Nixon White House Tapes
Listen to and search all 22,725 conversations from the 949 Nixon White House recordings, 1971–1973 — with AI transcripts, summaries and the Nixon Library finding aids.
22,725 conversations · 22,588 with audio · 19,553 AI transcripts · 850 conversations cut into their own clips
On this day — October 25
President Nixon and John Ehrlichman met to coordinate domestic policy initiatives and staffing strategies, specifically focusing on the potential replacement of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover and a proposed new tax structure. They discussed the political risk…
President Nixon met with George Shultz and John Ehrlichman to strategize on international economic policy, specifically addressing the U.S. surcharge, currency convertibility, and the role of the Federal Reserve. A central goal of the discussion was managin…
President Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and John Ehrlichman discussed the management of anti-war demonstrations, press relations, and personnel issues, including the logistical planning for the First Lady's participation in the upcoming trip to the People's Repub…
President Nixon met with Charles Colson and Henry Kissinger to strategize for the final weeks of the 1972 presidential campaign. They analyzed polling data, discussed managing political attacks regarding the Watergate scandal, and evaluated aggressive media…
What is in the archive?
Between February 1971 and July 1973 a voice-activated system secretly recorded President Richard Nixon's meetings and telephone calls in the Oval Office, the Old Executive Office Building, the Cabinet Room and Camp David. The National Archives has catalogued 22,725 conversations across 949 tapes. Easy Nixon brings together the released audio, the Nixon Library finding aids, AI-generated transcripts for more than 19,000 conversations, and short AI summaries — all free, with permanent links you can cite. Read more about the project and the data.