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Complete Nixon Tapes Recorded between August and December 1971 Can Be Heard Online for the First Time

420 Hours Originally Released By The National Archives in 2000

For the first time, the complete set of conversations taped between May 12, 1971, and January 3, 1972 are freely available to the public. Representing the second chronological release of Nixon tapes ("Chron 2"), the recorded conversations took place across the Executive offices, including the Oval Office, the Executive Office Building, and various White House telephones. 

These audio files were originally released by the National Archives and Records Administration's (NARA) Archives II at College Park, Maryland, in 2000, 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 this complete collection is not available anywhere else outside of the reading room at NARA's Archives II.

Below is a complete list of all "Chron 2" tapes, including 1) the range of dates that each tape recorded, 2) the president's daily diary for that tape, 3) a NARA-prepared summary of the conversations contained on the respective tape, 4) the time codes of the conversations contained on the tape, and 5) 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 that the complete collection has 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 8, which includes tapes 8a, 8b, and 8c. Likewise, the dates recorded refer to all conversations taped on a reel, e.g. reel 8 includes conversations recorded between 5/12/71 and 1/3/72. 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:
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)

Tapes

Dates Recorded

 Summary

Time Codes

Download Audio

8a 8/16/71 - 9/13/71 rtf (374k) xls (69k) mp3 (118m)
8b       mp3 (118m)
8c       mp3 (97m)
9a 9/14/71 - 9/23/71 rtf (345k) xls (63k) mp3 (118m)
9b       mp3 (118m)
9c       mp3 (58m)
10a 9/24/71 - 10/7/71 rtf (317k) xls (46k) mp3 (118m)
10b       mp3 (118m)
10c       mp3 (48m)
11a 10/7/71 - 10/20/71 rtf (395k) xls (67k) mp3 (118m)
11b       mp3 (117m)
11c       mp3 (91m)
12a 10/20/71 - 10/26/71 rtf (355k) xls (68k) mp3 (234m)
12b       mp3 (118m)
12c       mp3 (97m)
13a 10/26/71 - 11/8/71 rtf (383k) xls (54k) mp3 (117m)
13b       mp3 (117m)
13c       mp3 (59m)
14a 11/9/71 - 11/17/71 rtf (377k) xls (66k) mp3 (118m)
14b       mp3 (118m)
14c       mp3 (56m)
15a 11/17/71 - 12/2/71 rtf (491k) xls (75k) mp3 (117m)
15b       mp3 (118m)
15c       mp3 (117m)
15d       mp3 (13m)
16a 12/5/71 - 12/21/71 rtf (441k) xls (69k) mp3 (118m)
16b       mp3 (117m)
16c       mp3 (77m)
