Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 40 › Conversation 040-007
Nixon phone call with Rebozo on Personnel and Kenneth Gemmill
Monday, June 11, 1973 · 2:17 PM–2:18 PM ET · White House Telephone · 41 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and his close associate Charles G. "Bebe" Rebozo spoke to coordinate Rebozo's upcoming travel plans, which included a trip to New York City with an associate named Bill. During the brief exchange, Rebozo confirmed he would return via Washington, D.C., and offered an update on a lawyer, Kenneth Gemmill, affirming that he was a "good man." The conversation served primarily as a personal check-in between the two men.
- Bebe Rebozo
- Travel logistics
- Personnel
- Kenneth Gemmill
- Presidential scheduling
Audio
NARA Description
On June 11, 1973, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 2:17 pm to 2:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 040-007 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 40-7
Date: June 11, 1973
Time: 2:17 pm - 2:18 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The White House operator talked with the President.
Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo talked with the President.
[The following portion of this conversation was gathered by the Watergate Special Prosecution
Force (WSPF), but the WSPF did not prepare a corresponding transcript. Please refer to the
logging below.]
[Begin WSPF portion]
[See also Conversation No. 444-5A]
Rebozo’s schedule
-Meeting
-9-
NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
-New York City
-Bill [last name unknown]
-Return through Washington, DC
-[Kenneth Wilfred Germmill]
-[Lawyer]
[End WSPF portion]Transcript (AI-generated)
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Also recorded on June 11, 1973
- 040-006 2:13 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:13 pm.
- 444-003 2:13 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:13 pm.
- 444-004 2:13 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:13 pm and 2:17 pm.
- 444-005 2:13 PM · 35 min — President Richard M. Nixon, J. Fred Buzhardt, Jr., Manolo Sanchez, and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:13 pm and 2:55 pm.
- 040-008 2:55 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at 2:55 pm.
- 040-009 2:55 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 2:55 pm to 2:56 pm.
- 444-006 2:55 PM · 7 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 2:55 pm.
- 444-007 2:55 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:55 pm to 2:56 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 040-007, June 11, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/040-007 (accessed November 12, 2026).