Nixon White House Tapes ›Tape 22 › Conversation 022-096
Nixon phone call with Kissinger on Anatoliy Dobrynin
Monday, April 10, 1972 · 12:51 PM–12:59 PM ET · White House Telephone ·8 sec
AI Summary
Henry Kissinger consulted with a White House operator to facilitate a telephone call to Soviet Ambassador Anatoliy F. Dobrynin. President Nixon was present in the background during the request, signaling his direct involvement in managing diplomatic communication. The primary objective of the call was to establish a channel for high-level engagement with the Soviet representative.
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NARA Description
On April 10, 1972, 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. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 022-096 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 22-96
Date: April 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 12:51 pm and 12:59 pm
Location: White House Telephone
Henry A. Kissinger talked with the White House operator; the President can be heard in the
background.
[See Conversation No. 705-13C]
Request for call to Anatoliy F. DobryninAlso 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.
- 022-095 12:50 PM · 54 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan) Nixon talked on the telephone from 12:50 pm to 12:51 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.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 022-096, 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/022-096 (accessed September 18, 2026).