President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his close friend and confidant, Charles “Bebe” Rebozo. The President provided specific instructions to reach Rebozo, specifying his preference to speak only if a standard phone line was available rather than a radio-equipped location. This brief exchange served as an administrative request to coordinate personal communications during the President’s stay at Camp David.
On January 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:31 pm and 8:47 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 160-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 160-5 Date: January 5, 1973 Time: Unknown between 8:31 pm and 8:47 pm Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with the Camp David operator. [See Conversation No. 239-5] Request for call to Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo -8- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM (rev. August-08)
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