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Nixon & Rebozo on Legal counsel and Confidential arrangements

Thursday, June 21, 1973 · 3:52 PM–3:56 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 3 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Rebozo, Charles G. ("Bebe")Conversation447-030 on Tape 447StartThursday, June 21, 1973 at 3:52 PMEndThursday, June 21, 1973 at 3:56 PMRecording deviceOld Executive Office BuildingSourceNixon Library record for 447-030 ↗

President Nixon and his close associate Bebe Rebozo discuss the logistics of an ongoing arrangement involving an unidentified third party and a lawyer. The exchange centers on ensuring a specific task is completed, with Nixon emphasizing that the individual must follow through even if the legal representative declines to intervene. The conversation concludes with a plan for the two to reconnect the following day.

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Hello?
Well, we just got back from Camp David and I had another dreamer.
Yeah, well, we're just working our tails off.
I have a deal with this guy every night, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.
I have up to 30 nights and one Saturday.
I'll have you Friday night and then Saturday night when you go to that flyer.
I'll be ready to meet you.
No, no, no, no, we are, uh, we will tonight.
You got a little cold?
No, I must be in a connection, right?
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Yeah.
The way he's doing it, he's hunting a lawyer.
That's all right.
Just leave it.
Yeah.
Well, the main thing has to be done, right?
If he takes it.
Right.
You'll give it to the lawyer.
But if the lawyer, if the man doesn't take it, then he's supposed to.
He's supposed to.
He's supposed to show up and say, you know what I mean?
You mean Kimmel's doing the job for the, uh...
The what?
The, uh... Oh, I see.
All right.
But you know the, uh, the, uh...
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Good job.
Good.
Well, fine.
I'll give you a call tomorrow.
All right.
Bye.

On June 21, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:52 pm to 3:56 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 447-030 of the White House Tapes.

Conversation No. 447-30

Date: June 21, 1973
Time: 3:52 pm - 3:56 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Charles G. (“Bebe”) Rebozo.

[See Conversation No. 41-22]
  • 041-021 3:45 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 3:52 pm.
  • 447-026 3:45 PM · 11 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 3:45 pm and 3:52 pm.
  • 447-027 3:45 PM · 45 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 3:45 pm and 3:52 pm.
  • 447-028 3:45 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 3:45 pm and 3:52 pm.
  • 041-022 3:52 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles G. ("Bebe") Rebozo talked on the telephone from 3:52 pm to 3:56 pm.
  • 041-023 3:55 PM · 15 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:55 pm and 4:08 pm.
  • 041-024 3:55 PM · 3 min — Henry A. Kissinger and J. William Fulbright talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 3:55 pm and 4:08 pm.
  • 447-031 3:56 PM · 12 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and J. William Fulbright met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 3:56 pm to 4:08 pm.

Conversation 447-030, June 21, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/447-030 (accessed October 9, 2026).