17a 12/23/71 - 1/3/72 rtf (442k) xls (79k) mp3 (118m)
17b       mp3 (118m)
17c       mp3 (117m)
17d       mp3 (32m)
268a 8/2/71 rtf (172k) xls (39k) mp3 (117m)
268b       mp3 (118m)
268c       mp3 (118m)
269a 8/2/71 - 8/3/71 rtf (212k) xls (47k) mp3 (117m)
269b       mp3 (117m)
269c       mp3 (117m)
269d       mp3 (31m)
270a 8/3/71 rtf (46k) xls (39k) mp3 (86m)
271a 8/4/71 rtf (35k) xls (37k) mp3 (118m)
271b       mp3 (117m)
271c       mp3 (51m)
272a 8/9/71 - 8/11/71 rtf (178k) xls (40k) mp3 (119m)
272b       mp3 (118m)
272c       mp3 (62m)
273a 8/12/71 - 8/15/71 rtf (203k) xls (50k) mp3 (117m)
273b       mp3 (117m)
273c       mp3 (71m)
274a 8/16/71 - 9/8/71 rtf (279k) xls (53k) mp3 (117m)
274b       mp3 (118m)
274c       mp3 (70m)
275a 9/7/71 rtf (153k) xls (44k) mp3 (121m)
275b       mp3 (13m)
276a 9/10/71 - 9/13/71 rtf (196k) xls (41k) mp3 (117m)
276b       mp3 (55m)
277a 9/14/71 - 9/15/71 rtf (131k) xls (45k) mp3 (118m)
277b       mp3 (51m)
278a 9/9/71 - 9/16/71 rtf (221k) xls (58k) mp3 (118m)
278b       mp3 (118m)
279a 9/22/71 rtf (203k) xls (51k) mp3 (117m)
279b       mp3 (117m)
279c       mp3 (13m)
280a 9/23/71 rtf (135k) xls (44k) mp3 (117m)
280b       mp3 (59m)
281a 10/21/71 rtf (179k) xls (57k) mp3 (118m)
281b       mp3 (118m)
281c       mp3 (66m)
282a 10/20/71 rtf (118k) xls (48k) mp3 (119m)
282b       mp3 (49m)
283a 9/29/71 - 10/6/71 rtf (152k) xls (51k) mp3 (118m)
283b       mp3 (118m)
283c       mp3 (48m)
284a 10/6/71 rtf (68k) xls (40k) mp3 (117m)
284b       mp3 (39m)
285a_i 10/6/71 - 10/7/71 rtf (137k) xls (48k) mp3 (64m)
285a_ii       mp3 (64m)
285b       mp3 (118m)
285c       mp3 (42m)
285c_i       mp3 (8m)
286a 10/7/71 rtf (27k) xls (37k) mp3 (82m)
287a 10/11/71 rtf (125k) xls (44k) mp3 (118m)
287b       mp3 (67m)
288a 10/11/71 - 10/12/71 rtf (76k) xls (41k) mp3 (97m)
289a 10/14/71 rtf (144k) xls (41k) mp3 (118m)
289b       mp3 (69m)
290a 10/17/71 rtf (15k) xls (36k) mp3 (79m)
291a 10/12/71 - 10/18/71 rtf (89k) xls (41k) mp3 (118m)
291b       mp3 (29m)
291b_i       mp3 (6m)
292a 10/19/71 rtf (115k) xls (45k) mp3 (117m)
292b       mp3 (70m)
293a 11/17/71 - 11/22/71 rtf (114k) xls (48k) mp3 (118m)
293b       mp3 (41m)
294a 11/18/71 rtf (205k) xls (45k) mp3 (118m)
294b       mp3 (118m)
294c       mp3 (118m)
294d       mp3 (13m)
295a 11/16/71 rtf (126k) xls (42k) mp3 (118m)
295b       mp3 (87m)
296a 11/14/71 rtf (72k) xls (39k) mp3 (118m)
296b       mp3 (115m)
296b_ii       mp3 (916k)
296c       mp3 (77m)
297a 11/11/71 - 11/12/71 rtf (80k) xls (46k) mp3 (117m)
297b       mp3 (41m)
298a 11/11/71 rtf (196k) xls (51k) mp3 (117m)
298b       mp3 (118m)
