Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 708 › Conversation 708-006
Nixon, DeMarco & Dean on taxes and legal counsel
Thursday, April 13, 1972 · 4:31 PM–4:34 PM ET · Oval Office · 3 min
AI Summary
President Nixon met with his attorney Frank DeMarco, Jr. and White House Counsel John W. Dean, III to finalize personal tax-related matters. The participants discussed the closure of specific financial or legal business, with DeMarco expressing relief upon the conclusion of the affair. No further substantive policy matters were recorded during this brief encounter.
- taxes
- legal counsel
- financial records
- John Dean
- Frank DeMarco
Audio
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Position in tape: 00:25:46 – 00:28:33
25:22
NARA Description
On April 13, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon, Frank DeMarco, Jr., and John W. Dean, III met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:31 pm to 4:34 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 708-006 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 708-6 Date: April 13, 1972 Time: 4:31 pm - 4:34 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Frank DeMarco, Jr. and John W. Dean, III. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 2m 5s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** DeMarco and Dean left at 4:34 pm.
Transcript (AI-generated)
No speech has been transcribed for this recording. An AI model that listened to the whole recording reported: The first 2 minutes and 42 seconds are silent due to withdrawn personal returnable item.
Material withdrawn by the National Archives (for privacy or national security) is replaced with a tone or silence in the released audio.
Also recorded on April 13, 1972
- 708-003 4:28 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen Hess, Elena (Shayne) Hess, Charles P. Hess, Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Stephen B. Bull, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:28 pm to 4:31 pm.
- 708-004 4:31 PM · 19 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:31 pm.
- 708-005 4:31 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:31 pm.
- 708-007 4:34 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:34 pm and 4:37 pm.
- 708-008 4:34 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 4:34 pm and 4:37 pm.
- 708-009 4:37 PM · 11 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, Henry A. Kissinger, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:37 pm to 4:46 pm.
- 022-123 4:38 PM · 9 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:38 pm and 4:46 pm.
- 022-124 4:38 PM · 11 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 4:38 pm and 4:46 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 708-006, April 13, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/708-006 (accessed November 15, 2026).