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Telephone conversation # 8884, sound recording, LBJ and BILLY GRAHAM, 9/17/1965, 5:03PM (Item)
  • LBJ AND THIELMAN OFFER GET WELL WISHES TO GRAHAM FOLLOWING HIS SURGERY; GRAHAM TELLS LBJ HE HAS BEEN PRAYING FOR HIM BECAUSE OF INDIA-PAKISTAN CRISIS; LBJ ASKS GRAHAM ABOUT PLANS FOR HIS UPCOMING TRIP TO HOUSTON, TELLS GRAHAM HE WILL TRY TO COME
  • Graham, Billy, 1918-
  • Telephone conversation # 8884, sound recording, LBJ and BILLY GRAHAM, 9/17/1965, 5:03PM
  • BILLY GRAHAM
Telephone conversation # 11358, sound recording, LBJ and BILLY GRAHAM, 1/16/1967, 10:35AM (Item)
  • LBJ INVITES GRAHAM AND HIS WIFE TO WH TO DISCUSS GRAHAM'S RECENT TRIP TO VIETNAM; GRAHAM DISCUSSES HIS UPCOMING TRIP TO TEXAS AND BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA; LBJ SUGGESTS GRAHAM READ JOHN STEINBECK'S STORY IN WASHINGTON POST ON STEINBECK'S TRIP TO VIETNAM
  • Graham, Billy, 1918-
  • Telephone conversation # 11358, sound recording, LBJ and BILLY GRAHAM, 1/16/1967, 10:35AM
  • BILLY GRAHAM
Telephone conversation # 13530, sound recording, LBJ and BILLY GRAHAM, 10/10/1968, 10:12AM (Item)
  • GRAHAM'S VISIT TO MAYO CLINIC; GRAHAM REPORTS ON TALK WITH UNNAMED "FRIEND," RELAYS MESSAGE THAT FRIEND RECONFIRMS WHAT GRAHAM HAD DISCUSSED WITH LBJ EARLIER AND THAT FRIEND APPRECIATES LBJ'S STAND ON VIETNAM; LBJ OFFERS MEDICAL ADVICE TO GRAHAM
  • Graham, Billy, 1918-
  • Telephone conversation # 13530, sound recording, LBJ and BILLY GRAHAM, 10/10/1968, 10:12AM
  • BILLY GRAHAM
Telephone conversation # 9019, sound recording, LBJ and BILLY GRAHAM, 10/5/1965, 7:08PM (Item)
  • GRAHAM ON HOLD ABOUT A MINUTE; OFFICE SECRETARY APOLOGIZES FOR KEEPING GRAHAM WAITING; BROADCAST OF BILL MOYERS' PRESS BRIEFING IS AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND
  • GRAHAM SAYS THAT HE AND HIS WIFE WILL BE PRAYING FOR SUCCESS OF LBJ'S GALL BLADDER SURGERY, ASSURES LBJ OF THEIR LOVE FOR HIM
  • Graham, Billy, 1918-
  • Telephone conversation # 9019, sound recording, LBJ and BILLY GRAHAM, 10/5/1965, 7:08PM
  • BILLY GRAHAM
Telephone conversation # 6227, sound recording, LBJ and BILLY GRAHAM, 11/5/1964, 2:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ APOLOGIZES FOR PEOPLE TRYING TO GET GRAHAM INVOLVED IN HIS CAMPAIGN, THANKS HIM FOR HIS SUPPORT, EXPRESSES UNDERSTANDING FOR INCIDENT INVOLVING GRAHAM'S DAUGHTER ANNE AND PRESS BECAUSE HE ALSO HAS TEENAGE DAUGHTERS
  • Graham, Billy, 1918-
  • Telephone conversation # 6227, sound recording, LBJ and BILLY GRAHAM, 11/5/1964, 2:00PM
  • BILLY GRAHAM
Telephone conversation # 5926, sound recording, LBJ and BILLY GRAHAM, 10/20/1964, 5:00PM (Item)
  • GRAHAM ON HOLD 0:35; INAUDIBLE OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH JOHN "JACK" SUTHERLAND AT TIME OF CALL
  • GRAHAM TELLS LBJ HE HAS BEEN PRAYING FOR HIM; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS PROBLEMS WITH USSR, CHINA, WALTER JENKINS' ARREST; GRAHAM EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ, SYMPATHY FOR WALTER JENKINS; LBJ INVITES GRAHAM TO WH FOR VISIT SATURDAY NIGHT, TO HOLD SERVICES
  • Graham, Billy, 1918-
  • Telephone conversation # 5926, sound recording, LBJ and BILLY GRAHAM, 10/20/1964, 5:00PM
  • BILLY GRAHAM
Telephone conversation # 5126, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/22/1964, 12:55PM (Item)
  • REEDY ASKS IF HE CAN ANNOUNCE TO PRESS THAT LBJ WILL GO TO CHURCH WITH BILLY GRAHAM TOMORROW
