{"conversationCode":"036-129","tapeNumber":36,"conversationNumber":129,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-036-129","startDateTime":"1973-01-31T02:07:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-01-31T02:09:00.000Z","startDate":"30-Jan-1973","startTime":"9:07 PM","endDate":"30-Jan-1973","endTime":"9:09 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On January 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon, White House operator, and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 9:07 pm to 9:09 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-129 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. 36-129\n\nDate: January 30, 1973\nTime: 9:07 pm - 9:09 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n[See Conversation No. 406-39]\n\n       Telephone call from Stephen B. Bull\n\nThe President talked with Bull.\n\n       John C. Stennis shooting\n            -The President’s call to Coy H. Stennis\n            -Condition\n            -Robbers\n            -Surgery\n            -Circumstances","filename":["036-129.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"036-128","nextCode":"036-130","transcript":[{"start":0.89,"end":4.8,"text":"I have Steve Ball calling, sir."},{"start":4.82,"end":5.86,"text":"Mr. President, Steve Ball."},{"start":5.88,"end":7.8,"text":"They'll be getting Mrs. Stennis for you in a moment."},{"start":7.84,"end":10.72,"text":"I just wanted to fill in a couple of gaps that Henry may not have given you."},{"start":11.5,"end":15.73,"text":"Stennis took a shot in the thigh and the chest."},{"start":17.17,"end":19.89,"text":"What was probably a robbery attempt, the assailant."},{"start":19.91,"end":23.32,"text":"He's undergoing exploratory surgery now."},{"start":24.86,"end":27.42,"text":"And they're not totally certain of what his condition is."},{"start":28.06,"end":31.79,"text":"in surgery and I thought you'd want to know that if you spoke with Mrs. Stennis."},{"start":31.81,"end":34.73,"text":"I don't know if Henry could have known at the time he spoke to you."},{"start":34.75,"end":35.35,"text":"Yeah, he had that."},{"start":35.77,"end":36.31,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":36.33,"end":37.98,"text":"He had that, that he was in surgery."},{"start":38.04,"end":40.94,"text":"It's still a satisfactory condition according to our doctors."},{"start":41.12,"end":42.26,"text":"I think it was a burglary."},{"start":43.31,"end":43.89,"text":"It appeared to be."},{"start":43.91,"end":53.66,"text":"The initial reports were probably a holdup attempt which Stennis in true character attempted to thwart, but that's just an initial."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon consulted with Stephen B. Bull to gather additional details regarding the shooting of Senator John C. Stennis. Bull provided updates on the Senator's injuries, his status in exploratory surgery, and the circumstances surrounding what appeared to be an attempted robbery. The call served to ensure the President was accurately informed before he placed a follow-up outreach call to Mrs. Stennis.","topics":["John C. Stennis","assassination attempt","White House communication","medical condition","law enforcement"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:07:16.652Z"},"topicSlugs":["john-c-stennis","assassination-attempt","white-house-communication","medical-condition","law-enforcement"],"audioDurationSec":64,"audioFiles":[{"file":"036-129.mp3","bytes":1529969,"durationSec":63.61,"bitrate":192408,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:29.542Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/036-129.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/036-129","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/36/conversation-036-129","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}