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· archived 5/18/2026, 12:43:16 AMscreenshotcached html nixontapes.org - Nixon Tapes and Transcripts Originally Released By The National Archives in 2002, the Complete Nixon Cabinet Room Tapes Can Be Heard Online For The First Time For the first time, the recordings from the Nixon White House Cabinet Room are made available to the public in an accessible format. These recordings include every meeting, tour group, briefing, and private conversation that occurred in the Cabinet Room, as captured on the Nixon recording system between February 16, 1971, and July 11, 1973. Remarkably, these audio files were originally released by the National Archives and Records Administration's (NARA) Archives II at College Park, Maryland, in 2002, but were made available to onsite researchers only, and only in analog cassette format. With the assistance of the National Security Archive, these files are now available here, on nixontapes.org, and at the time of the creation of this page, these tapes, in whole or in part, are not available anywhere else outside of the reading room at NARA's Archives II. What makes the Cabinet Room recordings unique is that the room itself could accommodate more participants than the average meeting recorded on a White House Telephone, in the Lincoln Sitting Room, or in the president's Executive Office Building retreat. Thus, these recordings often captured larger meetings with Congressional leaders, various domestic councils, presidential commissions, task forces, meetings of the National Security Council, an occasional Joint Chiefs of Staff meeting, top secret briefings by Director of Central Intelligence Richard Helms, an international summit meeting--such as the U.S.-Soviet meetings during June 1973, and, of course, Cabinet meetings, along with many other types of gatherings. Also, while taping at other White House locations was ended earlier in 1973 by Watergate-era Chief of Staff Al Haig, the Cabinet Room recordings continued until July 1973, even after the revelation of the taping system before the Watergate investigating committee by presidential aide Alexander Butterfield. Below is a complete list of all Cabinet Room tapes, the range of dates that each tape recorded, a NARA-prepared summary of the conversations contained on the respective tape, and the audio files available for download, free of charge, as a service to researchers and the public. While it will be years more before scholars and researchers transcribe these recordings, this release marks the first time they have been made readily accessible to the public. Note: there is one conversation summary for each tape reel, e.g. there is one summary for reel 47, which includes tapes 47a and 47b. Likewise, the dates recorded refer to all conversations taped on a reel, e.g. reel 48, which includes tapes 48a and 48b, includes conversations recorded between 2/23/71 and 2/26/71. Also, a "full" tape recorded approximately 2 hours, and the corresponding mp3 size of a full tape is generally between 110 and 115 megabytes. Tapes smaller than 110 to 115 megabytes contain less than two hours of recordings. Also of interest may be the President's Daily Diary, for: February 12-28, 1971 (5.2m) March 1-31, 