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Conversation 022-095

TapeTape 22StartMonday, April 10, 1972 at 12:50 PMEndMonday, April 10, 1972 at 12:51 PMTape start time03:54:42Tape end time03:55:35ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President);  Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)Recording deviceWhite House Telephone
AI Summary

President Nixon requested that First Lady Pat Nixon meet with Irini Dobrynin, the wife of Soviet Ambassador Anatoliy Dobrynin, prior to the Ambassador's scheduled return to Moscow. The President sought this meeting for foreign policy purposes, framing it as a strategic diplomatic gesture. They agreed to schedule the appointment for 4:30 p.m. the following day, to be held in the Yellow Oval Room.

Pat NixonIrini DobryninAnatoliy DobryninSoviet-American relationsDiplomatic protocol
AudioNARA Description

On April 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:50 pm to 12:51 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-095 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 22-95

Date: April 10, 1972
Time: 12:50 pm - 12:51 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon.

[See Conversation No. 705-13B]

     Irini Dobrynin
           -Proposed meeting with Mrs. Nixon
                -Time
           -Anatoliy F. Dobrynin
                -Return to Moscow
                -Mrs. Nixon’s schedule
                      -Time
                -Location
Transcript (AI-Generated)

This transcript was generated automatically by AI and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite this transcript as authoritative. Consult the Finding Aid above for verified information.

Hello.
Hello.
Hi, Dick.
For foreign policy reasons, we'd like very much if you could see Mrs. Dobrynin after your lunch tomorrow, tomorrow afternoon, about 4 o'clock or so.
Would you be available to do that?
Dobrynin's going back to Moscow Friday.
She isn't going, but it's just a little move we want to make.
She'll just come in and chat about the trip and so forth.
Well, let's see.
Well, maybe 4.30.
I have a tea after lunch.
Well, how about making it 5?
No, 4.30 would be fine.
4.30?
Fine.
All right.
And shall we tell her to find wherever you want to receive her?
Why don't you receive her in the yellow oval?
Yeah, I think that'll be fine.
If you'll do that, fine.
Yeah, okay.
All right, fine.
Good.
4.30.
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