Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 17 › Conversation 017-130
Nixon phone call with Abplanalp on New Year's greetings and Bebe Rebozo
Saturday, January 1, 1972 · 2:42 PM–2:43 PM ET · White House Telephone · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon and Robert H. Abplanalp exchanged brief New Year's greetings during this telephone call. The conversation focused primarily on personal matters, including inquiries regarding the health of Charles G. “Bebe” Rebozo and well-wishes for First Lady Pat Nixon’s upcoming trip. No significant policy decisions or administrative actions resulted from this exchange.
- New Year's greetings
- Pat Nixon
- Bebe Rebozo
- Personal relations
- Robert Abplanalp
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NARA Description
On January 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Robert H. Abplanalp talked on the telephone from 2:42 pm to 2:43 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-130 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 17-130
Date: January 1, 1972
Time: 2:42 pm - 2:43 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with Robert H. Abplanalp.
[See Conversation 311-21]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift 12/22/2017.
Segment cleared for release.]
[Personal Returnable]
[017-130-w001]
[Duration: 53s]
Robert H. Abplanalp
-Health
-New Year greetings
-Health
-Charles G. “Bebe” Rebozo
-Walker’s Cay
-Josie Abplanalp
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Thelma C. (“Pat”) (Ryan) Nixon's tripAlso recorded on January 1, 1972
- 311-021 2:42 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Robert H. Abplanalp met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:42 pm to 2:43 pm.
- 017-131 2:43 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:43 pm and 3:56 pm.
- 017-132 2:43 PM · 13 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:43 pm and 3:56 pm.
- 017-133 2:43 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:43 pm and 3:56 pm.
- 311-022 2:43 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:43 pm to 3:56 pm.
- 311-023 2:43 PM · 8 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:43 pm and 3:56 pm.
- 311-024 2:43 PM · 3 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 2:43 pm and 3:56 pm.
- 311-025 2:43 PM · 26 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 2:43 pm and 3:56 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 017-130, January 1, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-130 (accessed October 11, 2026).