1971 (8.7m) April 1-30, 1971 (8.0m) May 1-15, 1971 (4.7m) May 16-31, 1971 (4.2m) June 1-15, 1971 (3.9m) June 16-30, 1971 (4.4m) July 1-31, 1971 (8.4m) August 1-31, 1971 (6.4m) September 1-20, 1971 (3.9m) September 21-30, 1971 (3.7m) October 1-31, 1971 (7.2m) November 1-30, 1971 (6.8m) December 1-31, 1971 (8.0m) January 1-31, 1972 (6.2m) February 1-16, 1972 (3.4m) February 17-29, 1972 (9.6m) March 1-31, 1972 (5.9m) April 1-30, 1972 (7.7m) May 1-19, 1972 (4.6m) May 20-31, 1972 (4.3m) June 1-30, 1972 (7.1m) July 1-31, 1972 (6.1m) August 1-31, 1972 (5.7m) September 1-21, 1972 (4.8m) September 22-30, 1972 (4.5m) October 1-15, 1972 (4.4m) October 16-31, 1972 (5.3m) November 1-30, 1972 (5.3m) December 1-31, 1972 (5.4m) January 1-31, 1973 (5.3m) February 1-28, 1973 (6.3m) March 1-31, 1973 (8.4m) April 1-30, 1973 (6.2m) May 1-31, 1973 (7.6m) June 1-30, 1973 (6.9m) July 1-31, 1973 (4.6m) Tapes Dates Recorded Summary Download Audio Features* 47a 2/16/71 rtf (20k) mp3 (112m) Cabinet: 2/16 47b mp3 (11.4m) 48a 2/23/71 - 2/26/71 rtf (20k) mp3 (108m) President's Science Advisory Committee: 2/23 48b mp3 (63.5m) 49a 3/2/71 - 3/8/71 rtf (17k) mp3 (112m) National Security Council (NSC): 3/8 49b mp3 (60.9m) 50a 3/9/71 - 3/23/71 rtf (82k) mp3 (115m) Republican Congressional Leaders (RCL): 3/9; Cabinet: 3/16; RCL: 3/23 50b mp3 (115m) 50c mp3 (67m) 51a 3/23/71 - 3/26/71 rtf (74k) mp3 (112m) Dairy Industry Leaders: 3/23; U.S. Mayors: 3/23; NSC: 3/25; Black Caucus: 3/25; Cabinet: 3/26 51b mp3 (115m) 51b_i mp3 (111m) 51c mp3 (112m) 51d mp3 (30.4m) 52a 4/8/71 rtf (37k) mp3 (112m) Council on International Economic Policy (CIEP): 4/8 52b mp3 (105m) 52c mp3 (112m) 52d mp3 (33m) 53a 4/13/71 - 4/17/71 rtf (25k) mp3 (112m) Cabinet: 4/13 53b mp3 (112m) 53c mp3 (112m) 53d mp3 (18.1m) 54a 4/19/71 - 4/20/71 rtf (31k) mp3 (112m) Executive Council of AFL-CIO Building & Construction Trades: 4/19 54b mp3 (59.3m) 55a 4/20/71 - 5/4/71 rtf (99k) mp3 (112m) Republican Senators: 4/20; Republican Congressmen: 4/22; Cabinet: 4/27; RCL: 5/4; President's Commission on School Finance, Panel on Nonpublic Education: 5/4 55b mp3 (112m) 55c mp3 (112m) 55d mp3 (22.9m) 56a 5/6/71 - Unk between 5/11/71 and 5/12/71 rtf (35k) mp3 (112m) President's Commission on Financial Structure and Regulation: 5/6; Signing of S.70, Telephone Bank Bill: 5/7; Cabinet: 5/11 56b mp3 (106m) 56c mp3 (9.3m) 57a 5/13/71 - 5/14/71 rtf (28k) mp3 (112m) Citizens' Committee for Government Reorganization: 5/13; Military and diplomatic officials: 5/13; Representatives of five major senior citizens' organizations: 5/14 57b mp3 (62.9m) 58a 5/18/71 - 5/20/71 rtf (32k) mp3 (110m) RCL: 5/18; Cabinet: 5/20; Bipartisan Congressional Leaders (BCL): 5/20 58b mp3 (112m) 58c mp3 (46.2m) 59a 6/3/71 - 6/7/71 rtf (27k) mp3 (109m) Police Chiefs: 6/3; President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB): 6/4; Executive Board of Directors of National Association of Home Builders: 6/7 59b mp3 (46.4m) 60a 6/8/71 - 6/10/71 rtf (44k) mp3 (112m) Cabinet: 6/8; Board of Directors of Amtrak: 6/8; Railroad executives: 6/10 60b mp3 (110m) 60c mp3 (10.7m) 61a 6/14/71 - 6/15/71 rtf (45k) mp3 (111m) State Department officials: 6/14; Railway union leaders: 6/14; RCL: 6/15 61b mp3 (111m) 61c mp3 (59.5m) 62a 6/17/1971 