Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-099
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Charles G. Rebozo
Monday, May 15, 1972 · 7:07 PM ET · White House Telephone · 6 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to his close friend and confidant, Charles G. “Bebe” Rebozo. The brief exchange served as a logistical request to initiate a private communication between the two men. No substantive policy matters were discussed during this brief administrative interaction.
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NARA Description
On May 15, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-099 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 24-99
Date: May 15, 1972
Time: 7:07 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation No. 339-3I]
Request for a call to Charles G. (“Bebe”) RebozoAlso recorded on May 15, 1972
- 024-095 6:45 PM · 6 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, and James J. Rowley talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:45 pm and 7:07 pm.
- 024-096 6:45 PM · 2 min — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 6:45 pm and 7:07 pm.
- 024-100 7:07 PM · 3 min — Thomas J. Kelley, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:07 pm and 7:37 pm.
- 024-101 7:07 PM · 36 sec — Charles W. Colson, White House operator, and Holly Holm talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:07 pm and 7:37 pm.
- 024-102 7:07 PM · 56 sec — Charles W. Colson, White House operator, unknown person(s), and Kenneth W. Clawson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:07 pm and 7:37 pm.
- 024-104 7:07 PM · 11 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:07 pm and 7:37 pm.
- 024-105 7:07 PM · 13 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:07 pm and 7:37 pm.
- 024-106 7:07 PM · 18 sec — Richard G. Kleindienst, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, President Richard M. Nixon, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:07 pm and 7:37 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 024-099, May 15, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-099 (accessed October 9, 2026).