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 2

October 2, 1972Nixon, Gromyko & Dobrynin · 1 hr 10 min

President Nixon met with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and other high-ranking officials to review the state of U.S.-Soviet relations following the May 1972 Moscow summit. The discussion focused on progress in arms control, including the scheduling …

October 2, 1972Nixon, Arends & Anderson · 59 min

President Nixon met with Republican Congressional leaders to discuss the critical need for a $250 billion federal spending ceiling to combat inflation and prevent the necessity of tax increases. The participants strategized on how to manage the upcoming Hou…

October 2, 1972Nixon, Haldeman & Bull · 22 min

President Nixon met with H.R. Haldeman and other staff to review logistics for upcoming meetings with Soviet officials at Camp David and to finalize political strategies for the general election. The discussion covered the administration's stance on congres…

October 2, 1972Nixon, Kissinger & Rogers · 21 min

President Nixon, Henry Kissinger, and William P. Rogers met to coordinate foreign policy strategy ahead of the 1972 election, focusing on the potential political backlash from the American Jewish community regarding Soviet exit visas and trade agreements. 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.