Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 12 › Conversation 012-096

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Bebe Rebozo

Friday, October 22, 1971 · 9:52 PM ET · White House Telephone ·5 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation012-096 onTape 12 (tape position 03:53:45–03:53:51)StartFriday, October 22, 1971 at 9:52 PMEndFriday, October 22, 1971 at 9:52 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 012-096 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal telephone call to his close friend and confidant, Charles G. "Bebe" Rebozo. The brief exchange functioned solely as a request to connect the President with Rebozo. No substantive policy discussions or administrative decisions occurred during this communication.

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Mr. Rebozo, please.

NARA Description

On October 22, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-096 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 012-096

Date: October 22, 1971
Time: 9:52 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

     Request for call to Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo

Also recorded on October 23, 1971

  • 012-089 9:13 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:13 pm.
  • 012-090 9:13 PM · 18 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:13 pm and 9:18 pm.
  • 012-092 9:18 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone from 9:18 pm to 9:23 pm.
  • 012-093 9:25 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:25 pm.
  • 012-094 9:30 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:30 pm.
  • 012-095 9:46 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Paul W. Keyes talked on the telephone from 9:46 pm to 9:49 pm.
  • 012-097 9:52 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:52 pm and 10:00 pm.
  • 012-098 10:00 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Hobart D. Lewis talked on the telephone from 10:00 pm to 10:02 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 012-096, October 23, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-096 (accessed September 18, 2026).