White House tapes

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audio recordings historical document primary source

The White House tapes are secretly recorded conversations from President Richard Nixon’s Oval Office that became crucial evidence in the Watergate scandal and led to his resignation.

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Label Occurrences
White House tapes canonical 2
Nixon White House tapes 1
White House tape recordings 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf audio recordings ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
primary source ⓘ
accessPolicy gradually declassified and released to the public ⓘ
archiveLocation National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
surface form: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
associatedWith White House ⓘ
surface form: Nixon White House

Richard Nixon ⓘ
Presidency of the United States ⓘ
surface form: United States presidency
contains conversations with Cabinet officials ⓘ
conversations with political allies and opponents ⓘ
conversations with senior White House aides ⓘ
contributedTo resignation of Richard Nixon ⓘ
controversy extent of erasures and missing recordings ⓘ
privacy and civil liberties concerns ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
discovered during Senate Watergate hearings ⓘ
documented Nixon’s involvement in Watergate cover-up ⓘ
endTime 1973 ⓘ
evidenceIn United States v. Nixon ⓘ
evidenceType self-incriminating statements ⓘ
genre political history source material ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
historicalImportance key source for historians of the Nixon presidency ⓘ
impact increased public distrust of government ⓘ
reforms in campaign finance and government ethics ⓘ
installedBy United States Secret Service technicians ⓘ
legalImpact strengthened doctrine of judicial review over executive privilege ⓘ
legalIssue executive privilege ⓘ
mediaType analog magnetic tape ⓘ
notableFeature 18½-minute gap in one recording ⓘ
orderedBy Richard Nixon ⓘ
recordedAt Oval Office ⓘ
White House ⓘ
recordedBy Nixon administration ⓘ
surface form: Richard Nixon administration
recordingMethod secret taping system ⓘ
relatedTo Saturday Night Massacre ⓘ
United States Senate Watergate Committee ⓘ
surface form: Senate Watergate Committee

impeachment process against Richard Nixon ⓘ
relatedWork Nixon White House tapes transcripts ⓘ
significance crucial evidence in Watergate scandal ⓘ
startTime 1971 ⓘ
subclassOf presidential recordings ⓘ
subject United States politics ⓘ
Watergate scandal ⓘ
executive power ⓘ
presidential conversations ⓘ
timePeriod early 1970s ⓘ
usedIn Watergate scandal investigation ⓘ

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Watergate scandal → hasEvidence → White House tapes ⓘ
H. R. Haldeman → appearsIn → White House tapes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nixon White House tapes
Watergate exhibits → depicts → White House tapes ⓘ
this entity surface form: White House taping system
The Nixon Defense → subject → White House tapes ⓘ
The Nixon Defense → basedOn → White House tapes ⓘ
this entity surface form: White House tape recordings