Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 145 › Conversation 145-024

Nixon phone call with Camp David Operator on Charles G. Rebozo and Camp David

Monday, October 2, 1972 · 8:54 PM–9:09 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 8 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David OperatorConversation145-024 on Tape 145StartMonday, October 2, 1972 at 8:54 PMEndMonday, October 2, 1972 at 9:09 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 145-024 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his close friend and confidant, Charles G. “Bebe” Rebozo. The brief exchange served strictly as a logistical request to place the long-distance call to Florida. No policy matters or substantive political discussions occurred during this brief administrative interaction.

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Yes, please.
Mr. Rebozo in Florida, please.
Thank you, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On October 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:54 pm and 9:09 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 145-024 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 145-24

Date: October 2, 1972

Time: Unknown between 8:54 pm and 9:09 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with the Camp David operator.

[See Conversation No. 214-37]

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

Also recorded on October 3, 1972

  • 145-021 8:39 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:39 pm to 8:43 pm.
  • 214-033 8:39 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 8:39 pm to 8:43 pm.
  • 145-022 8:43 PM · 23 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:43 pm and 8:51 pm.
  • 214-034 8:43 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:43 pm and 8:51 pm.
  • 214-035 8:43 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:43 pm and 8:51 pm.
  • 145-023 8:51 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:51 pm to 8:52 pm.
  • 214-036 8:51 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 8:51 pm to 8:52 pm.
  • 214-037 8:54 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 8:54 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 145-024, October 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/145-024 (accessed October 12, 2026).