":66.8,"end":71.36,"text":"So we can then put it into proper channels."},{"start":71.39,"end":71.48,"text":"Fine."},{"start":71.5,"end":71.93,"text":"All right."},{"start":72.79,"end":74.11,"text":"Then see you later."},{"start":74.13,"end":74.29,"text":"Good."},{"start":74.33,"end":74.85,"text":"See you later."},{"start":75.01,"end":75.11,"text":"Fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["Middle East diplomacy","Military aid","Golda Meir","Arms sales","Interim peace agreement","A-4 Skyhawk","F-4 Phantom II"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:09:43.267Z"},"topicSlugs":["middle-east-diplomacy","military-aid","golda-meir","arms-sales","interim-peace-agreement","a-4-skyhawk","f-4-phantom-ii"],"audioDurationSec":82,"audioFiles":[{"file":"037-014.mp3","bytes":624640,"durationSec":81.95,"bitrate":60980,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.788Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/037-014.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-014","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/37/conversation-037-014","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}