Telephone conversation # 4123, sound recording, LBJ and LUTHER HODGES, 7/2/1964, 12:28PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF TIMING OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL SIGNING, ANNOUNCEMENT OF LEROY COLLINS APPOINTMENT; RFK'S CONCERNS ABOUT POSSIBLE VIOLENCE; LBJ ASKS ABOUT PLANS FOR ENFORCEMENT; FUNDS FOR COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE; BILLY GRAHAM, OTHERS, AS POSSIBLE
Telephone conversation # 3603, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 6/1/1964, 2:48PM (Item)
  • CIVIL RIGHTS SITUATION, VIOLENCE IN ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA; MLK; MARTIN ANDERSEN, CATTLE PRICES; CATTLE TAX SHELTERS; BEEF EXPORTS; EXCISE TAXES; FEDERAL BUDGET; CONCERNS ABOUT VIETNAM, LAOS; REPUBLICAN CRITICISM; BILLY GRAHAM'S COMMENTS ON VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 3432, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 5/13/1964, 3:55PM (Item)
  • POVERTY BILL; AID TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS ISSUE; LBJ'S NYA WORK WITH CATHOLICS; LBJ TELLS STORY ABOUT BILL MOYERS, BAPTIST MINISTER, LBJ SWIMMING WITH BILLY GRAHAM; THOMPSON ASKS LBJ TO CALL FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN; SARGENT SHRIVER AS POVERTY
Telephone conversation # 3381, sound recording, LBJ and STEPHEN SMITH, 5/11/1964, 12:27PM (Item)
  • NEW YORK REPUBLICANS' VIEWS OF LBJ; RAISING FUNDS FOR JFK LIBRARY; FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' CONTRIBUTIONS; POSSIBLE APPEARANCE BY JACQUELINE KENNEDY, BILLY GRAHAM, LBJ, LADY BIRD JOHNSON AT NORTH CAROLINA EVENT; JOSEPH P. KENNEDY, SR.'S HEALTH
Telephone conversation # 5948, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 10/23/1964, 6:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ PRAISES FBI INVESTIGATION OF WALTER JENKINS; JENKINS' CONCERNS ABOUT REPORT, HIS RESPECT FOR HOOVER, CARTHA DELOACH; JOHN CONNALLY'S TALK WITH JENKINS; PRESS HANDLING OF INCIDENT; BILLY GRAHAM'S CALL TO LBJ; JENKINS' MEDICAL CONDITION, TREATMENT
Telephone conversation # 7567, sound recording, LBJ and KARL MUNDT, 5/4/1965, 11:59AM (Item)
  • MUNDT MAKES SUGGESTIONS FOR HANDLING LBJ'S REQUEST FOR SUPPLEMENTAL MILITARY APPROPRIATIONS, SENATE OPPOSITION TO VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ READS MESSAGES FROM BILLY GRAHAM, TOM WATSON PRAISING HIS SPEECH LAST NIGHT ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Telephone conversation # 8825, sound recording, LBJ and KATHARINE GRAHAM, 9/3/1965, 12:42PM (Item)
  • "MRS. PHILIP GRAHAM"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; GRAHAM IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • GRAHAM CONGRATULATES LBJ ON SIGNING OF WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE DISCHARGE PETITION; LBJ DISCUSSES OPPOSITION TO FINANCIAL PROVISIONS OF BILL, PRAISES AL FRIENDLY'S WORK ON BILL; LBJ'S STATEMENT EMPHASIZING HIS PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH WASHINGTON, DC
  • Graham, Katharine, 1917-2001
  • Telephone conversation # 8825, sound recording, LBJ and KATHARINE GRAHAM, 9/3/1965, 12:42PM
  • KATHARINE GRAHAM
Telephone conversation # 6401, sound recording, LBJ and KATHARINE GRAHAM, 11/18/1964, 5:30PM (Item)
  • CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; GRAHAM ON HOLD 2:15 AT BEGINNING OF RECORDING
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF WASHINGTON, DC, POLICE CHIEF; WALTER TOBRINER'S FAILURE TO CONSULT WH; OPPOSITION TO APPOINTMENT IN DC COMMISSION; LBJ ADVISES GRAHAM TO DISCUSS APPOINTMENT WITH NICHOLAS KATZENBACH
  • Graham, Katharine, 1917-2001
