Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 754 › Conversation 754-004

Nixon & Bull on Golda Meir and Public relations

Wednesday, July 26, 1972 · 11:55 AM–12:05 PM ET · Oval Office ·15 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Bull, Stephen B.Conversation754-004 onTape 754StartWednesday, July 26, 1972 at 11:55 AMEndWednesday, July 26, 1972 at 12:05 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 754-004 ↗

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President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull reviewed logistics and technical preparations for a recorded message to Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir. The discussion focused on coordinating the filming of the President’s remarks, which were intended for a global television broadcast. The meeting ensured that the technical aspects of the communication, including timing and presentation, were effectively managed for the international audience.

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No.
Yeah.
You want to check?
No.
You want to check?
You with me?
Yeah.
I'll let you assess the other ones.
Bruce, he wants to see you.
He wants to see you.
He wants to see you.
He wants to see you.
He wants to see you.
He wants to see you.
He wants to see you.
I'll come back in two minutes.
So we started rolling it in.
We filmed it a little later.
We stayed sitting there for 20 seconds, and nothing was happening.
We'll tell you this is how it's supposed to work.
Then she starts the frustration.
Yeah, I'm just sitting there.
I have about 47 of them.
I have about 46.
I don't know where that came from.
I don't know.
If you left that in, you should have given us high signs.
Yeah.
People are going to be staring at us if you put that into this conversation.
Well, that's our own sense.
Yeah, that's the Jewish sense.
But people will take a glance at it very quickly.
Yes.
I don't even know what this is, but I'm trying.
All right.
All right.
One minute to go.
30 seconds, Mr. President.
They're walking away to pick it up right now.
They rang Mr. Steve.
No, Steve will come in a second.
All right.
Let's go to Steve Bergeron.
We have a one-minute hold, sir.
Can you hang up the phone, Mr. Ressig?
Just answer a one-minute hold, please.
Let's hang up, sir.
Hello?
30 seconds.
Second, let me say it, okay?
I just want the other countries to know what I'm saying.
Sure.
Fifteen seconds.
Fifteen.
Ten seconds.
We're out of prime energy.
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 the people of the United States to all 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.
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 president.
But you be sure that we will continue to work together for what you are interested in, what we are 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.
I think the fact that we do have this new television communication will mean that the programs that will be carried from India to the United States and from the United States to Israel will mean that more people, our people here, will have an opportunity not only to see it through television, but perhaps go there as tourists, and we hope that more people from India are going to come here.
We hope that will be one of the dividends of this new program.
That's right, that's right.
And I know that I enjoy my visits, and we want you and many of your friends to know they're always welcome here in our country.
Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you.
Bye.
Good commercial results.
I've been in Iran, but I've never been to Saudi Arabia.
They got my blood out there, and the Jews are going to war.
It wasn't 67, actually.
They did make big shots in building schools and hospitals last year.
Where?
I don't understand.
They had to be putting a lot of money.
to the doctor.

NARA Description

On July 26, 1972, 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. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 754-004 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 754-4

Date: July 26, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:55 am and 12:05 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Stephen B. Bull.

     The President's schedule
          -Johnny Cash
                -Press photographs
          -Previous conversation with Golda Meir
          -Cash
                -Forthcoming testimony

                                        (rev. Oct-06)

Bull and unknown man left before 12:05 pm.

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.
  • 027-078 11:52 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Golda Meir talked on the telephone from 11:52 am to 11:55 am.
  • 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.
  • 754-006 12:05 PM · 49 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Jonny Cash, William Brock, William E. Timmons, White House photographer, June Cash, Reba Cash Hancock, and Bobbie John met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:05 pm to 12:22 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 754-004, 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/754-004 (accessed September 18, 2026).