President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his close friend and confidant, Charles G. “Bebe” Rebozo. This brief administrative interaction served as a logistical step to initiate a private conversation between the two men. No substantive policy matters or decisions were discussed during this brief request for assistance.
On May 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 3:35 pm and 3:36 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 167-023 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 167-23
Date: May 20, 1973
Time: Unknown between 3:35 pm and 3:36 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table
The President talked with the Camp David operator.
Telephone call to Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo
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