298c       mp3 (39m)
299a 11/10/71 rtf (71k) xls (40k) mp3 (102m)
300a 11/2/71 - 11/9/71 rtf (115k) xls (50k) mp3 (121m)
300b       mp3 (24m)
301a 11/3/71 rtf (269k) xls (51k) mp3 (117m)
301b       mp3 (117m)
301c       mp3 (111m)
302a 10/29/71 - 11/1/71 rtf (145k) xls (46k) mp3 (117m)
302b       mp3 (118m)
303a 10/26/71 rtf (107k) xls (38k) mp3 (118m)
303b       mp3 (73m)
304a 10/25/71 rtf (80k) xls (41k) mp3 (119m)
304b       mp3 (69m)
305a 10/24/71 rtf (4k) xls (34k) mp3 (36m)
306a 10/29/71 rtf (144k) xls (44k) mp3 (117m)
306b       mp3 (61m)
307a 12/8/71 rtf (86k) xls (48k) mp3 (117m)
307b       mp3 (47m)
308a 12/10/71 - 12/22/71 rtf (79k) xls (39k) mp3 (118m)
308b       mp3 (28m)
309a 12/24/71 rtf (70k) xls (43k) mp3 (118m)
310a 12/18/71 - 12/26/71 rtf (119k) xls (51k) mp3 (117m)
310b       mp3 (118m)
310c       mp3 (56m)
311a 12/31/71 - 1/2/72 rtf (69k) xls (54k) mp3 (118m)
311b       mp3 (65m)
449a 9/21/71 rtf (259k) xls (45k) mp3 (141m)
499a 5/12/71 - 5/14/71 rtf (223k) xls (44k) mp3 (117m)
499b       mp3 (53m)
553a 8/2/71 - 8/4/71 rtf (236k) xls (37k) mp3 (117m)
553b       mp3 (117m)
553c       mp3 (55m)
554a 8/4/71 rtf (179k) xls (37k) mp3 (118m)
554b       mp3 (118m)
554c       mp3 (10m)
555a 8/5/71 rtf (235k) xls (40k) mp3 (118m)
555b       mp3 (118m)
555c       mp3 (62m)
556a 8/6/71 rtf (143k) xls (39k) mp3 (118m)
556b       mp3 (21m)
557a 8/9/71 rtf (149k) xls (40k) mp3 (117m)
557b       mp3 (75m)
558a 8/9/71 rtf (160k) xls (40k) mp3 (117m)
558b       mp3 (93m)
559a 8/10/71 rtf (200k) xls (45k) mp3 (118m)
559b       mp3 (119m)
559c       mp3 (19m)
560a 8/10/71 - 8/11/71 rtf (94k) xls (35k) mp3 (118m)
561a 8/11/71 - 8/12/71 rtf (238k) xls (40k) mp3 (118m)
561b       mp3 (117m)
561c       mp3 (42m)
562a 8/12/71 rtf (244k) xls (40k) mp3 (118m)
562b       mp3 (117m)
562c       mp3 (18m)
563a 8/13/71 rtf (125k) xls (40k) mp3 (118m)
563b       mp3 (80m)
564a 8/15/71 rtf (122k) xls (36k) mp3 (118m)
564b       mp3 (71m)
565a 8/16/71 rtf (27k) xls (34k) mp3 (33m)
566a 8/17/71 rtf (150k) xls (40k) mp3 (118m)
566b       mp3 (120m)
566b_i       mp3 (6m)
567a 9/4/71 - 9/7/71 rtf (227k) xls (41k) mp3 (118m)
567b       mp3 (118m)
567c       mp3 (15m)
568a 9/9/71 rtf (174k) xls (40k) mp3 (118m)
568b       mp3 (58m)
569a 9/10/71 rtf (185k) xls (38k) mp3 (119m)
569b       mp3 (22m)
570a 9/11/71 - 9/13/71 rtf (223k) xls (39k) mp3 (118m)
570b       mp3 (77m)
571a 9/13/71 rtf (279k) xls (44k) mp3 (118m)
571b       mp3 (118m)
571c       mp3 (42m)
572a 9/14/71 rtf (252k) xls (41k) mp3 (117m)
572b       mp3 (118m)
573a 9/16/71 rtf (32k) xls (36k) mp3 (64m)
