Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 36 › Conversation 036-128
Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on John C. Stennis
Tuesday, January 30, 1973 · 9:01 PM–9:07 PM ET · White House Telephone · 26 sec
AI Summary
President Nixon directs the White House operator to locate Senator John C. Stennis following reports that the Senator had been shot. The President requests immediate information regarding the Senator's current hospital location and asks to be connected to his wife, Coy H. Stennis. This urgent inquiry reflects the administration's immediate response to the violent incident involving the high-ranking legislator.
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NARA Description
On January 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:01 pm and 9:07 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-128 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 36-128
Date: January 30, 1973
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Conversation No. 36-128 (cont’d)
Time: Unknown between 9:01 and 9:07 pm
Location: White House Telephone
The President talked with the White House operator.
[See Conversation No. 406-38]
John C. Stennis shooting
-The President’s call to Coy H. Stennis
-HospitalAlso recorded on January 31, 1973
- 036-127 8:59 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone from 8:59 pm to 9:01 pm.
- 406-037 8:59 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 8:59 pm to 9:01 pm.
- 406-038 9:01 PM · 21 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:01 pm and 9:07 pm.
- 406-039 9:01 PM · 24 sec — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 9:01 pm and 9:07 pm.
- 036-129 9:07 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 9:07 pm to 9:09 pm.
- 036-130 9:10 PM · 6 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Coy H. Stennis talked on the telephone from 9:10 pm to 9:15 pm.
- 406-040 9:10 PM · 4 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Mrs. John C. Stennis met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:10 pm to 9:15 pm.
- 036-131 9:15 PM · 12 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:15 pm and 9:17 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 036-128, January 31, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-128 (accessed October 7, 2026).