Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 27 › Conversation 027-078

Nixon phone call with Meir on Israel-United States relations

Wednesday, July 26, 1972 · 11:52 AM–11:55 AM ET · White House Telephone ·3 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Meir, GoldaConversation027-078 onTape 27StartWednesday, July 26, 1972 at 11:52 AMEndWednesday, July 26, 1972 at 11:55 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 027-078 ↗

AI Summary

President Richard Nixon and Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir participated in a televised exchange intended to foster goodwill and strengthen diplomatic ties between their two nations. The conversation emphasized the shared commitment to achieving a just peace in the Middle East that preserves Israel's integrity and territorial security. Both leaders expressed mutual appreciation for their long-standing partnership and noted that new satellite communications technology would serve to increase cultural understanding and tourism between the American and Israeli people.

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Hello?
Hello, Madam Prime Minister.
Mr. President, shalom.
Well, thank you very much, and I want you to know that as I speak here from the Oval Office, where you and I have met so many times, that I extend the very best wishes of all of the people of the United States to all of the people of Israel.
And I think this program, as I saw the countries you were talking to, instead of being called Around the World in 80 Days, could be called Around the World in 60 Minutes.
Right.
Mr. President, it's extremely kind of you to take time off and speak to us.
I can only tell you that the best wishes of all the people of Israel, appreciation, and all the friendship that we can express goes out to you and the people of the United States.
I remember the Oval Room very well, always with a great feeling of satisfaction and appreciation and joy.
and thankfulness that you've always taken so much of your time to listen to my long story of troubles and wishes and so on, but I must say I always came out with the right answers.
Well, Madam Prime Minister, I want you to know that you, needless to say, are always welcome here.
I only regret that while I have visited Israel on other occasions, I have never been able to do so as a
as president, but you can be sure that we will continue to work together for what you're interested in, what we're interested in, and that is a just peace in the Mideast which will protect the integrity of Israel for which your people have suffered so much and sacrificed so much.
Thank you very, very much.
It's easier to face difficulties
when you speak as you do and i know what you have done so thank you very much there's a large group here they're all smiling and happy to hear your voice i want to say just one last thing i think the fact that we do have this uh new television communication
mean that the programs that will be carried from Israel to the United States and from the United States to Israel will mean that more people of our people here will have an opportunity not only to see Israel by television, but perhaps go there as tourists.
And we hope that more people from Israel can come here.
We hope that will be one of the dividends of this new program.
This is a commercial that will work both ways.
That's right, that's right.
And I know that I've enjoyed my visits, and we want you and many of your friends to know they're always welcome here in our country.
Thank you very, very much.
Thank you, and we will look forward to seeing you.
Goodbye.
Goodbye.

NARA Description

On July 26, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Golda Meir talked on the telephone from 11:52 am to 11:55 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 027-078 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 27-78

Date: July 26, 1972
Time: 11:52 am - 11:55 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Golda Meir.

[See Conversation No. 754-3A]

[A transcript of this conversation appears in Public Papers of the President of the United States,
Richard Nixon, 1972, pp. 740-741]

                                        (rev. Feb-02)

Also recorded on July 26, 1972

  • 027-074 11:39 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 11:39 am.
  • 027-075 11:39 AM · 11 sec — Stephen B. Bull and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 11:52 am.
  • 027-076 11:39 AM · 15 sec — Stephen B. Bull and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 11:52 am.
  • 027-077 11:39 AM · 33 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 11:52 am.
  • 754-002 11:39 AM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and William H. Carruthers met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 11:52 am.
  • 754-003 11:39 AM · 2 min — Stephen B. Bull, William H. Carruthers, President Richard M. Nixon, and Golda Meir met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 12:05 pm.
  • 754-004 11:55 AM · 15 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 12:05 pm.
  • 754-005 11:55 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:55 am and 12:05 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 027-078, July 26, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/027-078 (accessed September 18, 2026).