Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 10 › Conversation 010-037

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Bebe Rebozo

Thursday, September 30, 1971 · 1:04 PM ET · White House Telephone · 11 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation010-037 on Tape 10 (tape position 01:19:24–01:19:35)StartThursday, September 30, 1971 at 1:04 PMEndThursday, September 30, 1971 at 1:04 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 010-037 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to facilitate a previously interrupted telephone call with his close friend and confidant, Charles G. “Bebe” Rebozo. The operator confirmed that Rebozo was available, and the President directed that the connection be made immediately. The brief exchange served solely as an administrative coordination to resume communication with Rebozo.

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Are you trying that call to Mr. Rebozo now for me?
Yes, and he was ready, sir, but you had someone with you.
May I get him right away?
Sure.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On September 30, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 1:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 010-037 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 10-37

Date: September 30, 1971
Time: 1:04 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Status of a call to Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo

Also recorded on September 30, 1971

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  • 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.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 010-037, 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/010-037 (accessed September 28, 2026).