Browse the Nixon Tapes by Topic
550 topics drawn from AI summaries of 22,588 conversations · February 1971 – July 1973
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Major subjects
Vietnam War 1,748Camp David 1,318Watergate 1,0821972 election 871Economic policy 822Press relations 632Pat Nixon 595Julie Nixon Eisenhower 467Executive Office Building 419Speechwriting 397White House Tapes 380People's Republic of China 320Tricia Nixon Cox 292Prisoners of War 290Executive privilege 264US-Soviet Relations 261George McGovern 242Busing 183Inflation 171Soviet Union 167United Nations 137Pentagon Papers 132Wage and price controls 129Welfare Reform 128Revenue sharing 127FBI 125SALT 120Nguyen Van Thieu 117J. Edgar Hoover 116Ervin Committee 113George Meany 109Taiwan 99Billy Graham 93Leonid Brezhnev 92Supreme Court 86George Wallace 84Lyndon B. Johnson 82Paris Peace Accords 72Daniel Ellsberg 64India-Pakistan War 52
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A
- Acceptance speech 23
- AFL-CIO 74
- Agricultural policy 20
- Agriculture 24
- Air strikes 50
- Alexander Haig 469
- Alexander P. Butterfield 286
- Ambassadorial appointments 18
- American Bar Association 27
- Amnesty 65
- Anatoliy Dobrynin 53
- Anne L. Armstrong 16
- Anti-war protests 32
- Archibald Cox 23
- Archival Documentation 14
- Arms Control 77
- Arthur F. Burns 85
- Aspen Lodge 19
- Assassination attempt 29
- Attorney General 65
B
- Balance of Payments 16
- Bangladesh 15
- Barry Goldwater 38
- Baseball 27
- Bebe Rebozo 201
- Bill signing 15
- Billy Graham 93
- Bipartisanship 19
- Birthday 21
- Birthday greetings 29
- Bob Hope 26
- Bombing campaigns 15
- Brent Scowcroft 20
- Briefcase 16
- Briefing materials 19
- Budget policy 15
- Bureaucracy 37
- Busing 183
C
- Cabinet appointments 71
- Cabinet Management 21
- Cabinet meeting 78
- Cabinet relations 17
- Cabinet Room 159
- California 18
- Cambodia 39
- Camp David 1,318
- Camp David operations 52
- Campaign finance 67
- Campaign Strategy 147
- Canada 16
- Caspar Weinberger 27
- Casual conversation 18
- CBS 24
- Cease-fire 45
- Charles W. Colson 783
- China initiative 16
- China policy 18
- China trip 19
- Christmas 15
- CIA 59
- Civil rights 17
- Civil unrest 17
- Clark MacGregor 97
- Classified Information 16
- Clifford M. Hardin 19
- Condolences 38
- Confidentiality 33
- Congress 40
- Congressional hearings 16
- Congressional leadership 19
- Congressional relations 835
- Congressional testimony 18
- Constitutional Amendment 24
- Cost of Living Council 29
- Cover-up 15
- Crisis management 32
D
- Daily operations 49
- Dan Rather 26
- Daniel Ellsberg 64
- David Eisenhower 29
- David Packard 19
- Declassification 20
- Defense Budget 42
- Defense policy 26
- Defense spending 21
- Democratic Party 66
- Department of Agriculture 18
- Department of Defense 22
- Department of Justice 64
- Dictation 36
- Diplomacy 381
- Diplomatic appointments 38
- Diplomatic negotiations 31
- Diplomatic relations 126
- Diplomatic strategy 110
- Disaster relief 15
- Document delivery 17
- Document handling 16
- Document management 48
- Documentation 15
- Domestic Council 31
- Domestic Policy 133
- Domestic Politics 25
- Donald Rumsfeld 24
- Drug policy 38
- Dwight L. Chapin 19
E
- E. Howard Hunt 21
- Earl L. Butz 24
- Economic indicators 16
- Economic policy 822
- Economic stabilization 17
- Economy 42
- Edmund Muskie 37
- Education policy 24
- Edward M. Kennedy 40
- Edward R. F. Cox 16
- Egil Krogh 19
- Elections 16
- Elliot Richardson 89
- Employment 14
- Energy policy 77
- Environmental policy 41
- Ervin Committee 113
- Event planning 61
- Executive authority 21
- Executive branch 13
- Executive decision-making 22
- Executive documentation 34
- Executive management 19
- Executive Office Building 419
- Executive office operations 34
- Executive privilege 264
- Executive staff 22
- Executive-Legislative relations 21
F
- F. Edward Hébert 18
- Family 195
- Family relations 42
- FBI 125
- FBI investigation 19
- Federal Budget 85
- Federal Reserve 46
- Federal spending 17
- First Family 15
- First Lady 61
- Fiscal policy 72
- Florida 24
- Florida trip 26
- Food prices 29
- Football 21
- Foreign Aid 109
