{"conversationCode":"043-125","tapeNumber":43,"conversationNumber":125,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-043-125","startDateTime":"1973-02-21T00:21:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-02-21T00:22:00.000Z","startDate":"20-Feb-1973","startTime":"7:21 PM","endDate":"20-Feb-1973","endTime":"7:22 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.;","description":"On February 20, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 7:21 pm to 7:22 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 043-125 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. 43-125\n\nDate: February 20, 1973\nTime: 7:21 pm - 7:22 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nStephen B. Bull talked with the President.\n\n       Peter M. Flanigan’s memorandum\n             -Piano tariff rates\n             -Manolo Sanchez\n                   -Delivery","filename":["043-125.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Bull, Stephen B."],"prevCode":"043-124","nextCode":"043-126","transcript":[{"start":0.72,"end":1.34,"text":"Hello."},{"start":1.54,"end":3.21,"text":"I have Steve Bull calling you, sir."},{"start":3.23,"end":3.45,"text":"Yeah."},{"start":4.43,"end":4.77,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":4.79,"end":6.55,"text":"Mr. President, sorry to disturb you."},{"start":6.57,"end":6.75,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":6.77,"end":8.1,"text":"Steve Bull, sorry to disturb you."},{"start":8.92,"end":15.19,"text":"A paper just came in from Peter Flanagan regarding, of all things, an action on piano tariff rates."},{"start":15.87,"end":21.58,"text":"And apparently the current escape clause rate expires tonight at midnight."},{"start":22.12,"end":25.58,"text":"And they have a paper that it asked me to bring before you today."},{"start":26.12,"end":30.07,"text":"before midnight tonight for your decision on whether to continue it."},{"start":30.09,"end":31.13,"text":"Shall I just bring it up to you?"},{"start":31.21,"end":32.13,"text":"Just send it over, yeah."},{"start":32.31,"end":33.16,"text":"I'll sign it."},{"start":33.2,"end":35.5,"text":"Shall I bring it up to your room, sir?"},{"start":35.72,"end":38.85,"text":"Just send it over, and Manolo will pick it up, and I'll send it back to you, okay?"},{"start":38.99,"end":39.37,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":39.39,"end":39.85,"text":"Thank you."},{"start":39.97,"end":40.63,"text":"It's no problem."},{"start":40.91,"end":41.27,"text":"All right, sir."},{"start":41.29,"end":42.04,"text":"It's fine."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"Stephen B. Bull contacted President Nixon regarding an urgent decision required on piano tariff rates before the existing escape clause expired at midnight. Bull sought approval to deliver the memorandum from Peter M. Flanigan for the President's signature. Nixon instructed Bull to send the document over, noting that Manolo Sanchez would handle the delivery to ensure the deadline was met.","topics":["Piano tariffs","Trade policy","Peter M. Flanigan","Manolo Sanchez","Executive decision-making"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T06:35:28.448Z"},"topicSlugs":["piano-tariffs","trade-policy","peter-m-flanigan","manolo-sanchez","executive-decision-making"],"audioDurationSec":49,"audioFiles":[{"file":"043-125.mp3","bytes":1171714,"durationSec":48.68,"bitrate":192557,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:30.085Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/043-125.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-125","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/43/conversation-043-125","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}