{"conversationCode":"754-003","tapeNumber":754,"conversationNumber":3,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-754-003","startDateTime":"1972-07-26T15:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-07-26T16:05:00.000Z","startDate":"26-Jul-1972","startTime":"11:39 AM","endDate":"26-Jul-1972","endTime":"12:05 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Bull, Stephen B.; Carruthers, William H.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Meir, Golda;","description":"On July 26, 1972, 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. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 754-003 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":4,"chronRelease":"Fourth Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"10-Dec-2003","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 754-3\n\nDate: July 26, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:39 am and 12:05 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nStephen B. Bull met with William H. Carruthers [?] and technicians.\n\n      Telephone call to Golda Meir\n           -Audio arrangements and film crew\n                -Set-up\n\nBull lefts at an unknown time after 11:39 am.\n\nThe President and Bull entered at an unknown time after 11:39 am.\n\nBull left at an unknown time after 11:39 am.\n\n      The President's schedule\n           -Call to Meir\n                  -Countdown\n\nBull entered at an unknown time before 11: 52 am.\n\n                 -Countdown\n\nThe President talked with Golda Meir between 11:52 am and 11:55 am.\n\n[Conversation No. 754-3A]\n\n[See Conversation No. 27-78]\n\n[A transcript of this conversation appears in Public Papers of the Presidents, Richard Nixon,\n1972, pp. 740-741]\n\n[End of telephone conversation]\n\n      Photographs\n\n                                        (rev. Oct-06)\n\nMembers of the press entered at an unknown time after 11:55 am.\n\n[Photograph session]\n\n     The President's previous conversation with Meir\n          -Direct broadcasts with Israel\n          -Tourism\n\n     The President's schedule\n          -Saudi Arabia\n          -Egypt\n                -Gamal Abdel Nasser\n          -Iran\n          -Saudi Arabia\n          -Jordan\n          -Israel\n\n     Saudi Arabia\n         -1967 Arab-Israeli War\n         -Development\n               -Schools, hospitals\n               -Oil\n\nBull, members of the press and technicians left at an unknown time before 12:05 pm.","filename":["754-003.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Bull, Stephen B.","Carruthers, William H.","Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Meir, Golda"],"prevCode":"754-002","nextCode":"754-004","transcript":[{"start":12.5,"end":15.44,"text":"They said that they wanted limited to five minutes, is that what they want?"},{"start":15.78,"end":16.64,"text":"Not necessarily, sir."},{"start":16.66,"end":17.76,"text":"Five minutes, I would say, again."},{"start":17.78,"end":21.67,"text":"I thought what we wanted to do, basically, I'd notice if they did a 60-minute program, then."},{"start":21.69,"end":27.41,"text":"I don't know what you were going to do."},{"start":27.43,"end":27.77,"text":"Well, okay, then."},{"start":27.79,"end":30.07,"text":"Why don't you just tell them to show me on the phone?"},{"start":40.68,"end":44.6,"text":"Steve will come in and give you a signal."},{"start":45.15,"end":50.23,"text":"And exactly 10 seconds before you pick up the phone, Shirley and Mrs. Mayer will say hello to you first."},{"start":51.89,"end":54.09,"text":"And the conversation will go into that."},{"start":54.11,"end":55.05,"text":"And we just go two-way?"},{"start":55.75,"end":56.31,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":56.63,"end":59.83,"text":"And both ends of the conversation will be taken to the press."},{"start":60.49,"end":60.87,"text":"All right."},{"start":61.87,"end":64.99,"text":"It'll be just a single, uncruel, slightly cool thing."},{"start":80.75,"end":83.55,"text":"No, it was just the voices in the background."},{"start":83.65,"end":84.77,"text":"The program was going on, sir."},{"start":88.27,"end":90.48,"text":"We'll bring in the... Oh, we're ready to go."},{"start":90.5,"end":91.38,"text":"I'll just throw this."},{"start":92.58,"end":93.26,"text":"Okay."},{"start":93.34,"end":100.85,"text":"If you'd like to go in the back room."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon coordinated with staff members Stephen B. Bull and William H. Carruthers to finalize technical and logistical arrangements for a scheduled telephone call with Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir. The discussion focused on managing the broadcast of the call, including the timing of the connection and the involvement of the press. Following the direct conversation with Meir, Nixon participated in a photo session where he discussed regional Middle Eastern geopolitics and development with members of the media.","topics":["Golda Meir","Middle East diplomacy","White House media relations","Presidential communications","Arab-Israeli relations","International broadcasting"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T03:56:01.189Z"},"topicSlugs":["golda-meir","middle-east-diplomacy","white-house-media-relations","presidential-communications","arab-israeli-relations","international-broadcasting"],"audioDurationSec":104,"audioFiles":[{"file":"754-003.mp3","bytes":2498350,"durationSec":104.03,"bitrate":192131,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:57.945Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/754-003.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/754-003","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/754/conversation-754-003","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). 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