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 24
President Nixon met with his senior advisors and campaign staff to coordinate strategy for the final weeks of the 1972 presidential election, focusing heavily on the political ramifications of ongoing Vietnam peace negotiations. The President expressed a fi…
President Nixon met with Henry Kissinger, William Rogers, and Ronald Ziegler to discuss the status of stalled Vietnam peace negotiations following a volatile meeting between Kissinger and South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu. Kissinger reported that …
President Nixon, Henry Kissinger, and advisor Fritz Kraemer discussed the strategic complexities of ongoing Vietnam peace negotiations and the importance of maintaining a firm bargaining position despite the upcoming U.S. election. Kraemer emphasized the ne…
President Nixon met with H.R. Haldeman and other staff members to discuss security concerns and public relations strategies regarding his upcoming travel schedule and motorcades. The participants evaluated the risks associated with motorcades versus rallies…
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.