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 · 19,726 AI transcripts · 2,086 conversations cut into their own clips

On this day — October 27

October 27, 1971Nixon, Haldeman & Kissinger · 2 hr 36 min

President Nixon met with his senior advisors, including Henry Kissinger, H.R. Haldeman, and Ronald Ziegler, to discuss the political fallout of the United Nations' vote to expel Taiwan and seat the People's Republic of China. Nixon expressed frustration wit…

October 27, 1971Nixon, Ehrlichman & Mitchell · 1 hr 33 min

President Nixon met with his budget and domestic policy advisors, including John Ehrlichman and John Mitchell, to evaluate the political and economic feasibility of a proposed Value Added Tax (VAT) as a mechanism to fund public and private education. The pr…

October 27, 1972Nixon, Kissinger & Phouma · 52 min

President Nixon met with Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma of Laos, accompanied by Henry Kissinger and Ambassador William Sullivan, to discuss the implications of the impending Vietnam peace settlement on the Laotian conflict. Phouma expressed concern that a c…

October 27, 1971Nixon, Haldeman & Kissinger · 52 min

President Nixon and his senior advisors, including H. R. Haldeman, Henry Kissinger, and John Connally, met to discuss defense budget strategies, the political fallout from Taiwan's expulsion from the United Nations, and preparations for upcoming foreign dip…

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.