Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 15 › Conversation 015-182

Sanchez phone call on Bebe Rebozo

Wednesday, December 1, 1971 · 8:03 PM ET · White House Telephone

ParticipantsSanchez, Manolo; White House operatorConversation015-182 on Tape 15 (tape position 05:00:19–05:00:27)StartWednesday, December 1, 1971 at 8:03 PMEndWednesday, December 1, 1971 at 8:03 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 015-182 ↗

AI Summary

Manolo Sanchez contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection for President Nixon to his close confidant, Charles G. “Bebe” Rebozo. The brief exchange served as an administrative request to patch the call through to Rebozo on the President's behalf. No substantive policy matters were addressed during this logistical coordination.

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5:00:19Nid ydych chi'n meddwl bod y pwynt hwnnw'n gwneud synnwyr?
5:00:20Rwy'n meddwl y mae'n gwneud gwirionedd.
5:00:22Dwi ddim yn gwybod sut mae'n addas.
5:00:23Dwi'n meddwl y gallaf ddod â ffyrdd personol mwy addas ac mae hynny'n ymwneud â'r ffordd rydw i'n arbenigol, p'un a oes gen i

NARA Description

On December 1, 1971, Manolo Sanchez and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 015-182 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 15-182

Date: December 1, 1971
Time: 8:03 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Manolo Sanchez talked with the White House operator.

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

Also recorded on December 2, 1971

  • 015-183 8:06 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 8:06 pm to 8:09 pm.
  • 015-184 8:13 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:13 pm.
  • 015-185 8:13 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:13 pm and 8:15 pm.
  • 015-186 8:15 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 8:15 pm to 8:19 pm.
  • 015-187 8:20 PM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:20 pm to 8:36 pm.
  • 015-188 7:40 AM · 5 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:40 am and 8:33 am.
  • 015-189 8:33 AM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 8:33 am to 8:34 am.
  • 015-190 8:34 AM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:34 am and 8:53 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 015-182, December 2, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/015-182 (accessed October 9, 2026).