Tricky Dick — A “Lost” Nixon White House Tape
Unearthed by David Jablin & Roy Firestone
2 min readFeb 18, 2019
This is a recently uncovered audio recording from the National Archive’s collection of Nixon’s infamous, “White House Tapes.” It features a much rumored meeting between Nixon and Kissinger in the Oval Office during the most chaotic period of the Watergate scandal that would ultimately bring down his presidency. It also lays bare the truth of just how detached from reality Nixon was at the time — as well as his serious alcohol intake.