Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 347 › Conversation 347-001

Nixon & Woods on Bebe Rebozo and Robert Abplanalp

Friday, June 30, 1972 · 12:50 PM–12:52 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 4 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation347-001 on Tape 347 (tape position 00:00:59–00:04:37)StartFriday, June 30, 1972 at 12:50 PMEndFriday, June 30, 1972 at 12:52 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 347-001 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, discussed logistical arrangements regarding travel plans for Bebe Rebozo and Robert Abplanalp. Nixon instructed Woods to determine their location and discourage them from traveling to the White House due to ongoing complications, suggesting they remain in Florida or coordinate alternative meeting arrangements. The conversation focused on managing the President’s private schedule and minimizing potential disruptions caused by his close associates.

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NARA Description

On June 30, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and 12:52 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 347-001 of the White House Tapes.

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Conversation No. 347-1

Date: June 30, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:50 and 12:52 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Rose Mary Woods.

     The President's schedule

     Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo and Robert H. Abplanalp
          -Arrangement for trip to California
                -The President's trip to Florida
                -Air Force One
                      -Rebozo and Abplanalp
                           -Woods call

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You took care of those people.

I always do those things for them.

I was wondering if you follow up on this.

Vivian Bob happened off in California.

They've got one of those properties for me.

As you know, they...

So anyway, I have told them to go to Florida.

We are now not going to tomorrow.

You might get leave to call and say it's a problem, maybe in New York City, and it's more convenient.

I mean, whatever they'd like, they can come and go out.

here, you see what I mean, on the fly.

We're not full, you know what I mean, we won't be, because paddles are going, really they're going.

Sure, but anyway, we can do it, and they just might want to fly up the floor in the morning, and they'll go from here, but it's either one, they can go from there, or we'll be leaving approximately one o'clock,

I'm not at one o'clock.

I'm just confident we're not going to go any sooner than that.

I put it this way.

Find out if they are in Florida.

If so, they shouldn't come up here for a few reasons.

There's too much trouble.

Or I think we'll have to do it.

I think it'll, frankly, I don't think it'll be an issue.

There's a man being a lawyer and a father.

Yeah, fine.

Alright.

Also recorded on June 30, 1972

026-029 12:16 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 12:16 pm.
744-020 12:17 PM — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Charles W. Colson met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:17 pm to 12:44 pm.
347-002 12:50 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and 12:52 pm.
347-003 12:50 PM · 39 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:50 pm and 12:57 pm.
026-030 12:52 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, George P. Shultz, and unknown person(s) talked on the telephone from 12:52 pm to 12:57 pm.
347-004 12:52 PM · 1 hr 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, George P. Shultz, and John D. Ehrlichman met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:52 pm to 2:10 pm.
026-031 12:55 PM · 46 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, and John D. Ehrlichman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 2:10 pm.
026-045 12:55 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 3:24 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 347-001, June 30, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/347-001 (accessed November 14, 2026).