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 22
President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman met to coordinate logistics for an upcoming appearance at the Detroit Economic Club and to review a wide range of political and personnel matters. They discussed the administration's public relations strategy, the potentia…
President Nixon and Henry Kissinger met to evaluate the stability of the People's Republic of China, specifically discussing recent reports on Mao Zedong's health and potential political purges by Chou En-lai. The conversation shifted to managing foreign po…
President Nixon and Charles Colson discussed the administration's economic messaging strategy, specifically focusing on the perceived anti-administration bias within the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Nixon expressed frustration with negative economic he…
President Nixon and Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler met to coordinate logistics for an upcoming televised Q&A session at the Detroit Economic Club, emphasizing the need to minimize distracting camera equipment and balance audience seating. The two also discu…
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.