Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 343 › Conversation 343-014

Nixon & Javits on Israel-Arab relations and Yitzhak Rabin

Monday, June 12, 1972 · 2:52 PM–2:56 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 7 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Javits, Jacob K.Conversation343-014 on Tape 343 (tape position 00:15:52–00:22:51)StartMonday, June 12, 1972 at 2:52 PMEndMonday, June 12, 1972 at 2:56 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 343-014 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Senator Jacob Javits discussed the Senator's recent public support for the administration and coordinated on upcoming diplomatic efforts regarding Israel. Javits briefed the President on his plans to engage with Yitzhak Rabin to provide reassurance while keeping the matter distanced from the upcoming election cycle. Nixon encouraged the Senator to continue playing a prominent, independent role in foreign policy matters.

Israel-Arab relations
Yitzhak Rabin
1972 election
foreign policy
Jacob Javits

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NARA Description

On June 12, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Jacob K. Javits met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:52 pm to 2:56 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 343-014 of the White House Tapes.

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Conversation No. 343-14

Date: June 12, 1972
Time: 2:52-2:56 pm
Location: Old Executive Office Building

The President talked with Jacob K. Javits.

[See Conversation No. 25-55; one item has withdrawn
from this conversation.]

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Well, give me my congratulations.

So this call serves two purposes.

The second purpose, I've been, as you know, a little out of touch with politics, but I just wanted to put you in on a Sunday evening.

I saw the very fine statement you made on support, and I just want you to know how much I appreciate it.

Also, I want to tell you one other thing on another subject.

Our friend Rabin sort of done various little ways.

Of course, he should have stayed off of that.

But as you're quite aware, the important thing from the standpoint of Israel is not whether Israel and with the Arabs, which they

And so that's why I've been insisting on strong sticks.

That's how we had to play the game.

And when we were over there,

Oh, yes, yes, yes.

Isn't it nice we're still around, huh, Jack?

Yeah, yeah, well...

Well, I'll see him tomorrow.

He's coming back to Japan tonight, and I'll raise it.

My own offhand thing is it's a good idea, you know, just to sort of reassure them.

And also, it isn't too close to the election.

Sure.

Well, on some of the domestic things, but on the foreign things, particularly, Jack, you can be horrible.

Also recorded on June 12, 1972

025-053 2:45 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 2:52 pm.
025-054 2:45 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 2:52 pm.
343-011 2:45 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 2:52 pm.
343-012 2:45 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 2:52 pm.
343-013 2:45 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:45 pm and 2:52 pm.
025-055 2:52 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Jacob K. Javits talked on the telephone from 2:52 pm to 2:56 pm.
343-015 2:56 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 2:56 pm and 3:02 pm.
343-016 2:56 PM · 3 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 2:56 pm and 3:02 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 343-014, June 12, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/343-014 (accessed November 2, 2026).