Conversation: 044-143
Prev: 044-142 Next: 044-144Start Date: 11-Apr-1973 10:00 AM
End Date: 11-Apr-1973 10:08 AM
Participants:
Nixon, Richard M. (President); Graham, William F. ("Billy");Recording Device: White House Telephone
NARA Description:
On April 11, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and William F. ("Billy") Graham talked on the telephone from 10:00 am to 10:08 am. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-143 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid:
Conversation No. 44-143 Date: April 11, 1973 Time: 10:00 am-10:08 am Location: White House Telephone The President talked with William F. (“Billy”) Graham. [See also Conversation No. 893-5] Graham's schedule -Pittsburgh -Montreat, North Carolina; Tennessee -Charlotte, North Carolina President's cables -Press coverage of Graham's trip to South Africa -Wes Gallagher of the Associated Press [AP] -George Pernell of AP Graham’s trip to Korea -Anticipated crowds -Strength of Christianity -President’s trips to Korea in 1953 and 1967 Graham's support for President -Prisoners of war [POWs] -Statements -Ruth McC. (Bell) Graham’s support President's opponents -1972 election -Vietnam settlement Watergate -Samuel J. Ervin, Jr. -Committee hearings -104- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 44-143 (cont’d) -White House staff -Campaign staff Marvin Watson -Comparison with John B. Connally -Support for President -Post Office position -Sermon at Lyndon B. Johnson's funeral -Career -Lawyer -Vice President, Occidental Oil -Armand Hammer -Conversation with Graham -South Africa White House church services -Edward V. Hill -Subject of sermon -Civil rights -Graham’s call Graham's support for President -Ruth Graham’s support L. Nelson Bell -Moderator Presbyterian Church -Concerns about December 1972 bombing -POWs -Jane Fonda -W. Ramsey Clark Graham’s conversation with Thomas E. Dewey -Concerns -105- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM Tape Subject Log (rev. Mar.-09)