Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 37 › Conversation 037-068

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Bebe Rebozo

Friday, March 9, 1973 · 2:12 PM–2:15 PM ET · White House Telephone · 12 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation037-068 on Tape 37StartFriday, March 9, 1973 at 2:12 PMEndFriday, March 9, 1973 at 2:15 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 037-068 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing telephone call to his close friend and confidant, Charles G. "Bebe" Rebozo. The brief exchange served exclusively to initiate this communication. No further substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this short interaction.

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Yes, please.
Mr. Rebozo, please.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On March 9, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 2:15 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 037-068 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 37-68

Date: March 9, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:12 pm-2:15 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[Conversation No. 418-4]
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                           NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

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

Also recorded on March 9, 1973

  • 874-026 2:03 PM · 9 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:03 pm and 2:10 pm.
  • 874-029 2:10 PM · 1 min — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:10 pm and 3:10 pm.
  • 418-003 2:12 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Manolo Sanchez, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:12 pm and 2:15 pm.
  • 418-004 2:12 PM · 9 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 2:12 pm and 2:15 pm.
  • 418-005 2:15 PM · 50 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo, Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, William Downey, Ronald L. Ziegler, and Thomas J. Meskill met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:15 pm and 3:05 pm.
  • 037-069 2:16 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 2:16 pm to 2:18 pm.
  • 037-070 2:35 PM · 25 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:35 pm and 2:46 pm.
  • 037-071 2:35 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and William Downey talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 2:35 pm and 2:46 pm.

All 54 conversations from March 9, 1973 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 037-068, March 9, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/037-068 (accessed October 5, 2026).