Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 22 › Conversation 022-095

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Irini Dobrynin

Monday, April 10, 1972 · 12:50 PM–12:51 PM ET · White House Telephone · 54 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)Conversation022-095 on Tape 22 (tape position 03:54:42–03:55:35)StartMonday, April 10, 1972 at 12:50 PMEndMonday, April 10, 1972 at 12:51 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 022-095 ↗

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.

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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.

NARA 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

Also recorded on April 10, 1972

  • 705-012 12:38 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:38 pm and 12:44 pm.
  • 022-094 12:44 PM · 6 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:44 pm and 12:50 pm.
  • 705-013 12:44 PM · 22 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Stephen B. Bull, Manolo Sanchez, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon, Anatoliy F. Dobrynin, Ronald L. Ziegler, and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House from 12:44 pm to 1:06 pm.
  • 022-096 12:51 PM · 8 sec — Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:51 pm and 12:59 pm.
  • 022-097 12:51 PM · 1 min — Henry A. Kissinger and Anatoliy F. Dobrynin talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:51 pm and 12:59 pm.
  • 705-014 1:06 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:06 pm and 1:11 pm.
  • 330-022 1:11 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:11 pm and 2:59 pm.
  • 330-023 1:11 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:11 pm and 2:59 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 022-095, April 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-095 (accessed October 1, 2026).