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 20
President Nixon met with Richard Moore, John Mitchell, and Alexander Butterfield to discuss the selection process for upcoming Supreme Court vacancies. Nixon expressed frustration with the American Bar Association's influence and affirmed his intention to b…
President Nixon met with Alexander Haig and General William Westmoreland to evaluate the status of ongoing peace negotiations regarding the Vietnam War. The discussion centered on managing the concerns of South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu, specifi…
President Nixon met with Alexander Haig to discuss a wide range of administrative and foreign policy issues, including strategic planning for upcoming diplomatic summits with the Soviet Union and China, and the need for the President to engage in direct, pr…
President Nixon and Charles Colson discuss strategies to counter aggressive political attacks from Senator Edward M. Kennedy, particularly regarding recent Supreme Court nominations and Kennedy’s attempt to associate the administration with the John Birch 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.