{"conversationCode":"002-105","tapeNumber":2,"conversationNumber":105,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-002-105","startDateTime":"1971-05-06T14:58:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-05-06T15:00:00.000Z","startDate":"6-May-1971","startTime":"10:58 AM","endDate":"6-May-1971","endTime":"11:00 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","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.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":1,"chronRelease":"First Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"5-Oct-1999","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 2-105\n\nDate: May 6, 1971\nTime: Unknown between 10:58 am and 11:00 am\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 493-8]\n\n     Call to Mohammed Ayub Khan\n           -Location\n           -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["002-105.mp3"],"tapeStart":"03:48:46","tapeEnd":"03:49:09","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"002-104","nextCode":"002-106","transcript":[{"start":0.32,"end":10.5,"text":"The former president of Pakistan, Ayub Khan, is in Cleveland, I understand, in a hospital for an operation."},{"start":11.98,"end":18.38,"text":"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."},{"start":18.98,"end":19.08,"text":"Fine."},{"start":19.14,"end":20.84,"text":"Thank you, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["Mohammed Ayub Khan","Alexander M. Haig Jr.","Pakistan","Diplomacy","White House communications"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T21:17:04.018Z"},"topicSlugs":["mohammed-ayub-khan","alexander-m-haig-jr","pakistan","diplomacy","white-house-communications"],"audioDurationSec":21,"audioFiles":[{"file":"002-105.mp3","bytes":251230,"durationSec":20.81,"bitrate":96601,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:20.570Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/002-105.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-105","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/2/conversation-002-105","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}