Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 38 › Conversation 038-114
Nixon phone call with Kissinger on Soviet Jewry and Jackson-Vanik Amendment
Thursday, April 19, 1973 · 2:05 PM–2:08 PM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and Henry Kissinger discuss the political fallout regarding Jewish leaders' pressure on U.S.-Soviet relations, specifically concerning the potential cancellation of an upcoming summit. Nixon expresses extreme frustration with the influence of Jewish groups and the Jackson-Vanik Amendment, vowing to publicly blame American Jewish leaders if their advocacy causes the summit to collapse. Both participants agree that the administration must prioritize American national interests over these specific lobbying efforts, even at the risk of inciting antisemitic sentiment.
- Soviet Jewry
- Jackson-Vanik Amendment
- US-Soviet Summit
- Antisemitism
- Foreign Policy
- Jewish Americans
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NARA Description
On April 19, 1973, Henry A. Kissinger and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone from 2:05 pm to 2:08 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 038-114 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 38-114
Date: April 19, 1973
Time: 2:05 pm -2:08 pm
Location: White House Telephone
Henry A. Kissinger talked with the President.
[See also Conversation No. 429-12]
Jewish leaders’ meeting with President
-Soviet Jewry
-Compared with Congress members’ meeting
-Leonard Garment
-US – Soviet summit
Cancellation
Jewish Americans
-Blame
-Publicity
-United States negotiations with Soviet Union
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 38-114 (cont’d)
-Henry M. (“Scoop”) Jackson amendment [Jackson-Vanik Amendment] [?]
-Soviet summit
-Cancellation
-Jewish Americans
-Blame
-Publicity
-Anti-SemitismAlso recorded on April 19, 1973
- 429-007 1:50 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 1:57 pm.
- 429-008 1:50 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 1:57 pm.
- 429-009 1:50 PM · 30 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:50 pm and 1:57 pm.
- 429-010 1:57 PM · 47 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 1:57 pm to 1:58 pm.
- 429-011 1:58 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:58 pm and 2:05 pm.
- 429-012 2:05 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:05 pm to 2:08 pm.
- 429-013 2:05 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:05 pm and 3:38 pm.
- 429-027 2:05 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:05 pm and 2:08 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 038-114, April 19, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/038-114 (accessed October 5, 2026).