President Nixon directed the White House operator to place a telephone call to his close friend and confidant, Charles G. “Bebe” Rebozo, who was in Florida at the time. The brief exchange served purely administrative purposes to establish a line of communication with Rebozo. No substantive policy matters or further developments were discussed during this brief connection.
On April 26, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-041 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 2-41
Date: April 26, 1971
Time: 7:50 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Call to Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
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