Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 406-040
Date: Tuesday, January 30, 1973 at 9:10 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Stennis, John C. (Mrs.)
Recording device: Old Executive Office Building
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/406-040

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[0:05] Hello?
[0:07] Mrs. Sennett?
[0:09] Well, I just wanted to check about John.
[0:13] I just, uh, just want to ask your attention and, uh, what is the report?
[0:28] Uh... What?
[0:28] What do you mean, the house?
[0:32] Did you hear the shot?
[0:39] Nobody was with him.
[1:01] No witnesses.
[1:02] You saw two boys, you see?
[1:02] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[1:03] I know, I got it.
[1:20] Horrible, horrible thing.
[1:51] Well, anyway, believe me, we're getting it well.
[1:59] You can't spare that man.
[2:01] He's such a great man.
[2:06] He's such a tower of strength.
[2:07] He's a wonderful man.
[2:16] Yeah.
[2:16] Yeah.
[2:16] Yeah, that's right.
[2:17] Thank you all.
[2:23] Right, well, we tell them we're all praying for him and by, and like I say, he's just gotten to get well.
[2:41] We can't spare his life.
[2:42] It's so important to this country that he's such a great, great man.
[2:43] We can go to the city and get to see him and tell him how to follow him.
[2:45] And as soon as we get to see anybody, I'll come out and see him.
[2:50] Is he a barber?
[2:50] Well, yeah, I know that he's a good barber.
[2:54] Well, it's a good sign to me that he was conscious.
[3:10] That means that they didn't do anything.
[3:11] He was able to walk.
[3:12] He was conscious.
[3:28] Yeah.
[3:41] Yeah.
[3:45] Yeah.
[3:49] Yeah.
[3:49] Yeah.
[3:49] Yeah.
[3:50] Yeah.
[3:57] Yeah.
[3:57] All right, thank you.