- Foreign Policy 1,186
- Foreign policy strategy 47
- Foreign Relations 29
- Frank L. Rizzo 21
- Fundraising 21
G
- Geopolitics 45
- George Allen 32
- George H.W. Bush 74
- George McGovern 242
- George Meany 109
- George P. Shultz 292
- George Romney 15
- George Wallace 84
- Gerald L. Warren 18
- Gerald R. Ford 72
- Gift exchange 20
- Gift presentation 21
- Gift-giving 20
- Gold standard 19
- Golda Meir 16
- Golf 18
- Government reorganization 37
- Government spending 14
- Grand Jury 57
- Guest list management 20
- Guest lists 24
H
- H. R. Haldeman 1,204
- H.R. 1 25
- Harry S. Dent 17
- Harry S. Truman 27
- Health 27
- Henry E. Petersen 68
- Henry Kissinger 1,386
- Henry M. Jackson 17
- Herbert G. Klein 26
- Herbert Stein 16
- Higher Education 18
- Historical documentation 28
- Hobart D. Lewis 22
- House of Representatives 22
- Howard H. Baker Jr. 24
- Hugh Scott 45
- Humanitarian aid 16
- Huston Plan 22
I
- Immunity 23
- Impeachment 22
- India-Pakistan conflict 40
- India-Pakistan relations 17
- India-Pakistan War 52
- Indira Gandhi 21
- Inflation 171
- Informal conversation 25
- Informal meeting 33
- Information management 13
- International Diplomacy 16
- International Monetary Fund 17
- International Monetary Policy 48
- International monetary system 28
- International Relations 82
- International Trade 91
- International travel 16
- Israel 19
- ITT case 59
J
- J. Edgar Hoover 116
- J. Fred Buzhardt Jr. 79
- Japan 28
- Jeb Stuart Magruder 26
- Jimmy Hoffa 18
- John A. Scali 46
- John A. Volpe 17
- John B. Connally 600
- John C. Stennis 46
- John D. Ehrlichman 470
- John J. McCloy 15
- John K. Andrews Jr. 23
- John N. Mitchell 306
- John W. Dean III 393
- Joint Chiefs of Staff 23
- Journalism 25
- Judicial appointments 58
- Judicial philosophy 15
- Julie Nixon Eisenhower 467
K
L
- L. Patrick Gray 62
- Labor relations 167
- Labor unions 82
- Lady Bird Johnson 15
- Laos 37
- Latin America 20
- Law and order 36
- Law enforcement 75
- Lawrence M. Higby 15
- Leaks 28
- Legal counsel 39
- Legal strategy 56
- Legislation 29
- Legislative affairs 54
- Legislative agenda 34
- Legislative liaison 15
- Legislative relations 54
- Legislative strategy 260
- Leonard Garment 31
- Leonid Brezhnev 92
- Leslie C. Arends 17
- Lewis F. Powell Jr. 40
- Lockheed Corporation 14
- Lyndon B. Johnson 82
M
- Maintenance 18
- Manolo Sanchez 1,665
- Mansfield Amendment 33
- Marjorie P. Acker 32
- Maurice Stans 26
- Media bias 53
- Media coverage 127
- Media management 47
- Media relations 451
- Media strategy 218
- Melvin R. Laird 108
- Memorandum 69
- Memorandum for the file 23
- Middle East 23
- Middle East diplomacy 35
- Middle East peace process 14
- Middle East policy 19
- Mike Mansfield 44
- Military aid 18
- Military draft 20
- Military operations 21
- Military Personnel 15
- Military policy 14
- Military Strategy 179
- Monetary policy 29
- Moscow Summit 50
N
- National Defense 44
- National Economy 76
- National Security 302
- National Security Council 74
- NATO 54
- Naval blockade 54
- Negotiations 27
- Nelson Rockefeller 77
- New Economic Policy 19
- New York Times 33
- Nguyen Van Thieu 117
- Nixon Doctrine 34
- Nixon family 43
- North Vietnam 41
- North Vietnamese offensive 26
O
- Obstruction of justice 42
- Office of Economic Opportunity 13
- Office of Management and Budget 46
- Old Executive Office Building 44
- Oliver F. Atkins 19
- Operational security 21
- Oval Office 898
- Oval Office meetings 155
- Oval Office security 19
P
- Pakistan 18
- Paris Peace Accords 72
- Paris Peace Talks 37
- Pat Nixon 595
- Patrick J. Buchanan 108
- Paul W. Keyes 18
- Pay Board 74
- Peace negotiations 175
- Peace with honor 26
- Pentagon Papers 132
- People's Republic of China 320
- Personal assistance 19
- Personal calls 27
- Personal conversation 21
- Personal health 19
- Personal relations 22
- Personal staff 425
- Personal valet 45
- Personnel 76
- Personnel appointments 116
- Personnel changes 18
- Personnel matters 23
- Peter G. Peterson 42
- Peter J. Brennan 23
- Peter M. Flanigan 46
- Phase II 43
- Phase II economic policy 20
- Philadelphia 18
- Photo opportunity 19
- Political appointments 57
- Political campaigning 15
