Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 41 › Conversation 041-021

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Bebe Rebozo

Thursday, June 21, 1973 · 3:45 PM–3:52 PM ET · White House Telephone · 13 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation041-021 on Tape 41StartThursday, June 21, 1973 at 3:45 PMEndThursday, June 21, 1973 at 3:52 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 041-021 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiates a request to be connected by telephone to his close confidant, Charles G. “Bebe” Rebozo. The brief exchange serves as a logistical bridge to facilitate a direct conversation between the President and Rebozo. No substantive policy matters or further decisions were recorded during this connection request.

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Mr. Rebozo, please.

NARA Description

On June 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 3:52 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 041-021 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 41-21

Date: June 21, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:45 pm and 3:52 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.
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                  NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                            Conversation No. 40-21 (cont’d)

[See also Conversation No. 447-28]

     Request for a telephone call
          -Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo

Also recorded on June 21, 1973

  • 447-026 3:45 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 3:52 pm.
  • 447-027 3:45 PM · 45 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 3:52 pm.
  • 447-028 3:45 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 3:52 pm.
  • 447-029 3:45 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 3:52 pm.
  • 041-022 3:52 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 3:52 pm to 3:56 pm.
  • 447-030 3:52 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:52 pm to 3:56 pm.
  • 041-023 3:55 PM · 15 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:55 pm and 4:08 pm.
  • 041-024 3:55 PM · 3 min — Henry A. Kissinger and J. William Fulbright talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:55 pm and 4:08 pm.

All 28 conversations from June 21, 1973 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 041-021, June 21, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/041-021 (accessed October 9, 2026).