Everyman with Billy Graham in Poland Into a nation run by a Communist Government, yet claiming an intense patriotic Catholicism, steps BILLY GRAHAM : Southern Baptist. world evangelist and friend of Richard Nixon - 'I believe my visit to Poland is a symbol of new directions and new hopes among Christians.' But does this - his second visit to a Communist country - mean a new direction towards human rights and political detente, or is his aim purely to spread a gospel of salvation through Christ? And has the State approved his tour because his brand of religion is a useful distraction from the food queues? Peter France was with him on his crusade.