- Political messaging 45
- Political outreach 32
- Political strategy 865
- Polling 20
- PRC trip 24
- Presidential address 49
- Presidential agenda 52
- Presidential aides 17
- Presidential appointments 66
- Presidential decision-making 17
- Presidential dictation 21
- Presidential directives 33
- Presidential family 44
- Presidential health 42
- Presidential image 35
- Presidential leadership 16
- Presidential memorandum 26
- Presidential movement 24
- Presidential outreach 40
- Presidential papers 18
- Presidential pets 17
- Presidential privacy 28
- Presidential protection 43
- Presidential rhetoric 31
- Presidential security 137
- Presidential speech 54
- Presidential speeches 66
- Presidential speechwriting 36
- Presidential strategy 24
- Presidential travel 184
- Presidential valet 164
- Presidential veto 29
- Press briefing 55
- Press conference 86
- Press coverage 54
- Press management 32
- Press relations 632
- Press Secretary 38
- Press strategy 46
- Price controls 40
- Prisoners of War 290
- Productivity 13
- Professional Football 24
- Propaganda 17
- Protests 17
- Psychological warfare 18
- Public address 18
- Public Diplomacy 16
- Public image 24
- Public messaging 19
- Public opinion 275
- Public Opinion Polling 145
- Public perception 27
- Public policy 28
- Public relations 1,810
- Public relations strategy 123
- Public Speaking 27
R
- Radio address 36
- Raymond K. Price Jr. 127
- Record keeping 35
- Refreshments 31
- Republican National Committee 39
- Republican National Convention 27
- Republican Party 73
- Resignation 55
- Revenue sharing 127
- Richard A. Moore 28
- Richard G. Kleindienst 81
- Richard Helms 32
- Richard Nixon 277
- Richard T. Kennedy 20
- Robert H. Finch 51
- Robert J. Dole 15
- Ronald L. Ziegler 588
- Ronald Reagan 58
- Rose Garden 16
- Rose Mary Woods 636
- Roy L. Ash 15
S
- SALT 120
- SALT negotiations 31
- San Clemente 19
- School Desegregation 24
- Second term reorganization 67
- Secretary of State 22
- Security 61
- Security operations 16
- Senate 29
- Senate confirmation 22
- Senate hearings 15
- Senate leadership 16
- Senate relations 21
- Senator 23
- Sequoia 42
- Social events 23
- Social Security 28
- Social visit 22
- South Vietnam 26
- Southeast Asia 25
- Soviet Summit 56
- Soviet Union 167
- Soviet Union summit 17
- Special Prosecutor 45
- Speech preparation 28
- Speech rehearsal 20
- Speechwriting 397
- Spiro Agnew 162
- Sports 21
- Staffing 47
- State Department 111
- State dinner 43
- State of the Union 51
- Steel industry 20
- Stephen B. Bull 862
- Stock market 51
- Strategic planning 22
- Supersonic Transport 47
- Supreme Court 86
- Supreme Court appointments 125
- Surveillance 19
- Swearing-in ceremony 22
T
- Taiwan 99
- Tax legislation 46
- Tax policy 30
- Tax reform 43
- Taxation 21
- Technical operations 19
- Telephone logs 75
- telephony 59
- Television address 14
- Television broadcast 17
- Television production 18
- Thomas H. Moorer 30
- Trade policy 47
- Transportation 28
- Travel 22
- Travel planning 19
- Treasury Department 66
- Tricia Nixon 28
- Tricia Nixon Cox 292
- Troop withdrawals 57
U
- Unemployment 44
- Unemployment statistics 15
- Unidentified personnel 22
- United Nations 137
- US Foreign Policy 70
- US-China relations 44
- US-Japan relations 17
- US-Soviet Relations 261
- USSR 28
V
- Valet 28
- Vernon A. Walters 24
- Veterans affairs 22
- Veto strategy 20
- Vietnam negotiations 81
- Vietnam peace negotiations 60
- Vietnam Peace Settlement 21
- Vietnam policy 20
- Vietnam settlement 27
- Vietnam War 1,748
- Vietnam War negotiations 38
- Vietnam War policy 20
- Vietnamization 46
W
- Wage and price controls 129
- Wage-price controls 14
- Wage-price freeze 71
- Walter R. Tkach 27
- Warren E. Burger 18
- Washington Post 25
- Washington Redskins 43
- Watergate 1,082
- Watergate investigation 69
- Weather 35
- Welfare Reform 128
- Welsh language 5
- White House ceremonies 15
- White House Counsel 17
- White House domestic life 26
- White House domestic staff 16
- White House life 20
- White House maintenance 16
- White House management 22
- White House media strategy 17
- White House meetings 39
- White House messaging 26
