Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 153 › Conversation 153-012
Nixon phone call with Woods on Bebe Rebozo and Camp David
Tuesday, November 14, 1972 · 12:42 PM–12:44 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 2 min
AI Summary
President Nixon coordinates with his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, to arrange for Bebe Rebozo to visit Camp David earlier than planned to provide company during a busy period of staff meetings. Nixon expresses a desire to avoid dining with staff during his current series of consultations with Vice President Agnew and John Connally. Additionally, Nixon declines an invitation from Washington Redskins coach George Allen to attend a football game, citing his focus on second-term reorganization plans and a preference to avoid public appearances before Thanksgiving.
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NARA Description
On November 14, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods talked on the telephone at Camp David from 12:42 pm to 12:44 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 153-012 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 153-12
Date: November 14, 1972
Time: 12:42 pm - 12:44 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.
[See Conversation No. 224-17]
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[Previous PRMPA Personal Returnable (G) withdrawal reviewed under deed of gift during
chronological review 2007-2013]
Weather
The President’s schedule
Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
-Woods’ telephone call
-Trip to Camp David
-Birthday
-Arrival
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Conversation No. 153-12 (cont’d)
-The President’s schedule
-Meetings
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-John B. Connally
-Dinner
-White House staff
-Birthday
-Cake
-Julie Nixon Eisenhower
-Scheduling
George E. Allen’s telephone call
-Invitation to the President
-Family, friends
-[Washington Redskins] football game
-The President’s schedule
-Second term reorganization
-Thanksgiving
-Public appearances
Rebozo
-John V. (“Jack”) Brennan
-Woods’ telephone call back to the President
******************************************************************************Also recorded on November 14, 1972
- 153-010 12:40 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at 12:40 pm.
- 153-011 12:40 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:40 pm and 12:42 pm.
- 224-016 12:40 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at 12:40 pm.
- 224-017 12:42 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 12:42 pm to 12:44 pm.
- 224-018 12:44 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:44 pm and 1:10 pm.
- 153-013 1:10 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone at Camp David from 1:10 pm to 1:15 pm.
- 224-019 1:10 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 1:10 pm to 1:15 pm.
- 153-014 1:15 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:15 pm and 2:05 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 153-012, November 14, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/153-012 (accessed October 8, 2026).