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 23
President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met to discuss urgent foreign policy and domestic administrative matters, focusing primarily on the status of ongoing diplomatic initiatives with the People's Republic of China (PRC) and upcoming economic policy announcem…
President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met to finalize the strategic communications plan regarding the upcoming announcement of Kissinger’s trip to the People's Republic of China. The discussion focused on coordinating the announcement timing to maximize geopo…
President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman coordinate the President’s upcoming public schedule, specifically discussing the timing of meetings and the necessity of television coverage. They explore strategic messaging regarding US-Japan textile negotiations, includ…
President Nixon met with Ronald Ziegler and Stephen Bull to coordinate the administration's public response to the resignation of Supreme Court Justice John M. Harlan. The participants discussed talking points for Ziegler's upcoming press briefing, specific…
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.