Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-036

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Bebe Rebozo

Thursday, September 30, 1971 · 12:59 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation010-036 on Tape 10 (tape position 01:19:18–01:19:24)StartThursday, September 30, 1971 at 12:59 PMEndThursday, September 30, 1971 at 12:59 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 010-036 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place a telephone call to his close friend and confidant, Charles G. “Bebe” Rebozo. The brief exchange served strictly as an administrative request to facilitate private communication between the two men. No substantive policy matters or further instructions were discussed during this brief interaction.

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You can be Mr. Rebozo, please.
Thank you, Mr. Rebozo.

NARA Description

On September 30, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:59 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-036 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 10-36

Date: September 30, 1971
Time: 12:59 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for a call to Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo

Also recorded on September 30, 1971

  • 581-005 12:18 PM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:18 pm and 12:20 pm.
  • 581-006 12:20 PM · 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, William P. Rogers, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:20 pm to 12:45 pm.
  • 581-007 12:45 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Virginia H. Knauer, Richard H. Grant, and Marion F. Gregory met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:45 pm to 12:51 pm.
  • 581-008 12:51 PM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:51 pm.
  • 581-009 12:51 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, L. Scott Olson, Curtis Sliwa, Jimmy French, Kevin Markwell, Christopher Messina, Bruce Hynes, David Byers, David Bell, Jr., Glenn Norris, Millard Hall, John Neeld, John Neurschwander, Gretchn McHale, Charles W. Colson, Neal Ball, and DeVan L. Shumway met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:51 pm to 12:58 pm.
  • 581-010 12:58 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 12:58 pm.
  • 581-011 12:58 PM · 1 hr 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, Herbert Stein, unknown person(s), Henry A. Kissinger, and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:58 pm to 2:11 pm.
  • 010-037 1:04 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:04 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 010-036, September 30, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/010-036 (accessed October 12, 2026).