- White House operator 541
- White House photography 64
- White House press corps 16
- White House press relations 60
- White House press strategy 14
- White House public relations 38
- White House reorganization 30
- White House residence 16
- White House social events 99
- White House strategy 85
- White House switchboard 50
- White House Tapes 380
- White House taping system 55
- White House tours 89
- White Paper 23
- Wilbur D. Mills 53
- William E. Timmons 87
- William H. Rehnquist 33
- William P. Rogers 388
- William Safire 79
- Willy Brandt 30
- Wiretapping 21
- Withdrawn material 39
Routine and administrative tags (130)
- Administration 150
- Administration logistics 33
- Administration management 50
- Administration messaging 14
- Administration policy 17
- Administration strategy 48
- Administrative assistance 16
- Administrative communication 152
- Administrative coordination 351
- Administrative logistics 644
- Administrative management 20
- Administrative matters 18
- Administrative operations 121
- Administrative oversight 15
- Administrative planning 67
- Administrative procedures 274
- Administrative protocol 20
- Administrative record 17
- Administrative request 147
- Administrative scheduling 14
- administrative support 202
- Administrative tasks 164
- Archival records 36
- Communication 478
- Communication coordination 31
- Communication logistics 204
- Communication management 76
- Communication protocols 44
- Communication strategy 30
- Correspondence 83
- Daily routine 66
- Daily Schedule 20
- Diplomatic communications 39
- Diplomatic protocol 99
- Executive administration 35
- Executive communication 187
- Executive coordination 33
- Executive correspondence 14
- Executive office administration 29
- Executive office management 18
- Executive operations 38
- Executive records 19
- Executive scheduling 48
- Family affairs 24
- Family communication 20
- Family logistics 15
- Family matters 42
- Foreign policy coordination 23
- Funeral arrangements 20
- Gifts 19
- Government administration 16
- Historical records 16
- Informal communication 17
- Internal administration 17
- Internal communications 66
- Logistics 1,952
- Meeting logistics 22
- Nixon administration 269
- Office administration 18
- Office management 32
- Operational logistics 23
- Oval Office administration 25
- Oval Office logistics 34
- Oval Office operations 207
- Oval Office protocol 62
- Personal administration 22
- Personal affairs 144
- Personal communication 323
- Personal correspondence 291
- Personal logistics 41
- Personal matters 94
- Personal records 28
- Personal schedule 23
- Personal scheduling 19
- Personal services 74
- Personnel management 263
- Photography 93
- Political communication 31
- Political coordination 15
- Political support 36
- Presidential activities 19
- Presidential administration 109
- Presidential communication 2,318
- Presidential correspondence 133
- Presidential gifts 112
- Presidential logistics 271
- Presidential meetings 226
- Presidential operations 225
- Presidential protocol 66
- Presidential records 199
- Presidential routine 158
- Presidential scheduling 4,197
- Presidential staff 623
- Protocol 50
- Restricted records 14
- Schedule management 15
- Scheduling 1,148
- Seating arrangements 19
- Secret Service 435
- Security protocols 38
- Staff communication 53
- Staff coordination 169
- Staff management 107
- telecommunications 1,038
- Telephone call 23
- Telephone communications 149
- Telephone logistics 44
- Telephone operations 85
- Telephone protocols 67
- Time management 103
- Travel arrangements 26
- Travel logistics 55
- Unidentified participants 211
- Unidentified visitor 86
- Valet services 84
- White House administration 1,425
- White House communications 1,518
- White House coordination 19
- White House correspondence 17
- White House events 16
- White House logistics 915
- White House operations 4,898
- White House personnel 127
- White House protocol 95
- White House records 49
- White House scheduling 397
- White House security 120
- White House staff 829
- White House staff management 27
- White House Staffing 99
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