{"conversationCode":"699-006","tapeNumber":699,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-699-006","startDateTime":"1972-03-31T17:00:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-03-31T17:02:00.000Z","startDate":"31-Mar-1972","startTime":"12:00 PM","endDate":"31-Mar-1972","endTime":"12:02 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Cowen, Eugene S.; Cook, Richard K.; White House photographer;","description":"On March 31, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Eugene S. Cowen, Richard K. Cook, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:00 pm to 12:02 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 699-006 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"OVAL","recordingDevice":"Oval Office","latitudeEstimated":38.8974,"longitudeEstimated":-77.0374,"chronCode":3,"chronRelease":"Third Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"28-Feb-2002","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 699-6\n\nDate: March 31, 1972\nTime: 12:00 pm - 12:02 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Eugene S. Cowen and Richard K. Cook; the White House photographer\nwas present at the beginning of the meeting.\n\n      Cowen's departure\n          -Network executive\n          -The President's send off\n\n      [Photograph session]\n\n      Presentation of gifts\n           -Money clip\n\n     Appreciation\n\nCowen and Cook left.","filename":["699-006.mp3"],"tapeStart":"01:49:15","tapeEnd":"01:51:39","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Cowen, Eugene S.","Cook, Richard K.","White House photographer"],"prevCode":"699-005","nextCode":"699-007","transcript":[{"start":3.68,"end":4.2,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":4.38,"end":4.8,"text":"Oh, yes."},{"start":21.69,"end":22.31,"text":"There you go."},{"start":22.51,"end":24.11,"text":"Network executive, right?"},{"start":24.17,"end":26.39,"text":"You left in January."},{"start":26.53,"end":27.95,"text":"Are you already in the dark?"},{"start":28.01,"end":31.7,"text":"I know I'm here."},{"start":31.84,"end":33.7,"text":"I'm here."},{"start":33.74,"end":37.34,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":37.36,"end":40.1,"text":"Great."},{"start":41.14,"end":43.94,"text":"Very well."},{"start":44.16,"end":44.88,"text":"There you go."},{"start":45.16,"end":47.22,"text":"Thank you very much."},{"start":52.87,"end":56.91,"text":"But, uh..."},{"start":60,"end":61.04,"text":"I know, I know."},{"start":65.5,"end":70.48,"text":"I don't think there's anything you can do with the present sense of ."},{"start":72.7,"end":74.56,"text":"I don't mean to be an artist, guys, but ."},{"start":74.68,"end":88.34,"text":"I want to say about somebody, sir, that the mistake a lot of people make about the body is that they think they're all at war ."},{"start":88.54,"end":89.14,"text":"Oh, the worst."},{"start":90.44,"end":92.78,"text":"Uh, would you like any, uh... We have coverage, Gene, haven't you?"},{"start":92.8,"end":94.91,"text":"I gave you coverage."},{"start":95.65,"end":98.01,"text":"You have money, sir."},{"start":98.05,"end":99.87,"text":"Did I give you money the other day?"},{"start":99.89,"end":100.87,"text":"I gave you money."},{"start":100.89,"end":101.91,"text":"You make it a good money, don't you?"},{"start":101.93,"end":102.09,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":102.11,"end":103.77,"text":"Look, this is the best thing we have, as usual."},{"start":103.79,"end":107.16,"text":"We don't give them coverage, do we?"},{"start":107.26,"end":109.16,"text":"Self coverage."},{"start":110.8,"end":117.8,"text":"We appreciate your work and keep in touch with us."},{"start":118.12,"end":124.05,"text":"Don't let my brainwash you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon met with Eugene S. Cowen and Richard K. Cook to bid farewell to Cowen, who was departing his White House staff position to become a network executive. The President expressed his appreciation for Cowen’s service and presented him with a gift in the form of a money clip. A photographer was present to document the occasion, marking a formal end to Cowen's tenure.","topics":["Eugene S. Cowen","Staff Departure","White House Personnel","Richard K. Cook","Oval Office Protocol"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T02:51:10.941Z"},"topicSlugs":["eugene-s-cowen","staff-departure","white-house-personnel","richard-k-cook","oval-office-protocol"],"audioDurationSec":143,"audioFiles":[{"file":"699-006.mp3","bytes":5741501,"durationSec":143.39,"bitrate":320322,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:54.977Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/699-006.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/699-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/699/conversation-699-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}