Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 156 › Conversation 156-010
Nixon phone call with Rebozo on Vietnam War and Diplomacy
Tuesday, November 28, 1972 · 7:50 AM–12:14 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 1 min
AI Summary
President Nixon tasks his close friend Bebe Rebozo with calling Paul Keyes to postpone their planned visit to Florida. The President explains that he must prioritize upcoming meetings with Henry Kissinger and George Shultz at Camp David to manage ongoing Vietnam peace negotiations. Rebozo agrees to handle the rescheduling, emphasizing that the President’s travel is contingent upon the successful conclusion of these high-level diplomatic discussions.
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NARA Description
On November 28, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:50 am and 12:14 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 156-010 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 156-10
Date: November 28, 1972
Time: Unknown between 7:50 am and 12:14 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo.
[See Conversation No. 231-15]
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[Begin segment reviewed under deed of gift]
The President’s schedule
-Flordia trip
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 156-10 (cont’d)
-Call to Paul W. Keyes
-Rescheduling
-Henry A. Kissinger
-Vietnam negotiations
-George P. Shultz
-Keyes’ travel
-Vietnam negotiations
-Walker’s Cay
-Kissinger, Shultz
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Also recorded on November 28, 1972
- 156-007 7:50 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:50 am and 12:14 pm.
- 156-008 7:50 AM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:50 am and 12:14 pm.
- 156-009 7:50 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:50 am and 12:14 pm.
- 231-012 7:50 AM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:50 am and 12:14 pm.
- 231-013 7:50 AM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:50 am and 12:14 pm.
- 231-014 7:50 AM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:50 am and 12:14 pm.
- 231-015 7:50 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 7:50 am and 12:14 pm.
- 156-011 12:14 PM · 16 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 12:14 pm and 1:50 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 156-010, November 28, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417175793). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/156-010 (accessed November 2, 2026).