{"conversationCode":"036-128","tapeNumber":36,"conversationNumber":128,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-036-128","startDateTime":"1973-01-31T02:01:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-31T02:07:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Jan-1973","startTime":"9:01 PM","endDate":"30-Jan-1973","endTime":"9:07 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","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.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.3","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part III","chronReleaseDate":"23-Jun-2009","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 36-128\n\nDate: January 30, 1973\n\f                                             -82-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM\n\n                                                         Conversation No. 36-128 (cont’d)\n\nTime: Unknown between 9:01 and 9:07 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n[See Conversation No. 406-38]\n\n       John C. Stennis shooting\n            -The President’s call to Coy H. Stennis\n                  -Hospital","filename":["036-128.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"036-127","nextCode":"036-129","transcript":[{"start":5.36,"end":17.28,"text":"Senator Stennis was shot a few minutes ago, and his wife at the hospital, please, would you find out where he is?"}],"aiSummary":{"text":"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.","topics":["John C. Stennis","Assassination attempt","White House operations","Senator"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:07:10.888Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-c-stennis","assassination-attempt","white-house-operations","senator"],"audioDurationSec":26,"audioFiles":[{"file":"036-128.mp3","bytes":627824,"durationSec":26.04,"bitrate":192879,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.788Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:41.781Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/036-128.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-128","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/36/conversation-036-128","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}