Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 18 › Conversation 018-096
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles G. Rebozo
Monday, January 17, 1972 · 7:42 PM–7:50 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
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 served as a routine administrative request to facilitate private communication between the President and Rebozo. No other policy matters or substantive political issues were discussed during this brief connection.
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NARA Description
On January 17, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:42 pm and 7:50 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 018-096 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 18-96
Date: January 17, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:42 pm and 7:50 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
Request for a call to Charles G. (“Bebe”) RebozoAlso recorded on January 18, 1972
- 018-095 7:37 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 7:37 pm to 7:42 pm.
- 018-097 7:50 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 7:50 pm to 7:53 pm.
- 650-001 9:25 AM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:25 am and 9:48 am.
- 650-002 9:48 AM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:48 am to 10:05 am.
- 650-003 10:07 AM · 35 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:07 am to 10:09 am.
- 650-004 10:09 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and John D. Ehrlichman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:09 am and 10:14 am.
- 018-098 10:14 AM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 10:14 am.
- 650-005 10:14 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:14 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 018-096, January 18, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/018-096 (accessed October 12, 2026).