rtf (35k) mp3 (112m) BCL: 6/17; NSC: 6/17 62b mp3 (104m) 63a Unk between 6/17/71 and 6/28/71 - 6/29/71 rtf (41k) mp3 (112m) Cabinet Committee on Economic Policy: 6/28; National Commission on Productivity: 6/29 63b mp3 (53m) 64a Unk between 7/1/71 and 7/6/71 - 7/19/71 rtf (24k) mp3 (112m) Steel industry leaders and union representatives: 7/6; BCL: 7/19; Cabinet: 7/19 64b mp3 (90.8m) 65a 7/20/71 rtf (20k) mp3 (110m) RCL: 7/20 65b mp3 (49m) 66a 7/22/71 - 7/24/71 rtf (72k) mp3 (112m) Bipartisan Senate Leaders: 7/22 66b mp3 (111m) 66c mp3 (110m) 66d mp3 (22.6m) 67a 7/30/71 - 8/5/71 rtf (38k) mp3 (113m) United Transportation Union and railroad management: 7/30; Cabinet: 8/5 67b mp3 (85.6m) 67b_i mp3 (3.8m) 68a Unk between 8/1/71 and 8/5/71 - 8/10/71 rtf (33k) mp3 (111m) Joints Chiefs of Staff (JCS): 8/10; Cambodian delegation: 8/10 68b mp3 (112m) 68c mp3 (86.5m) 69a 8/13/71 - 8/16/71 rtf (20k) mp3 (110mb) NSC: 8/13; Cabinet: 8/16 69b mp3 (72.3m) 70a 8/17/71 rtf (29k) mp3 (113m) BCL: 8/17 70b mp3 (28.9m) 71a 9/7/71 rtf (26k) mp3 (111m) CIEP: 9/7 71b mp3 (20m) 72a 9/10/71 rtf (32k) mp3 (111m) Labor union representatives: 9/10 72b mp3 (8.7m) 73a 9/11/71 - 9/13/71 rtf (49k) mp3 (112m) Cost of Living Council (CLC): 9/11; Cabinet and wives: 9/13 73b mp3 (111m) 73c mp3 (22.4m) 74a 9/13/71 - 9/14/71 rtf (45k) mp3 (111m) Commission on International Trade and Investment Policy: 9/13; RCL: 9/14; Committee to Form a National Health Education Foundation: 9/14 74b mp3 (31.2m) 75a 9/14/71 - 9/16/71 rtf (56k) mp3 (111m) Agricultural leaders: 9/14; Elected state and local officials: 9/16 75b mp3 (51.7m) 76a 9/17/71 - 9/21/71 rtf (78k) mp3 (113m) BCL: 9/17; NSC: 9/20; White House Consumer Advisory Council: 9/21; International Seminar on Illicit Drug Traffic and Abuse: 9/21 76b mp3 (111m) 76c mp3 (90.6m) 77a 9/24/71 - 9/28/71 rtf (19k) mp3 (111m) Cabinet: 9/24; President of the Organization of African Unity: 9/28 77b mp3 (18.7m) 78a 9/30/71 - 10/12/71 rtf (30k) mp3 (111m) Leaders of national education organizations: 9/30; Southern Democratic Congressmen: 9/30; BCL: 10/7; BCL: 10/12 78b mp3 (44m) 79a 10/12/71 - Unk between 10/12/71 and 10/15/71 rtf (18k) mp3 (111m) Cabinet: 10/12 79b mp3 (34.1m) 80a Unk between 10/15/71 and 10/19/71 - 10/19/71 rtf (30k) mp3 (111m) RCL: 10/19 80b mp3 (27.2m) 81a 10/22/71 - 11/2/71 rtf (26k) mp3 (111m) Pay Board and Price Commission: 10/22; Cabinet Committee on Executive Reorganization: 11/2 81b mp3 (33.7m) 82a 11/4/71 - 11/15/71 rtf (25k) mp3 (112m) Selected House Republicans: 11/4; NSC: 11/12; CLC: 11/15 82b mp3 (47.2m) 83a 11/15/71 - 11/16/71 rtf (40k) mp3 (111m) Cabinet: 11/15; RCL: 11/16; Committee on Mental Retardation: 11/16 83b mp3 (91.4m) 84a Unk between 11/16/71 and 12/1/71 - 12/1/71 rtf (26k) mp3 (112m) NSC: 12/1 84b mp3 (111m) 84c mp3 (111m) 84d mp3 (32.7m) 85a Unk between 12/3/71 and 12/6/71 rtf (27k) mp3 (113m) 85b mp3 (111m) 85c mp3 (113m) 85d mp3 (26m) 86a 12/9/71 - 12/22/71 rtf (23k) mp3 (113m) Signing of HR.10847, Revenue Act of 1971: 12/10; BCL: 12/15: President's Commission on Financial Structure and Regulation: 12/22 86b mp3 (95.6m) 87a 1/3/72 - 1/20/72 rtf (47k) mp3 (111m) Cabinet-level group on trade legislation: 1/3: Cabinet: 1/20 87b mp3 (112m) 87c mp3 (64.4m) 88a 1/24/72 - Unk between 