Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 35 › Conversation 035-046

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Bebe Rebozo

Sunday, December 31, 1972 · 8:10 PM ET · White House Telephone · 20 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation035-046 on Tape 35StartSunday, December 31, 1972 at 8:10 PMEndSunday, December 31, 1972 at 8:10 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 035-046 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place a personal call to his close friend, Charles G. "Bebe" Rebozo. Nixon specified that he only wished to be connected if Rebozo was reachable via standard telephone lines. He explicitly instructed the operator to avoid using radio communication if Rebozo was currently at his retreat in Walker's Cay.

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Yes, please.

I'd like to try Mr. Rebozo, please.

All right, thank you.

If he's at Walker's Key on the radio, don't bother.

But if he's in telephone communication, I'll talk to him.

All right, thank you.

NARA Description

On December 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:10 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 035-046 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 35-46

Date: December 31, 1972
Time: 8:10 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

       Request for a call to Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo
            -Walker's Cay
                                                -48-

                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

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035-041 7:45 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George E. Allen talked on the telephone from 7:45 pm to 7:55 pm.
035-042 7:55 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:55 pm and 7:56 pm.
035-043 7:56 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and George E. Allen talked on the telephone from 7:56 pm to 7:57 pm.
035-044 7:57 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 7:57 pm and 8:00 pm.
035-045 8:00 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 8:00 pm to 8:02 pm.
829-001 7:32 AM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon, James D. ("Don") Hughes, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 7:32 am and 9:25 am.
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Cite this conversation

Conversation 035-046, January 1, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-046 (accessed October 10, 2026).