(445) DECEMBER 21 1970 ELVIS LETTER TO PRESIDENT NIXON YEAR

READ THE LETTER! LINK HERE! 

at the NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Christmas meant so much to Elvis.  He loved to go home to the family at Graceland TM and he loved to give presents  and bonuses to those who worked for him, the guys who became known as the Memphis Mafia. (I wasn't a member of that group as I never worked for Elvis.)  

Elvis took time to write the President of the United States just a few days before Christmas in 1970. I imagine that he'd been thinking about doing so for some time and had just found the pause in his schedule to do so. He thought the President would read his letter and he was right.  To me this is evidence of how Elvis thought of street drugs and crime as different than private doctors and prescriptions.  I miss Elvis.  We'll be taking a vacation after Christmas for a couple weeks, and should be back in time to celebrate his Capricorn birthday!

DECEMBER 21 1970 ELVIS DELIVERED THIS LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT

National Archives link above. Elvis documents are their most popular. Here's a copy of the letter Elvis handwrote to the President and delivered to the White House.

LA TIMES : JERRY SHILLINGS FULL STORY ON THE DAY ELVIS MET NIXON

The LA Times today ran a Column One article called "GETTING THE FULL PICTURE" and it's the story of when Elvis met Nixon. You can get to the picture of the two shaking hands and the story by clicking on our title above.

An excerpt: "Then it's time for gifts. Elvis pulls out the commemorative Colt 45 he had taken from his wall and carried into the White House, to the dismay of the Secret Service. ("We've got a little problem here; Elvis has brought a gun.") He presents it to Nixon. The president moves over to a drawer of presents he keeps on the left side of his desk, its contents organized in order of increasing value: golf balls, pens, paperweights in front, and way in the back, 16-karat gold pendants, lapel pins and brooches. Nixon peruses the drawer with Elvis peeking over his shoulder. He pulls out gifts for Schilling and West." ... Faye Fiore

The gun is on display at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda. The badge (federal agent at-large for the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs), specially prepared by the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs with Elvis' name on it, hangs in his home in Graceland, on the Wall of Gold.