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The '''White House tapes''' are audio recording made of Presidential conversations for historic or political purposes.  With limited exceptions such recordings are the property of the federal government and are treated as federal records which the United States archives make available at Presidential libraries.

The '''White House tapes''' are audio recording made of Presidential conversations for historic or political purposes.  With limited exceptions such recordings are the property of the federal government and are treated as federal records which the United States archives make available at Presidential libraries. In 1974, passed the Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act that designated tapes made at Presidential meetings and phone conversations as presidential records that must be preserved in federal archives.<ref name=cnn/>

[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] was the first President to record conversations in 1940.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/14/nyregion/secret-oval-office-recordings-by-rooseve-lt-in-40-disclosed.html|title=SECRET OVAL OFFICE RECORDINGS BY ROOSEVELT IN '40 DISCLOSED|last=Bennetts|first=Leslie|date=January 14, 1982|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|accessdate=May 12, 2017}}</ref>  

[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] was the first President to record conversations in 1940.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/14/nyregion/secret-oval-office-recordings-by-rooseve-lt-in-40-disclosed.html|title=SECRET OVAL OFFICE RECORDINGS BY ROOSEVELT IN '40 DISCLOSED|last=Bennetts|first=Leslie|date=January 14, 1982|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|accessdate=May 12, 2017}}</ref>  

There is no indication that Presidents Truman, Ford, Carter, Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Clinton, or George W. Bush secretly taped their meetings or conversations.

There is no indication that Presidents Truman, Ford, Carter, Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Clinton, or George W. Bush secretly taped their meetings or conversations. "Most presidents after Nixon were skittish to do much taping," said presidential historian Douglas Brinkley.<ref name=cnn>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/12/politics/trump-comey-tapes-recording-white-house/index.html|title=No one knows if Trump is making White House recordings -- and Trump won't say|work=CNN|date=May 12, 2017|accessdate=May 14, 2017}}</ref>

==John F. Kennedy==

==John F. Kennedy==

In February 1989, [[C-SPAN]] radio began airing the LBJ Tapes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/about/milestones/|title=Milestones|accessdate=May 14, 2017}}</ref>

In February 1989, [[C-SPAN]] radio began airing the LBJ Tapes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/about/milestones/|title=Milestones|accessdate=May 14, 2017}}</ref>

==Richard Nixon==

==Richard Nixon==

Upon taking office in January 1969, [[Richard Nixon]] ordered the Johnson taping system removed.<ref name=nixon/>  Nixon had a recording system installed in February 1971. A sound-activated taping system was first installed in the [[Oval Office]], including in Nixon's Oval Office desk, using [[Sony]] TC-800B open-reel tape recorders<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pimall.com/nais/pivintage/nixonrecorders.html|title=Nixon White House Tape Recorders|website=www.pimall.com|accessdate=May 12, 2017}}</ref> to capture audio transmitted by [[Telephone tapping|telephone taps]] and concealed microphones.<ref name=nixon>{{Cite news|url=https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1988/summer/haldeman.html|title=The Nixon White House Tapes|date=2016-08-15|newspaper=National Archives|access-date=2016-12-30}}</ref> The system was subsequently expanded to include other rooms within the White House and [[Camp David]].<ref name=nixon /> The recording system was turned off on July 18, 1973, two days after it was disclosed at the [[Senate Watergate Committee]] hearings.<ref name=nixon />   

Upon taking office in January 1969, [[Richard Nixon]] ordered the Johnson taping system removed.<ref name=nixon/>  Nixon had a recording system installed in February 1971. A sound-activated taping system was first installed in the [[Oval Office]], including in Nixon's Oval Office desk, using [[Sony]] TC-800B open-reel tape recorders<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pimall.com/nais/pivintage/nixonrecorders.html|title=Nixon White House Tape Recorders|website=www.pimall.com|accessdate=May 12, 2017}}</ref> to capture audio transmitted by [[Telephone tapping|telephone taps]] and concealed microphones.<ref name=nixon>{{Cite news|url=https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1988/summer/haldeman.html|title=The Nixon White House Tapes|date=August 15, 2016|newspaper=National Archives|accessdate=May 14, 2017}}</ref> The system was subsequently expanded to include other rooms within the White House and [[Camp David]].<ref name=nixon /> The recording system was turned off on July 18, 1973, two days after it was disclosed at the [[Senate Watergate Committee]] hearings.<ref name=nixon />   

Nixon's refusal of a congressional subpoena to release the tapes was included as a basis for impeaching Nixon, and led to his subsequent resignation on August 9, 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/johnson/rnimparticles.htm|title=Nixon impeachment articles|website=academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu|accessdate=May 12, 2017}}</ref>

Nixon's refusal of a congressional subpoena to release the tapes was included as a basis for impeaching Nixon, and led to his subsequent resignation on August 9, 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/johnson/rnimparticles.htm|title=Nixon impeachment articles|website=academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu|accessdate=May 12, 2017}}</ref>

The White House has not announced a policy on recording meetings or phone calls.  On May 12, 2017 President Trump suggested that his meetings with FBI Director James Comey were recorded.<ref>https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/863007411132649473</ref>

The White House has not announced a policy on recording meetings or phone calls.  On May 12, 2017 President Trump suggested that his meetings with FBI Director James Comey were recorded.<ref>https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/863007411132649473</ref>

[[File:Tapetweet.jpg|left|image of tweet]]

[[File:Tapetweet.jpg|left|image of tweet]]<br><br><br><br>

==References==

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