574a 9/17/71 rtf (315k) xls (39k) mp3 (117m)
574b       mp3 (117m)
575a 9/17/71 rtf (292k) xls (37k) mp3 (118m)
575b       mp3 (79m)
576a 9/18/71 - 9/20/71 rtf (284k) xls (42k) mp3 (118m)
576b       mp3 (117m)
576c       mp3 (117m)
576d       mp3 (39m)
577a 9/20/71 rtf (259k) xls (39k) mp3 (118m)
577b       mp3 (100m)
578a 9/24/71 rtf (263k) xls (39k) mp3 (117m)
578b       mp3 (109m)
579a 9/28/71 rtf (290k) xls (41k) mp3 (118m)
579b       mp3 (118m)
579c       mp3 (61m)
580a 9/29/71 rtf (237k) xls (40k) mp3 (119m)
580b       mp3 (118m)
580b_i       mp3 (4m)
580c       mp3 (50m)
581a 9/30/71 rtf (240k) xls (39k) mp3 (118m)
581b       mp3 (114m)
582a 9/30/71 rtf (130k) xls (38k) mp3 (118m)
582b       mp3 (23m)
583a 9/29/71 rtf (8k) xls (34k) mp3 (13m)
584a 10/5/71 rtf (125k) xls (38k) mp3 (118m)
584b       mp3 (117m)
584c       mp3 (57m)
585a 10/5/71 rtf (94k) xls (39k) mp3 (118m)
585b       mp3 (38m)
586a 10/7/71 rtf (11k) xls (34k) mp3 (44m)
587a 10/8/71 rtf (98k) xls (37k) mp3 (117m)
587b       mp3 (57m)
588a 10/11/71 - 10/12/71 rtf (166k) xls (43k) mp3 (117m)
588b       mp3 (117m)
588c       mp3 (39m)
589a 10/12/71 rtf (39k) xls (34k) mp3 (50m)
590a 10/13/71 rtf (203k) xls (42k) mp3 (118m)
590b       mp3 (118m)
590c       mp3 (84m)
591a 10/13/71 rtf (51k) xls (36k) mp3 (91m)
592a_i 10/14/71 rtf (110k) xls (40k) mp3 (62m)
592a_ii       mp3 (62m)
592b       mp3 (57m)
593a_i 10/15/71 rtf (147k) xls (41k) mp3 (63m)
593a_ii       mp3 (63m)
593b       mp3 (99m)
593b_i       mp3 (62m)
593b_ii       mp3 (39m)
594a 10/18/71 rtf (125k) xls (38k) mp3 (117m)
594b       mp3 (58m)
595a 10/18/71 rtf (68k) xls (37k) mp3 (77m)
596a 10/19/71 rtf (128k) xls (42k) mp3 (117m)
596b       mp3 (87m)
597a 10/20/71 rtf (99k) xls (36k) mp3 (119m)
597b       mp3 (62m)
598a 10/21/71 rtf (31k) xls (35k) mp3 (60m)
599a 10/22/71 rtf (125k) xls (42k) mp3 (121m)
599b       mp3 (93m)
601a 10/23/71 - 10/26/71 rtf (199k) xls (50k) mp3 (117m)
601b       mp3 (118m)
601c       mp3 (114m)
602a 10/26/71 rtf (165k) xls (39k) mp3 (118m)
602b       mp3 (114m)
603a 10/27/71 rtf (142k) xls (38k) mp3 (117m)
603b       mp3 (105m)
604a 10/27/71 rtf (85k) xls (37k) mp3 (114m)
605a 10/28/71 rtf (99k) xls (39k) mp3 (117m)
605b       mp3 (97m)
606a 10/28/71 rtf (116k) xls (36k) mp3 (118m)
606b       mp3 (100m)
607a 10/29/71 rtf (193k) xls (42k) mp3 (117m)
607b       mp3 (117m)
607c       mp3 (52m)
608a 10/29/71 - 11/1/71 rtf (75k) xls (36k) mp3 (99m)
609a 10/30/71 - 11/1/71 rtf (217k) xls (40k) mp3 (117m)
609b       mp3 (117m)
609c       mp3 (117m)
609d       mp3 (43m)
610a 11/1/71 rtf (49k) xls (35k) mp3 (70m)