  • Telephone conversation # 6401, sound recording, LBJ and KATHARINE GRAHAM, 11/18/1964, 5:30PM
  • KATHARINE GRAHAM
Telephone conversation # 180, sound recording, LBJ and KATHARINE GRAHAM, 11/29/1963, 7:50PM (Item)
  • Graham, Katharine, 1917-2001
  • Telephone conversation # 180, sound recording, LBJ and KATHARINE GRAHAM, 11/29/1963, 7:50PM
  • KATHARINE GRAHAM
Telephone conversation # 1272, sound recording, LBJ and KATHARINE GRAHAM, 1/8/1964, 7:05PM (Item)
  • Graham, Katharine, 1917-2001
  • Telephone conversation # 1272, sound recording, LBJ and KATHARINE GRAHAM, 1/8/1964, 7:05PM
  • KATHARINE GRAHAM
Telephone conversation # 13909, transcript, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 1/10/1969, 5:11 PM (Item)
  • be good to tell you what we had in mind so that the people who play us against one another ful. cannot be very success­ I am proceeding on the same basis I have s ince Billy Graham came and talked to me. I think you want to make my administration look
Telephone conversation # 227, sound recording, LBJ and KATHARINE GRAHAM, 12/2/1963, 11:10AM (Item)
  • "MRS. PHILIP GRAHAM"; "TRANSCRIBED-BOB W."; "9 PAGES"; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994; GRAHAM ON HOLD 0:50; OFFICE SECRETARY ANNOUNCES CALL TO BILL MOYERS
  • GRAHAM INVITES LBJ TO ADDRESS ASSN OF NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT HELP PHIL GRAHAM GAVE HIM; TED SORENSEN AND LBJ'S SPEECH TO CONGRESS; NEED FOR HOUSE TO OBTAIN CIVIL RIGHTS BILL DISCHARGE PETITION; TAX BILL; CONGRESSIONAL INACTION
  • Graham, Katharine, 1917-2001
  • Telephone conversation # 227, sound recording, LBJ and KATHARINE GRAHAM, 12/2/1963, 11:10AM
  • KATHARINE GRAHAM
Telephone conversation # 3858, sound recording, LBJ and JACKSON GRAHAM, 6/23/1964, 6:18PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS GRAHAM ABOUT HIS TESTIMONY TOMORROW BEFORE SENATE PUBLIC WORKS APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON FUNDING FOR KASKASKIA RIVER NAVIGATION PROJECT IN ILLINOIS; DISCUSSION OF LEVEL OF FUNDING NEEDED
  • Graham, Jackson
  • Telephone conversation # 3858, sound recording, LBJ and JACKSON GRAHAM, 6/23/1964, 6:18PM
  • JACKSON GRAHAM
Telephone conversation # 6400, sound recording, LBJ and KATHARINE GRAHAM, 11/18/1964, 5:30PM (Item)
  • BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH JOHN MACY AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ PUTS GRAHAM ON HOLD AT END OF RECORDING; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • GERALD SIEGEL'S POSSIBLE RESIGNATION FROM WASHINGTON POST TO TAKE UNNAMED FEDERAL JOB; LBJ JOKES THAT PHILIP GRAHAM SHOULD HAVE HIRED HIM; APPOINTMENT OF WASHINGTON, DC, POLICE CHIEF; WALTER TOBRINER'S FAILURE TO CONSULT WH; BOBBY BAKER; RFK
  • Graham, Katharine, 1917-2001
  • Telephone conversation # 6400, sound recording, LBJ and KATHARINE GRAHAM, 11/18/1964, 5:30PM
  • KATHARINE GRAHAM
Telephone conversation # 471, sound recording, MARIE FEHMER and UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE, 12/13/1963, time unknown (Item)
  • UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (KATHARINE GRAHAM?) ASKS MARIE FEHMER ABOUT SPEAKING WITH JACK VALENTI'S SECRETARY
Telephone conversation # 1411, sound recording, WALTER JENKINS and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 1/17/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • JENKINS ASKS OPERATOR TO CONNECT ABE FORTAS WITH KATHARINE GRAHAM
