Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 44 › Conversation 044-106

Nixon phone call with an unidentified caller on Billy Graham

Sunday, April 8, 1973 · 8:14 PM ET · White House Telephone · 44 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); White House operatorConversation044-106 on Tape 44StartSunday, April 8, 1973 at 8:14 PMEndSunday, April 8, 1973 at 8:14 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 044-106 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon directed the White House operator to relay a message to Reverend Billy Graham regarding a follow-up conversation. Nixon requested that Graham be informed that he would call him at approximately noon the following day. This exchange served solely to coordinate the timing of a future communication between the President and the evangelist.

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mr president reverend graham is en route to charlotte north carolina will be there around 8 30. oh let's see he called from montcrete when he called you and he told me that he would be there about 8 30. he hasn't arrived yet um
Operator, get a message to him that I will call him tomorrow.
All right, sir, I'll do that.
Around noon.
Around noon.
Thank you.
All right.

NARA Description

On April 8, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 8:14 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 044-106 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 044-106

Date: April 8, 1973
Time: 8:14 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with to the President.

       William F. (“Billy”) Graham's location

       Message for Graham

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 044-106, April 9, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/044-106 (accessed October 5, 2026).