Horowitz meets the President in the Oval Office one month prior to his concerts in Moscow and Leningrad.

Also present are Wanda Toscanini Horowitz, Arthur Hartman (US Ambassador to the Soviet Union) and his wife Donna Hartman, Charles Wick (Director of the United States Information Agency), and Peter Gelb.

(The first several seconds document President Reagan waiting patiently as photographers enter the Oval Office prior to the meeting with Horowitz).

For some background reporting about this event, read this article from TIME magazine (5 May 1986) posted by Hank Drake-Ferrer on The Cult of Vladimir Horowitz Fan Page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10159967240397573&set=p.10159967240397573&type=3

Courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.