Telephone conversation # 94, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH ALSOP, 11/27/1963, 4:01PM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS ALSOP FOR COLUMN, TELLS JOKE ABOUT BAPTIST PREACHER; ALSOP PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH TO CONGRESS, DISCUSSES KATHARINE GRAHAM'S REACTION, PHILIP GRAHAM'S BELIEF IN LBJ; JEAN MONNET; LBJ'S MEETING WITH JACQUELINE KENNEDY; RENAMING CAPE CANAVERAL
Telephone conversation # 89, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL WIGGINS, 11/27/1963, 2:31PM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS WIGGINS FOR HIS SUPPORT; WIGGINS PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS; LBJ REFERS TO HAVING ONCE RECEIVED ADVICE FROM JFK, PHILIP GRAHAM, SAM RAYBURN AND SAYS HE WILL NEED WIGGINS' HELP IN THE FUTURE
Telephone conversation # 3859, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/23/1964, 6:22PM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH GEN. JACKSON GRAHAM ABOUT KASKASKIA RIVER NAVIGATION PROJECT; LBJ ASKS FOR REPUBLICAN SUPPORT FOR EXCISE TAX BILL; DIRKSEN'S ACTIONS ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
Telephone conversation # 4413, sound recording, LBJ and EDMUND MUSKIE, 7/30/1964, 8:40AM (Item)
  • SUPPORT FOR LBJ IN MAINE; POSSIBLE TRIP BY LADY BIRD JOHNSON TO DEDICATE CAMPOBELLO INTERNATIONAL PARK, TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS; AMERICAN CANDIDATES FOR PARK COMMISSION: ROOSEVELTS, MUSKIE, SUMNER PIKE, KATHARINE GRAHAM, JEAN WILLIAMS ARNZEN; CANADA
Telephone conversation # 6194, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN HAYES, 11/4/1964, 11:03PM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS HAYES FOR CAMPAIGN HELP; HAYES CONGRATULATES LBJ ON ELECTION, PRAISES LBJ'S LAST TV APPEARANCE IN CAMPAIGN, COMPARES IT WITH GOLDWATER'S APPEARANCE; LBJ ASKS HAYES TO THANK KATHARINE GRAHAM FOR HIM
Telephone conversation # 6404, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 11/18/1964, 8:40PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO ROBERT MCNAMARA; OPERATOR TELLS LBJ THAT MCNAMARA IS AT KATHARINE GRAHAM'S HOUSE
Telephone conversation # 6405, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 11/18/1964, 8:40PM (Item)
  • OPERATOR SAYS ROBERT MCNAMARA IS AT KATHARINE GRAHAM'S; LBJ ASKS HER TO PLACE CALL TO CYRUS VANCE; LBJ RELAYS RUSSELL LONG'S CONCERNS ABOUT CLOSING FORT POLK TO VANCE; VANCE SAYS IT IS NOT ON LIST; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT RIGHT-WING VIEWS IN AIR FORCE
Telephone conversation # 8174, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 6/22/1965, 10:15AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS BALL ABOUT RICHARD GOODWIN'S REMARKS TO BALL EXPRESSING RESERVATIONS ABOUT US POLICY ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; BALL DESCRIBES DEFENDING US POLICY TO AL FRIENDLY, GOODWIN, OTHERS AT DINNER AT KATHARINE GRAHAM'S HOUSE
Telephone conversation # 10805, sound recording, LBJ and SHELDON COHEN, 9/19/1966, 1:55PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS COHEN TO GET TREASURY DEPT ESTIMATES OF FEDERAL REVENUE; DISCUSSION OF APPRAISAL OF WASHINGTON POST TV STATIONS IN PHILIP GRAHAM'S ESTATE; LBJ ASKS FOR FCC FIGURES ON REVENUE, SALES PRICE OF ALL STATIONS TO COMPARE WITH JOHNSON FAMILY
Telephone conversation # 11184, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 12/22/1966, 10:21AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MEANY TO MEET WITH KATHARINE GRAHAM AND WRITE LETTER TO HER EMPHASIZING EXCELLENT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LBJ AND LABOR TO REBUT RECENT ROWLAND EVANS COLUMN; LBJ'S MEETINGS WITH MEANY, STATE GOVS.