Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 45 › Conversation 045-070

Nixon, Abplanalp & Rebozo on Watergate scandal and Presidential address

Monday, April 30, 1973 · 11:47 PM–11:49 PM ET · White House Telephone · 3 min

ParticipantsCox, Tricia Nixon; White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Abplanalp, Robert H.; Rebozo, Charles G. ("Bebe")Conversation045-070 on Tape 45StartMonday, April 30, 1973 at 11:47 PMEndMonday, April 30, 1973 at 11:49 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 045-070 ↗

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President Nixon received congratulatory telephone calls from close associates Robert Abplanalp and Bebe Rebozo following his televised address regarding the Watergate scandal. The participants discussed the positive public reaction to the speech, noting that supporters found the President’s performance “magnificent” and moving. Rebozo also mentioned his upcoming travel plans to Florida and affirmed his continued personal loyalty to Nixon during the crisis.

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Hello?
Mr. Adler now calling the President.
Just a moment, please.
And I think this will be the last call for the evening.
And then you can just take the messages.
Excuse me.
No, 15 more minutes.
Hello?
There you are.
Hello, Bob.
Mr. President.
How are you, boy?
I'm just fine, sir.
I just wanted to call to say I thought you were... You did a great job tonight.
Thank you, Bob.
I think I have some idea of what it took to do it, but I thought you were magnificent.
Well, how good of you to call.
Where are you, in Waukesha?
No, no, I'm at home.
I'm at home in Brockville.
With your mother-in-law?
Yes, sir.
But I think you did it.
I think that it went over very, very well.
I've had a half a dozen calls here tonight from old people like Tex.
Tex?
He thought it went extremely well.
He called me about, oh, maybe a half an hour after I got off the air.
He just felt that it was great.
And, my God, so do I.
And believe me, if there's anything that, you know, you want me to do at any particular time of the day or night, I'll be right there.
Okay, bye.
Thank you, Bob.
Here's old BB.
He wants to say hello to you.
Oh, is he there?
All right.
What do you say there, Charles?
Where are you calling from?
Which one of your domains are you calling from, King, sir?
Well, I'm calling from the one across the street from the embassy.
Oh, I see that.
That's right, King, sir.
He's right across from the big embassy.
I know that place.
He just left a couple of minutes ago.
Oh, but the bastard just left.
He was eating an old friend.
Oh, he just had dinner with an old friend, huh?
No, we ate him.
We ate him?
What?
I see.
Were we Malians or that way?
Is it Mahians or what do you call them?
I tried to call you before.
Yeah?
What did you call me?
What did you call me?
I tried to call you on the telephone.
Oh, I see.
And they told me they couldn't find you if you weren't answering your phone.
I see.
Okay.
I told the check under the bed.
All right, King, sir.
All right, King, sir.
That's good.
Great.
Fantastic, wasn't it?
Oh, Jesus Christ.
Yeah.
A couple of guys called me and said that they were in tears.
Yeah.
Had to be.
Had to be.
Just, you know, I realize what the hell I must have taken out of them.
Listen, King, sir.
I'm going to go down and eat some fish and lobsters one of these days.
Yeah, I'm heading south tomorrow, King, sir.
You take care now, yeah?
Good, okay, fine.
Okay, buddy.
I hope I didn't disturb anybody.
Oh, great.
Wonderful.
Okay.
Thank you.

NARA Description

On April 30, 1973, Tricia Nixon Cox, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, Robert H. Abplanalp, and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:47 pm and 11:49 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 045-070 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 45-70

Date: April 30, 1973
Time: Unknown between 11:47 pm and 11:49 pm
Location: White House Telephone

Tricia Nixon Cox talked with the White House operator.

     Telephone call from Robert H. Abplanalp

Tricia Cox conferred with the President.

     Telephone call from Abplanalp

Tricia Nixon Cox talked with the operator at an unknown time. The President can be heard in the
background.

     Telephone calls
          -Messages

The President talked with Abplanalp.

     Watergate
          -President’s speech
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                             Conversation No. 45-70 (cont’d)

     Abplanalp’s location
          -Bronxville [?]

     Watergate
          -President’s speech
                -Reaction
                -Abplanalp’s conversation with John (“Tex”) McCrary
                      -Assessment

     Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo

The President conferred with Rebozo.

[Begin conferral]

     Telephone call from Abplanalp

[End conferral]

Rebozo talked with Abplanalp at an unknown time.

     Abplanalp’s location
          -Embassy of Mali [?]

     Telephone call from Abplanalp

     Watergate
          -President’s speech
                -Reactions

     Trip to Florida
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

Also recorded on May 1, 1973

  • 045-064 11:23 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:23 pm and 11:24 pm.
  • 045-065 11:24 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, unknown person(s), and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 11:24 pm to 11:28 pm.
  • 045-066 11:28 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:28 pm and 11:30 pm.
  • 045-067 11:30 PM · 14 sec — White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at 11:30 pm.
  • 045-068 11:36 PM · 41 sec — Tricia Nixon Cox, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 11:36 pm to 11:37 pm.
  • 045-069 11:41 PM · 1 min — White House operator, Tricia Nixon Cox, President Richard M. Nixon, and James D. ("Don") Hughes talked on the telephone from 11:41 pm to 11:42 pm.
  • 045-071 11:49 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:49 pm and 11:50 pm.
  • 045-072 11:50 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:50 pm and 11:53 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 045-070, May 1, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/045-070 (accessed October 5, 2026).