Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 36 › Conversation 036-132

Nixon phone call with Bull on John C. Stennis and assassination attempt

Tuesday, January 30, 1973 · 9:17 PM–9:18 PM ET · White House Telephone · 23 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.Conversation036-132 on Tape 36StartTuesday, January 30, 1973 at 9:17 PMEndTuesday, January 30, 1973 at 9:18 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 036-132 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon and Stephen B. Bull discussed the ongoing investigation into the shooting of Senator John C. Stennis. The President inquired about the status of the police report and specific rumors concerning two potential suspects mentioned by Mrs. Stennis. Bull confirmed that authorities had not yet apprehended any suspects in the case.

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yeah what about the police report uh do you find out mrs dennis said she had heard rumor of the face they're two boys she said she thought they've been caught they were have they not we have nothing yet that they've been apprehended

NARA Description

On January 30, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 9:17 pm to 9:18 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 036-132 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 36-132

Date: January 30, 1973
Time: 9:17 pm - 9:18 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The President talked with Stephen B. Bull.

[See Conversation No. 406-42]

       John C. Stennis shooting
            -Police report
                  -Suspects

Also recorded on January 31, 1973

  • 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.
  • 406-041 9:15 PM · 10 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 9:15 pm and 9:17 pm.
  • 406-042 9:17 PM · 22 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 9:17 pm to 9:18 pm.
  • 036-133 9:18 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 9:18 pm and 9:26 pm.
  • 406-043 9:18 PM · 15 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 9:18 pm and 9:26 pm.
  • 036-134 9:26 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 9:26 pm to 9:28 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 036-132, 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/036-132 (accessed October 7, 2026).