The Day Elvis Met Nixon
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Document 1: Handwritten Letter from Presley to Nixon
Document 2: Transcription of Presley letter
Document 3: Memorandum for H.R. Haldeman from Dwight L. Chapin
Document 4: Memorandum for the President, Re: Meeting with Elvis Presley
Document 5: Memorandum for the President's File from Egil 'Bud' Krogh, Re: Meeting with Elvis Presley, 21 December 1970
Document 6: Message from (Bev) to (Lucy), Re: Presley's Gifts to the President
Document 7: Letter from Richard M. Nixon to Elvis Presley, 31 December 1970
Document 8: Memorandum from Egil 'Bud' Krogh to Neal Ball, Re: Guidance on Jack Anderson Column-Elvis Presley, 27 January 1972
These materials chronicling the Presley-Nixon meeting were obtained from the Nixon Presidential Materials Project at the National Archives at College Park (College Park, Maryland).
Complete Text of Elvis' Letter to President Nixon
Dear Mr. President.
First, I would like to introduce myself. I am Elvis Presley and admire you and have great respect for your office. I talked to Vice President Agnew in Palm Springs three weeks ago and expressed my concern for our country. The drug culture, the hippie elements, the SDS, Black Panthers, etc. do NOT consider me as their enemy or as they call it The Establishment. I call it America and I love it. Sir, I can and will be of any service that I can to help The Country out. I have no concern or Motives other than helping the country out.
Elvis Presley and President Nixon at the White House - December 21, 1970
So I wish not to be given a title or an appointed position. I can and will do more good if I were made a Federal Agent at Large and I will help out by doing it my way through my communications with people of all ages. First and foremost, I am an entertainer, but all I need is the Federal credentials. I am on this plane with Senator George Murphy and we have been discussing the problems that our country is faced with.
Sir, I am staying at the Washington Hotel, Room 505-506-507. I have two men who work with me by the name of Jerry Schilling and Sonny West. I am registered under the name of Jon Burrows. I will be here for as long as long as it takes to get the credentials of a Federal Agent. I have done an in-depth study of drug abuse and Communist brainwashing techniques and I am right in the middle of the whole thing where I can and will do the most good.
I am Glad to help just so long as it is kept very Private. You can have your staff or whomever call me anytime today, tonight, or tomorrow. I was nominated this coming year one of America's Ten Most Outstanding Young Men. That will be in January 18 in my home town of Memphis, Tennessee. I am sending you the short autobiography about myself so you can better
Respectfully,
Elvis Presley
P. S. I believe that you, Sir, were one of the Top Ten Outstanding Men of America also.
I have a personal gift for you which I would like to present to you and you can accept it or I will keep it for you until you can take it.
The Day Elvis Met Nixon Book
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- Egil 'Bud' Krog - Tell me about Elvis' visit to the White House
- Photos - Elvis Meets Nixon December 21, 1970
- Video Jerry Schilling - Elvis' meeting with President Richard Nixon
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