Please note that if a reference tape exceeds 30 minutes, you will have to purchase two cassettes. The Transcripts, logs, and finding aids made available electronically are free. The National Archives' sound recordings vendor can supply copies in most current audio formats. Contact the vendor for format and pricing information. Finding specific conversations, or conversations about specific subject matter in 1284 hours of tape and thousands of pages of finding aids, transcripts and logs can be a daunting task.
Prior research is essential.
Obviously, the more information you bring to the search, such as dates and participants, the more likely you are to be successful. The Nixon Presidential Materials Staff can assist researchers having such specific criteria. The electronic versions of our transcripts and logs can be used with software that allows at least simple single-word searches. NARA places no restrictions on how this material may be used. It is up to the user to determine if there are any third party restrictions on the use of the tapes.