1/28/72 and 1/31/72 rtf (23k) mp3 (112m) Signing of 1973 Budget Message with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Staff: 1/24; RCL: 1/26; Construction Industry Collective Bargaining Commission: 1/28 88b mp3 (109m) 88c mp3 (91.6m) 89a 2/2/72 rtf (9k) mp3 (110m) NSC: 2/2 89b mp3 (12.6m) 90a 2/7/72 - 2/14/72 rtf (40k) mp3 (111m) U.S. Attorneys, Treasury and Justice Department officials: 2/7; Henry Kissinger and his staff: 2/9; Congressional and administration officials: 2/14 90b mp3 (72.6m) 91a 2/17/72 rtf (17k) mp3 (96.1m) BCL: 2/17 92a 2/29/72 rtf (11k) mp3 (95.7m) BCL: 2/29 93a 2/29/72 - 3/6/72 rtf (33k) mp3 (113m) Cabinet: 2/29; Cabinet Committee on Education: 3/2; Council of Black Appointees, 3/6 93b mp3 (75.2m) 94a 3/7/72 - 3/10/72 rtf (35k) mp3 (112m) RCL: 3/7; Cabinet Committee on Education: 3/10; Signing of S.748, Inter-American Development Bank: 3/10;Signing of S.749, International Development Association: 3/10; Signing of S.2010, Asian Development Bank: 3/10 94b mp3 (106m) 94c mp3 (112m) 94d mp3 (25.6m) 95a 3/17/72 rtf (23k) mp3 (113m) BCL: 3/17; NSC: 3/17 95b mp3 (87.6m) 96a 3/20/72 - 3/23/72 rtf (30k) mp3 (111m) Cabinet Committee on International Narcotics Control: 3/20; General Advisory Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament: 3/21; White House News Photographers' Association: 3/21; CLC: 3/23 96b mp3 (84m) 97a 3/23/72 - 3/28/72 rtf (24k) mp3 (111m) RCL: 3/28 97b mp3 (29.2m) 98a 4/12/72 rtf (20k) mp3 (112m) RCL: 4/12 98b mp3 (21.4m) 99a 4/20/72 - 5/3/72 rtf (63k) mp3 (111m) President's Panel on Nonpublic Education: 4/20; Domestic Council: 4/20; RCL: 5/3 99b mp3 (111m) 99c mp3 (111m) 100a 5/5/72 - 5/8/72 rtf (68k) mp3 (112m) PFIAB: 5/5; NSC: 5/8 100b mp3 (112m) 100c mp3 (74.3m) 101a 5/8/72 - Unk between 5/19/72 and 6/13/72 rtf (70k) mp3 (112m) Cabinet: 5/8; Cabinet 5/16; BCL: 5/19 101b mp3 (113m) 101c mp3 (111m) 101d mp3 (12m) 102a Unk between 5/30/72 and 6/12/72 - 6/13/72 rtf (30k) mp3 (111m) RCL: 6/13 102b mp3 (114m) 102c mp3 (111m) 102d mp3 (22.2m) 103a 6/13/72 - 7/1/72 rtf (72k) mp3 (111m) RCL: 6/13; Chief executives of broadcast industry: 6/22; National veteran leaders: 6/26; Republicans of the Senate Finance Committee: 6/27; CLC: 6/30; Representatives of maritime industry and labor unions: 7/1 103b mp3 (109m) 103c mp3 (31m) 104a Unk between 7/1/72 and 7/21/72 - Unk between 7/25/72 and 7/28/72 rtf (46k) mp3 (111m) Cabinet: 7/21; Mayors and county officials: 7/25; Chuck Colson and his staff: 7/25 104b mp3 (115m) 104c mp3 (22.1m) 105a 9/8/72 - 10/2/72 rtf (73k) mp3 (110m) Attorneys attending a training seminar on drug abuse law enforcement: 9/8; CIEP: 9/11; Signing of HR.10670, Provisions for survivors of retired military personnel: 9/21; Finance Committee of the Committee to Re-elect the President: 9/25; CLC: 9/29; RCL: 10/2 105b mp3 (110m) 105c mp3 (45.9m) 106a Unk between 9/5/72 and 9/7/72 - Unk between 9/7/72 and 9/9/72 rtf (33k) mp3 (112m) RCL: 9/7 106a track 2 mp3 (112m) 106b mp3 (111m) 106b track 2 mp3 (114m) 106c mp3 (101m) 106c track 2 mp3 (114m) 106d track 2 mp3 (22.3m) 107a 8/8/72 - 8/10/72 rtf (60k) mp3 (112m) RCL: 8/8; CLC: 8/10 107b mp3 (115m) 107c mp3 (112m) 107d mp3 (22.5m) 108a 10/6/72 - 10/17/72 rtf (28k) mp3 (104m) Black Executive Advisory Committee