Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 24 › Conversation 024-037

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Bebe Rebozo

Tuesday, May 9, 1972 · 10:58 AM–11:07 AM ET · White House Telephone ·6 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  White House operatorConversation024-037 onTape 24 (tape position 00:47:13–00:47:19)StartTuesday, May 9, 1972 at 10:58 AMEndTuesday, May 9, 1972 at 11:07 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 024-037 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a personal phone call to his close friend and confidant, Charles G. “Bebe” Rebozo. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to connect the President with Rebozo. No substantive policy matters or further developments were discussed during this exchange.

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NARA Description

On May 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:58 am and 11:07 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-037 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 24-37

Date: May 9, 1972
Time: Unknown between 10:58 am and 11:07 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See also Conversation No. 338-5]

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

Also recorded on May 9, 1972

  • 722-005 10:48 AM · 16 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:48 am and 1:57 pm.
  • 338-002 10:58 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:58 am and 11:07 am.
  • 338-003 10:58 AM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:58 am and 11:07 am.
  • 338-004 10:58 AM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:58 am and 11:07 am.
  • 338-005 10:58 AM · 19 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 10:58 am and 11:07 am.
  • 024-038 11:07 AM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 11:07 am to 11:12 am.
  • 338-006 11:07 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 11:07 am and 11:12 am.
  • 024-039 11:12 AM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:12 am and 11:16 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 024-037, May 9, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-037 (accessed September 18, 2026).