{"conversationCode":"708-006","tapeNumber":708,"conversationNumber":6,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-708-006","startDateTime":"1972-04-13T21:31:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-04-13T21:34:00.000Z","startDate":"13-Apr-1972","startTime":"4:31 PM","endDate":"13-Apr-1972","endTime":"4:34 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); DeMarco, Frank, Jr.; Dean, John W., III;","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.","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. 708-6\n\nDate: April 13, 1972\nTime: 4:31 pm - 4:34 pm\nLocation: Oval Office\n\nThe President met with Frank DeMarco, Jr. and John W. Dean, III.\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nBEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n[Personal returnable]\n[Duration: 2m 5s ]\n\nEND WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1\n\n*****************************************************************\n\nDeMarco and Dean left at 4:34 pm.","filename":["708a.mp3"],"tapeStart":"00:25:46","tapeEnd":"00:28:33","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","DeMarco, Frank, Jr.","Dean, John W., III"],"prevCode":"708-005","nextCode":"708-007","tapeTranscriptFile":"708a.mp3","transcript":[{"start":1506,"end":1518.49,"text":"I wanted to, just before I leave, I want to clear one other thing of mine this evening, because it's over."},{"start":1687.87,"end":1688.03,"text":"Amen."}],"transcriptBoundary":{"start":1506,"end":1728,"startMethod":"silence","endMethod":"silence"},"transcriptConfidence":"high","transcriptSource":"bigtape","aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["taxes","legal counsel","financial records","John Dean","Frank DeMarco"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-07T03:00:15.457Z"},"topicSlugs":["taxes","legal-counsel","financial-records","john-dean","frank-demarco"],"audioDurationSec":167,"audioFiles":[{"file":"708a.mp3","bytes":84716981,"durationSec":3529.8,"bitrate":192003,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":true,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:55.376Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/708a.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/708-006","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/708/conversation-708-006","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}