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Nixon phone call with Khan on US-Pakistan relations and Medical treatment

Thursday, May 6, 1971 · 11:06 AM–11:07 AM ET · White House Telephone · 2 min

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Khan, Mohammed AyubConversation002-106 on Tape 2 (tape position 03:49:09–03:50:54)StartThursday, May 6, 1971 at 11:06 AMEndThursday, May 6, 1971 at 11:07 AMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 002-106 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon initiated this call to extend warm personal greetings and well wishes to former Pakistani President Mohammed Ayub Khan, who was visiting the United States for medical treatment. The two men discussed Ayub Khan’s pending surgery at a Cleveland medical institution and reflected on their longstanding personal relationship and past diplomatic visits. Nixon used the opportunity to reaffirm his enduring support for Pakistan during a period of national difficulty and to convey solidarity on behalf of himself and the First Lady.

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Hello.
Mr. President, I have the former Pakistani president.
Yes.
President Nixon.
Hello.
Hello, just a minute, sir.
I need to secure you guys.
Here's the key.
Here's the gun.
Yeah.
This is a U-Pron, Mr. President.
Well, I just wanted to tell you that while you're in our country, I welcome you and wish you the very best.
I'm most grateful to you, sir.
I only wish that I could be there myself just to welcome you, but how is the operation coming, Mr. President?
Well, they have not yet decided.
It looks that they may operate on me.
Oh, they're still trying to make a decision on it.
Right.
And you're in Cleveland, right?
Fine.
Well, that's a very fine institution there.
I want you to know that, as we talk, that I shall always remember that right after the elections of 1960, when you were in our country, you called me when I was in San Francisco, and then
On the many occasions I came to Pakistan, you were so good to receive me, and I didn't want you to be here without knowing that I was thinking about you, and Mrs. Nixon joins me in sending our very best wishes.
And you just, we know your country is going through some difficult times, but we, I am one, as you know, who has always had such a strong feeling for your country, and we're going to do our best not to make any trouble.
Thank you very much indeed.
Thank you very much.
And we just wish you the very best.
Thank you very much.
Okay, bye.
Give my kind regards to Mr. Nixon.
Thank you very much.
Goodbye.
Goodbye.

NARA Description

On May 6, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and Mohammed Ayub Khan talked on the telephone from 11:06 am to 11:07 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 002-106 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 2-106

Date: May 6, 1971
Time: 11:06 am - 11:07 am
Location: White House Telephone

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       Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, NARA Online Public Access Catalog Identifier: 597542

The President talked with Mohammed Ayub Kahn.

[See Conversation No. 493-9A]

     Ayub Khan's health

     President's visits to Pakistan
           -Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
           -US relations with Pakistan

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  • 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.
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  • 493-011 12:10 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Thomas C. Korologos, Max L. Friedersdorf, William E. Timmons, Richard A. Moore, Clark MacGregor, White House photographer, and Ronald L. Ziegler met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 12:10 pm and 12:15 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 002-106, 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/002-106 (accessed October 3, 2026).