Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 11 › Conversation 011-149

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Bebe Rebozo

Tuesday, October 19, 1971 · 6:09 PM–6:16 PM ET · White House Telephone · 7 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation011-149 on Tape 11 (tape position 04:26:48–04:26:54)StartTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 6:09 PMEndTuesday, October 19, 1971 at 6:16 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 011-149 ↗

President Nixon initiates a request to the White House operator to be connected with his close friend and confidant, Charles G. "Bebe" Rebozo. The brief exchange serves as an administrative bridge to facilitate a private communication between the President and Rebozo. No substantive policy matters or further actions were discussed during this initial operator-assisted connection.

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The rebozo, please.
Yes, sir.

On October 19, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:09 pm and 6:16 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 011-149 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 011-149

 Date: October 19, 1971
 Time: Unknown between 6:09 pm and 6:16 pm
 Location: White House Telephone

 The President talked with the White House operator.

Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

 [See Conversation No. 292-27]

        Request for call to Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo
  • 011-148 6:04 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William F. ("Billy") Graham talked on the telephone from 6:04 pm to 6:09 pm.
  • 292-026 6:04 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and William F. ("Billy") Graham met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:04 pm to 6:09 pm.
  • 292-027 6:09 PM · 17 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:09 pm and 6:16 pm.
  • 011-150 6:16 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 6:16 pm to 6:20 pm.
  • 292-028 6:16 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 6:16 pm to 6:20 pm.
  • 011-151 6:20 PM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:20 pm and 6:45 pm.
  • 292-029 6:20 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:20 pm and 6:30 pm.
  • 292-030 6:20 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 6:20 pm and 6:30 pm.

Conversation 011-149, October 19, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/011-149 (accessed September 28, 2026).