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 — September 28

September 28, 1971Nixon, Kissinger & Colson · 1 hr 32 min

President Nixon met with his senior advisors and Henry Kissinger to discuss pressing political, economic, and foreign policy matters, including the handling of Justice Hugo Black's funeral, the legislative challenge of the Mansfield amendment, and the upcom…

September 28, 1971Nixon, Scott & Griffin · 1 hr 1 min

President Nixon met with Republican congressional leadership, staff, and advisors to coordinate the administration’s legislative agenda for the final months of the 1971 session. The discussion focused on securing passage of the President's tax package, welf…

September 28, 1971Nixon, Haldeman & Kissinger · 46 min

President Nixon, H. R. Haldeman, Henry Kissinger, and Charles Colson met to coordinate administration strategy regarding the upcoming Mansfield Amendment vote in the House, Kissinger’s secret trip to the People’s Republic of China, and the President’s sched…

September 28, 1971Nixon, Daddah & Mouknass · 38 min

President Nixon met with a delegation from the Organization of African Unity (OAU), led by Mauritanian President Moktar Ould Daddah, to discuss African decolonization and the liberation of southern Africa from minority rule. The delegation advocated for U.S…

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.