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 25

September 25, 1972Nixon, Gleason & Bowers · 25 min

President Nixon met with International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) leaders Thomas W. Gleason and John Bowers, along with White House staff, to discuss labor support for his policies and upcoming trade agreements with the Soviet Union. The discussion ce…

September 25, 1972Nixon, Hoffman & Cole · 20 min

President Nixon met with Dr. Charles A. Hoffman and administration officials to discuss strategies for addressing the medical profession's public relations challenges and the potential implementation of catastrophic health insurance. The conversation focuse…

September 25, 1972Nixon, Colson & Buchanan · 17 min

President Nixon met with Charles Colson and Patrick Buchanan to discuss electoral strategy and campaign messaging for the 1972 election. They focused on building a coalition among working-class voters by emphasizing shared values and the importance of work,…

September 25, 1972Nixon, Ziegler & Kissinger · 13 min

President Nixon met with Ronald Ziegler and Henry Kissinger to coordinate public messaging, campaign strategy, and foreign policy initiatives. They finalized plans for a Cabinet-level anti-terrorism committee to bolster the administration's image ahead of t…

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.