President Nixon contacted the White House operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his close friend and confidant, Charles G. “Bebe” Rebozo. The brief exchange served as an administrative request to place an outgoing call to Rebozo. No further substantive matters were discussed during this brief interaction.
On May 16, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:50 am and 9:56 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 024-142 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 24-142
Date: May 16, 1972
Time: Unknown between 9:50 am and 9:56 am
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See also Conversation no. 725-15]
Request for a call to Charles G. (“Bebe”) RebozoNo transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.