{"conversationCode":"035-046","tapeNumber":35,"conversationNumber":46,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-035-046","startDateTime":"1973-01-01T01:10:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-01T01:10:00.000Z","startDate":"31-Dec-1972","startTime":"8:10 PM","endDate":"31-Dec-1972","endTime":"8:10 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","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.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.2","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part II","chronReleaseDate":"2-Dec-2008","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 35-46\n\nDate: December 31, 1972\nTime: 8:10 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n       Request for a call to Charles G. (\"Bebe\") Rebozo\n            -Walker's Cay\n\f                                                -48-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["035-046.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"035-045","nextCode":"035-047","transcript":[{"start":0.3,"end":3.33,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":3.35,"end":4.89,"text":"I'd like to try Mr. Rebozo, please."},{"start":5.19,"end":5.89,"text":"All right, thank you."},{"start":6,"end":8.9,"text":"If he's at Walker's Key on the radio, don't bother."},{"start":9.18,"end":11.77,"text":"But if he's in telephone communication, I'll talk to him."},{"start":12.03,"end":13.53,"text":"All right, thank you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["Bebe Rebozo","White House operations","personal communications","Walker's Cay"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T04:44:52.899Z"},"topicSlugs":["bebe-rebozo","white-house-operations","personal-communications","walkers-cay"],"audioDurationSec":20,"audioFiles":[{"file":"035-046.mp3","bytes":472028,"durationSec":19.53,"bitrate":193322,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.541Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.448Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/035-046.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/035-046","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/35/conversation-035-046","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}