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Nixon & Woods on Personal staff and Family portrait

Thursday, August 5, 1971 · 8:50 PM–9:43 PM ET · Oval Office · 19 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose MaryConversation555-015 on Tape 555 (tape position 04:51:34–04:52:31)StartThursday, August 5, 1971 at 8:50 PMEndThursday, August 5, 1971 at 9:43 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 555-015 ↗ · National Archives Catalog, NAID 417178773 ↗

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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

Conversation No. 555-15

Date: August 5, 1971
Time: Unknown between 8:50 pm and 9:43 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President dictated a memorandum to Rose Mary Woods.
     Max Von Schroeder
         -Bank manager
              -Ottumwa, Iowa
              -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
              -World War II
         -White House dinner
              -Invitation

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To R-W-B-U include Max von Schroeder, who was the head of the band at Tomo and Pat worked there during World War II.
He's included on one of our films.

Also recorded on August 5, 1971

  • 068-002 5:22 PM · 1 hr 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon and representatives of leading farm publications, including Claude Gifford, Thomas Huheey, Royal Fraderich, Wayne Swegle, Joseph A. Elliot, Cordell W. Tindall, Richard E. Albrecht, Ferdie J. Deering, William D. Knox, Robert G. Rupp, Lane Palmer, Jack Pickett, Herbert G. Klein, White House photographer, met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 5:22 pm and 6:20 pm.
  • 068-003 5:22 PM · 26 min — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 5:22 pm and 6:20 pm.
  • 068-004 5:22 PM · 2 min — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 5:22 pm and 6:20 pm.
  • 068-005 5:22 PM · 1 min — unknown person(s) met in the Cabinet Room of the White House at an unknown time between 5:22 pm and 6:20 pm.
  • 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.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 555-015, August 5, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417178773). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/555-015 (accessed November 2, 2026).