Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 24 › Conversation 024-142
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Bebe Rebozo
Tuesday, May 16, 1972 · 9:50 AM–9:56 AM ET · White House Telephone
AI Summary
President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his close friend and confidant, Charles G. “Bebe” Rebozo. The brief exchange served as an administrative request to place an outgoing call to Rebozo. No further substantive matters were discussed during this brief interaction.
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NARA Description
On May 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 9:56 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-142 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 24-142
Date: May 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:50 am and 9:56 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation no. 725-15]
Request for a call to Charles G. (“Bebe”) RebozoAlso recorded on May 16, 1972
- 024-141 9:47 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:47 am.
- 725-012 9:47 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 9:47 am.
- 725-013 9:48 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:48 am to 9:50 am.
- 725-014 9:50 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 9:52 am.
- 725-015 9:50 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 9:56 am.
- 725-016 9:50 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, Stephen B. Bull, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 9:57 am.
- 024-143 9:56 AM · 25 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, President Richard M. Nixon, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 9:56 am to 9:57 am.
- 024-144 9:57 AM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 9:57 am to 9:59 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 024-142, May 16, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/024-142 (accessed October 9, 2026).