Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 43 › Conversation 043-222

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Bebe Rebozo

Thursday, February 15, 1973 · 7:05 PM ET · White House Telephone · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation043-222 on Tape 43StartThursday, February 15, 1973 at 7:05 PMEndThursday, February 15, 1973 at 7:05 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 043-222 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417195147 ↗

An 8-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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This clip of the conversation was cut from the tape by the National Archives (catalog record ↗).

On February 15, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:05 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-222 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 43-222

Date: February 15, 1973
Time: 7:05 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

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

No transcript is available yet for this conversation. The recording may contain no audible speech, or it may not have been processed.

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  • 043-112 7:02 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 7:02 pm.
  • 043-113 7:02 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Arnold Palmer talked on the telephone from 7:02 pm to 7:04 pm.
  • 043-114 7:05 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo, Frank B. Rackley, and Marguerite Rackley talked on the telephone from 7:05 pm to 7:18 pm.

Conversation 043-222, February 15, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417195147). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-222 (accessed November 15, 2026).