Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 555 › Conversation 555-015
Nixon & Woods on Photography and Personal staff
Thursday, August 5, 1971 · 8:50 PM–9:43 PM ET · Oval Office ·19 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon and his personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, engaged in an informal administrative session regarding scheduling and logistical details. The discussion focused on coordinating upcoming activities, including the arrangement of a family portrait session featuring David Eisenhower. These interactions served to manage the President's personal engagements and photographic record-keeping.
- Scheduling
- Photography
- Personal staff
- White House operations
- Family portrait
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NARA Description
On August 5, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Rose Mary Woods met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:50 pm and 9:43 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 555-015 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Presentation of gifts by President
-Pens
-Cufflinks
Brock, et al. left at 1:24 pm.
The President met with Alexander P. Butterfield at 1:24 pm.
President's schedule
-Robert A. Taft, Jr.
-Epilepsy Poster Child
-Baker
Butterfield left at 1:24 pm.
The President met with Taft, Zachery Williams, Mrs. John C. Williams, Paul E. Funk, David
Gilbert, and Morris Semiatin at 1:24 pm; Atkins was present at the beginning of the meeting.
Epilepsy Poster Child
-Zachery Williams
-Mother
-Age
Photograph session
Presentation of gifts by President
-Apollo moonshot photograph
-Presidential seal pin
President's schedule
-Visit to New York City theater
-Johnny Bench's mother
[General conversation]
Taft, et al. left at 1:28 pm.
The President met with Charles S. Gubser and Philip Schuyler at 1:28 pm; Butterfield and Atkins
were present at the beginning of the meeting.
Schuyler
-University of Santa Clara
-Broncos [football team]
-Sugar Bowl
-Paintings
-Teamsters Union
-West Point
-Vietnam
-Injury
-Tet offensive
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Combat artists
-World War II
-Gen. George S. Brown
Presentation of gifts by President
-Cufflinks
-Bow
Gubser
-Speeches
-President's appreciation
-President's reminiscences
-Enthusiasm quotient
-President's schedule
-San Jose
Gubser and Schuyler left at 1:33 pm.
The President met with Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence G. Williams, Mrs. Marie A. Boyer, and Mrs.
Marie A. Simmonds at 1:33 pm; Atkins was present at the beginning of the meeting.
Presentation of US flag
Pennsylvania women
-President's appreciation
Presentation of gifts by President
-Bow
-Golf ball
-Golf
-Vice President Spiro T. Agnew
-Donald McI. Kendall
-Pepsico
-Wilson Golf Company
Mrs. Williams, et al. left at 1:38 pm.
The President met with Silvio O. Conte, Mrs. Wilfred S. Hitchcock, Mrs. George Volsky, Hugh
K. Ferry, Joseph F. Mattis at 1:38 pm; Atkins was present at the beginning of the meeting.
Windsor, Massachusetts
Bicentennial celebration
-US cities
Rose Garden
Oval Office
-Picture
-Key Biscayne
Presentation of coin to President
-Medal
-Display
-Presidential library
-Plate
-Book
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-Windsor, Massachusetts
-Population
-Mrs. Nixon
-George A. Lincoln
-Maple syrup
-Vermont
Presentation of gifts by President
-Cufflinks
Stephen B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 1:38 pm.
Instructions to Bull
-Photograph
-Family portrait
-David Eisenhower
-Rose Mary Woods
-Wedding
Bull left and returned at an unknown time before 1:46 pm.
Rose Garden
-Instructions to John [Surname unknown]
[General conversation]
Conte, et al. left at 1:46 pm.Also recorded on August 6, 1971
- 555-013 8:50 PM · 7 min — President Richard M. Nixon, John C. Whitaker, Ruby Keeler, Bobby Van, and J. Willard Marriott met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:50 pm and 9:43 pm.
- 555-014 8:50 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, and Henry A. Kissinger met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:50 pm and 9:43 pm.
- 555-016 8:50 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Rose Mary Woods, and Jim Brown met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:50 pm and 9:43 pm.
- 555-017 8:50 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 8:50 pm and 9:43 pm.
- 556-001 9:42 AM · 17 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 9:42 am to 10:00 am.
- 556-002 10:00 AM · 28 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at 10:00 am.
- 556-003 10:00 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:00 am to 10:03 am.
- 556-020 10:03 AM · 2 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:03 am and 10:54 am.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 555-015, August 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/555-015 (accessed September 18, 2026).