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
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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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
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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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- Nixon phone call with Dobrynin on Vietnam War and DMZ December 10, 1972 · 10 min
- Nixon phone call with Haig on Leonid Brezhnev and San Clemente June 12, 1973 · 2 min
- Nixon phone call with Kissinger on Vietnam War and Cease-fire agreement March 28, 1973 · 4 min
Cite this conversation
Conversation 022-095, April 10, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives (NAID 417193155). Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/022-095 (accessed November 15, 2026).