Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 2 › Conversation 002-105

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Mohammed Ayub Khan

Thursday, May 6, 1971 · 10:58 AM–11:00 AM ET · White House Telephone · 21 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation002-105 on Tape 2 (tape position 03:48:46–03:49:09)StartThursday, May 6, 1971 at 10:58 AMEndThursday, May 6, 1971 at 11:00 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 002-105 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon instructed the White House operator to facilitate a telephone call with former Pakistani President Mohammed Ayub Khan, who was reportedly hospitalized in Cleveland for surgery. Nixon directed the operator to coordinate with General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. to determine the specific medical facility and assess Ayub Khan's availability to receive the call. This outreach served as a diplomatic gesture toward the former Pakistani leader.

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The former president of Pakistan, Ayub Khan, is in Cleveland, I understand, in a hospital for an operation.

You can check with General Haig to see what hospital, and then I'd like to talk to him on the phone if he can take a call.

Fine.

Thank you, Mr. President.

NARA Description

On May 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 10:58 am and 11:00 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-105 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 2-105

Date: May 6, 1971
Time: Unknown between 10:58 am and 11:00 am
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with the White House operator.

[See Conversation No. 493-8]

     Call to Mohammed Ayub Khan
           -Location
           -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.

Also recorded on May 6, 1971

493-004 10:00 AM · 41 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Stephen B. Bull, and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:00 am and 10:08 am.
493-005 10:08 AM · 36 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, Clifford M. Hardin, Norman E. Borlaug, and John C. Whitaker met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:08 am to 10:10 am.
493-006 10:10 AM · 51 sec — unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:10 am and 10:28 am.
493-007 10:28 AM · 31 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Clifford M. Hardin, Norman E. Borlaug, Clark MacGregor, H. R. Gross, and Jack R. Miller met in the Oval Office of the White House from 10:28 am to 10:58 am.
493-008 10:58 AM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 10:58 am and 11:00 am.
493-009 11:00 AM · 24 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Mohammed Ayub Khan, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:00 am and 11:26 am.
493-010 11:00 AM · 43 min — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Stephen B. Bull, Charles S. Rhyne, Richard A. Moore, and White House photographer met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 11:00 am and 12:10 pm.
002-106 11:06 AM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Mohammed Ayub Khan talked on the telephone from 11:06 am to 11:07 am.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 002-105, May 6, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-105 (accessed October 3, 2026).