Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 34 › Conversation 034-029

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Anatoliy F. Dobrynin

Sunday, December 10, 1972 · 11:50 AM–12:04 PM ET · White House Telephone · 14 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation034-029 on Tape 34StartSunday, December 10, 1972 at 11:50 AMEndSunday, December 10, 1972 at 12:04 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 034-029 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to place an outgoing call to Soviet Ambassador Anatoliy F. Dobrynin. This brief administrative exchange served as the precursor to a diplomatic discussion between the two parties. No further substantive policy matters were addressed during this short connection.

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Ambassador Dobrynin please.
Thank you, sir.

NARA Description

On December 10, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:50 am and 12:04 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 034-029 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 34-29

Date: December 10, 1972
Time: Unknown between 11:50 am and 12:04 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 384-4B]

       Request for a call to Anatoliy F. Dobrynin

Also recorded on December 10, 1972

  • 034-028 9:55 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 9:55 am to 10:02 am.
  • 384-003 9:55 AM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:55 am to 10:02 am.
  • 384-004 10:01 AM · 3 hr 25 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Manolo Sanchez, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., White House operator, Anatoliy F. Dobrynin, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 10:01 am to 1:12 pm.
  • 034-030 12:04 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Anatoliy F. Dobrynin talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:04 pm and 12:55 pm.
  • 034-031 12:55 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Mrs. Howard Cox talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 6:06 pm.
  • 034-032 12:55 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 6:06 pm.
  • 034-149 12:55 PM · 15 sec — the White House operator and President Richard M. Nixon talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:55 pm and 6:06 pm.
  • 819-001 1:15 PM · 15 sec — Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 1:15 pm on December 10, 1972 and 10:18 am on December 11, 1972.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 034-029, December 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/034-029 (accessed September 28, 2026).