611a 11/2/71 rtf (156k) xls (41k) mp3 (117m)
611b       mp3 (118m)
611c       mp3 (41m)
612a 11/3/71 - 11/4/71 rtf (49k) xls (37k) mp3 (59m)
613a 11/2/71 - 11/4/71 rtf (178k) xls (41k) mp3 (119m)
613b       mp3 (118m)
613c       mp3 (118m)
613d       mp3 (38m)
614a 11/4/71 rtf (115k) xls (42k) mp3 (117m)
614b       mp3 (21m)
615a 11/5/71 rtf (193k) xls (50k) mp3 (117m)
615b       mp3 (117m)
615c       mp3 (44m)
616a 11/10/71 rtf (113k) xls (40k) mp3 (117m)
616b       mp3 (55m)
617a 11/12/71 - 11/15/71 rtf (201k) xls (42k) mp3 (117m)
617b       mp3 (117m)
617c       mp3 (38m)
618a 11/11/71 - 11/15/71 rtf (277k) xls (50k) mp3 (117m)
618b       mp3 (118m)
618c       mp3 (94m)
619a 11/16/71 rtf (206k) xls (46k) mp3 (117m)
619b       mp3 (113m)
620a 11/17/71 rtf (186k) xls (46k) mp3 (117m)
620b       mp3 (117m)
620c       mp3 (23m)
621a 11/18/71 - 11/22/71 rtf (254k) xls (53k) mp3 (118m)
621b       mp3 (118m)
621c       mp3 (118m)
621d       mp3 (42m)
622a 11/22/71 rtf (102k) xls (39k) mp3 (117m)
622b       mp3 (28m)
623a 11/23/71 rtf (264k) xls (46k) mp3 (118m)
623b       mp3 (118m)
623c       mp3 (117m)
623d       mp3 (28m)
624a 11/24/71 rtf (240k) xls (45k) mp3 (117m)
624b       mp3 (118m)
624c       mp3 (117m)
624d       mp3 (13m)
625a 11/24/71 - 11/29/71 rtf (160k) xls (45k) mp3 (117m)
625b       mp3 (117m)
625c       mp3 (84m)
626a 11/30/71 rtf (212k) xls (41k) mp3 (118m)
626b       mp3 (117m)
626c       mp3 (84m)
627a 12/1/71 rtf (69k) xls (38k) mp3 (117m)
627b       mp3 (48m)
628a 12/2/71 rtf (180k) xls (45k) mp3 (117m)
628b       mp3 (117m)
628c       mp3 (111m)
629a 12/6/71 rtf (59k) xls (37k) mp3 (72m)
630a 12/6/71 rtf (195k) xls (43k) mp3 (117m)
630b       mp3 (118m)
630c       mp3 (70m)
631a 12/7/71 rtf (160k) xls (41k) mp3 (117m)
631b       mp3 (117m)
631c       mp3 (26m)
632a 12/8/71 rtf (95k) xls (42k) mp3 (118m)
632b       mp3 (61m)
633a 12/9/71 rtf (96k) xls (42k) mp3 (118m)
633b       mp3 (117m)
633c       mp3 (20m)
634a 12/9/71 rtf (119k) xls (44k) mp3 (118m)
634b       mp3 (101m)
635a 12/10/71 rtf (150k) xls (45k) mp3 (117m)
635b       mp3 (117m)
635c       mp3 (10m)
636a 12/10/71 rtf (106k) xls (41k) mp3 (118m)
636b       mp3 (44m)
637a 12/12/71 rtf (79k) xls (42k) mp3 (117m)
637b       mp3 (30m)
638a 12/15/71 rtf (149k) xls (45k) mp3 (117m)
638b       mp3 (106m)
639a 12/18/71 - 12/21/71 rtf (159k) xls (49k) mp3 (117m)
639b       mp3 (118m)
639c       mp3 (53m)
640a 12/22/71 rtf (123k) xls (39k) mp3 (118m)
640b       mp3 (85m)
641a 12/23/71 rtf (58k) xls (38k) mp3 (121m)

 

 

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