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Memorandum on Reporting of Elvis Presleys Meeting with President Nixon

This memorandum was written by Egil Bud Krogh, an advisor to President Richard M. Nixon, on January 27, 1972. The memorandum was written in reaction to an upcoming article by Jack Anderson of The Washington Post titled, Presley Gets Narcotics Bureau Badge, which documented American musician Elvis Presleys visit to the White House on December 21, 1970. Efforts had been made for two years to conceal the visit at Presleys request. This memorandum outlined the nature of the meeting due to the publication of the article.
Artist
Egil Krogh
Date of Work
January 27, 1972
Type
Document
Credit
Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum/NARA
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