of the Committee to Re-elect the President: 10/6; Senate Republicans Leaders: 10/12; Pay Board: 10/13; National Advisory Council for Drug Abuse Prevention: 10/17 108b mp3 (112m) 108c mp3 (110m) 108d mp3 (25.1m) 109a 10/27/72 rtf (11k) mp3 (113m) Spanish-speaking campaign surrogates: 10/27 109b mp3 (114m) 109c mp3 (111m) 109d mp3 (22.3m) 110a Unk between 10/27/72 and 11/8/72 - 12/20/72 rtf (23k) mp3 (111m) Black administration officials: 11/29 110b mp3 (112m) 110c mp3 (61.1m) 111a 12/20/72 - 1/24/73 rtf (28k) mp3 (109m) National Committee on Productivity: 12/20; Cabinet: 1/23; BCL: 1/24; Cabinet: 1/24 111b mp3 (112m) 111c mp3 (111m) 111d mp3 (22.3m) 112a 1/31/73 - Unk between 2/6/73 and 2/8/73 rtf (36k) mp3 (111m) Signing of 1973 Economic Report to Congress: 1/31; Pay Board and Price Commission: 2/5; RCL: 2/6 112b mp3 (112m) 112c mp3 (8.8m) 113a 1/24/73 - 1/26/73 rtf (41k) mp3 (110m) Cabinet: 1/24; RCL: 1/26; BCL: 1/26; Signing of 1974 Budget Message to Congress: 1/26 113b mp3 (109m) 114a 2/16/73 rtf (11k) mp3 (111m) Cabinet: 2/16 114b mp3 (110m) 114c mp3 (112m) 114d mp3 (22.5m) 115a Unk between 2/16/73 and 3/6/73 rtf (11k) mp3 (113m) 115b mp3 (112m) 115c mp3 (112m) 115d mp3 (22.8m) 116a 3/6/73 rtf (23k) mp3 (112m) National League of Cities, U.S. Conference of Mayors: 3/6 116b mp3 (112m) 116c mp3 (112m) 116d mp3 (19.1m) 117a 3/6/73 - 3/9/73 rtf (66k) mp3 (109m) National League of Cities, U.S. Conference of Mayors: 3/6; NSC: 3/8; Cabinet: 3/9 117b mp3 (114m) 117c mp3 (111m) 117d mp3 (22.5m) 118a 3/13/73 rtf (39k) mp3 (112m) RCL: 3/13 118b mp3 (111m) 118c mp3 (88.8m) 119a 3/13/73 - Unk between 3/20/73 and 3/30/73 rtf (41k) mp3 (113m) Selected Cabinet members and Administration officials: 3/13; RCL: 3/20 119b mp3 (112m) 119c mp3 (112m) 119d mp3 (22.6m) 120a 5/1/73 - 5/10/73 rtf (38k) mp3 (110m) Cabinet: 5/1; Cabinet: 5/10 120b mp3 (112m) 120c mp3 (112m) 120d mp3 (27.3m) 121a 5/15/73 - 5/23/73 rtf (76k) mp3 (110m) BCL: 5/15; Cabinet: 5/18; RCL: 5/23 121b mp3 (112m) 121c mp3 (40.3m) 122a 4/10/73 - 4/18/73 rtf (29k) mp3 (112m) BCL: 4/10; NSC: 4/12; BCL: 4/18 122b mp3 (111m) 122c mp3 (111m) 122d mp3 (22.5m) 123a 4/19/73 - 5/1/73 rtf (32k) mp3 (112m) American Jewish Leaders: 4/19; Cabinet: 4/20; BCL: 5/1 123b mp3 (112m) 123c mp3 (59.5m) 124a Unk between 5/23/73 and 5/25/73 - 6/7/73 rtf (77k) mp3 (112m) Cabinet: 5/25; BCL: 5/29; RCL: 6/5; Cabinet: 6/7 124b mp3 (113m) 124c mp3 (111m) 124d mp3 (23.7m) 125a Unk between 6/7/73 and 6/11/73 - 6/11/73 rtf (28k) mp3 (113m) Labor-Management Advisory Committee: 6/11 125b mp3 (12.1m) 126a 6/13/73 - 6/19/73 rtf (31k) mp3 (112m) Cabinet: 6/13; BCL: 6/13; U.S. and Soviet diplomatic delegations: 6/19 126b mp3 (72.4m) 127a 6/22/73 - Unk between 6/22/73 and 7/10/73 rtf (46k) mp3 (112m) BCL: 6/22 127b mp3 (112m) 127c mp3 (112m) 127d mp3 (23.3m) 128a 7/10/73 - 7/11/73 rtf (79k) mp3 (112m) RCL: 7/10; Cabinet: 7/11 128b mp3 (112m) 128c mp3 (109m) 129a Unk between 7/11/73 and 7/18/73 rtf (7k) mp3 (111m) 129b mp3 (112m) 129c mp3 (112m) 129d mp3 (22.6m) Features*: This is not meant to be an exhaustive list. Rather, it meant to serve as a guide for the more frequent types of gatherings in the Cabinet Room that may attract the greatest amount of researcher interest. Copyright 2007- | nixontapes.org