Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 2 › Conversation 002-129
Nixon, Mitchell & Rebozo on White House Correspondents' Dinner
Sunday, May 9, 1971 · 12:16 AM–12:22 AM ET · White House Telephone · 3 min
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with Attorney General John N. Mitchell and close associate Bebe Rebozo following a dinner with White House correspondents held on May 8, 1971. The participants reviewed the evening's events, including the reception of the President's remarks among attendees such as Chief Justice Warren E. Burger and journalist Peter Lisagor. Additional brief discussions touched upon personal matters, including Robert Abplanalp's health, Mother's Day arrangements, and family updates regarding David and Julie Eisenhower.
- White House Correspondents' Dinner
- John N. Mitchell
- Bebe Rebozo
- Press Relations
- Presidential Social Events
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NARA Description
On May 9, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 12:16 am to 12:22 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-129 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 2-129
Date: May 9, 1971
Time: 12:16 am - 12:22 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with John N. Mitchell.
Dinner with White House correspondents, May 8, 1971
-Peter Lisagor
-Chief Justice Warren E. Burger
-John P. Sutherland
-Audience and events
-Ronald L. Ziegler
-Paul W. Keyes
The President talked with Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo at an unknown time between 12:16 am
and 12:22 am.
[See Conversation No. 2-129A]
Dinner with White House correspondents
-Martha (Beall) Mitchell
-Audience
-Song by unknown girl
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/19/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[002-129-w001
[Duration: 11s]
Robert H. Abplanalp
-Health
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542
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Mother's Day
-Invitation to White House
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 01/11/2018.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[002-129-w001]
[Duration: 15s]
David Eisenhower and Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-President’s opinion of David Eisenhower
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Dinner with White House correspondents
-President's talk
-Mitchell
-Lisagor
-Burger
[A transcript of the following portion of this conversation was prepared under court order from
December 1978 through March 1979 for Special Access 8, Ronald V. Dellums, et al. v. James M.
Powell, et al., No. 71-2271. The National Archives and Records Administration produced this
transcript. The National Archives does not guarantee its accuracy.]
[End of transcript]
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542Also recorded on May 9, 1971
- 002-128 11:45 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone on an unknown date, sometime between 11:45 pm on May 8, 1971 and 12:16 am on May 9, 1971.
- 002-130 12:22 AM · 1 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:22 am and 12:29 am.
- 002-131 12:29 AM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:29 am.
- 002-132 12:29 AM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:29 am and 2:04 pm.
- 002-133 2:04 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John B. Connally talked on the telephone from 2:04 pm to 2:15 pm.
- 002-134 2:17 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:17 pm.
- 002-135 2:17 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:17 pm and 2:18 pm.
- 002-136 2:18 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 2:18 pm to 2:21 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 002-129, May 9, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-129 (accessed October 12, 2026).