Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 043-125 Date: Tuesday, February 20, 1973 at 7:21 PM Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B. Recording device: White House Telephone Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/043-125 This transcript was generated automatically by AI (WhisperX) and has not been reviewed for accuracy. Do not cite it as authoritative. [0:00] Hello. [0:01] I have Steve Bull calling you, sir. [0:03] Yeah. [0:04] Thank you. [0:04] Mr. President, sorry to disturb you. [0:06] Yes, sir. [0:06] Steve Bull, sorry to disturb you. [0:08] A paper just came in from Peter Flanagan regarding, of all things, an action on piano tariff rates. [0:15] And apparently the current escape clause rate expires tonight at midnight. [0:22] And they have a paper that it asked me to bring before you today. [0:26] before midnight tonight for your decision on whether to continue it. [0:30] Shall I just bring it up to you? [0:31] Just send it over, yeah. [0:32] I'll sign it. [0:33] Shall I bring it up to your room, sir? [0:35] Just send it over, and Manolo will pick it up, and I'll send it back to you, okay? [0:38] All right, sir. [0:39] Thank you. [0:39] It's no problem. [0:40] All right, sir. [0:41] It's fine.