this is what nixon wrote about this in his memoirs, on february 17, the ussr went , anatoly dobryninh him and with the leaders of his government. and you and i, mr. that word, recognize the fundamental differences that exist between us, i said, we can settle them, or we may not. i hope so. it will be, but you and i must at least make sure that there will be no disagreements between us due to lack of communication, kihenger suggested that we create a private a communication channel between dobrynin and himself. i agreed that dobrynin could be more forthcoming in strictly private and unpublicized meetings, and we agreed that he would arrive unnoticed through a rarely used door in the east wing so that no one would know that they were meeting soon. they began meeting weekly, often over lunch, when dobrynin said his government wanted to start negotiations on arms control. i expressed my opinion that progress in one area should be logically connected with progress in other areas of memory. e nixon. there are a lot of references to dobrynin, i tried. find mentions of other ambassadors. the