1957
After visiting and conferring with the Colonel, Elvis attended the Grand Ole Opry,
accompanied by Gordon Stoker, who took him to a clothing store where he purchased a tuxedo for the evening. Elvis spent the evening chatting with performers backstage and even made a brief appearance to wave at the audience.
Before he left for Memphis he changed back into his old clothes and threw the tuxedo in the trash
1958
Elvis leased a white BMW 507 sports car. He had already a black Mercedes as well as a Volkswagen. That last one was used by Red and Lamar.
Over Christmas Elvis and his friends fooled around with the new tape recorder,
singing songs like Danny Boy and Mona Lisa.
1970
Elvis arrived in Washington and was picked up at the airport.
He dropped off his letter to the president at 6.30 a.m. Then he checked into the Hotel Washington again. Elvis tried to get in touch with the BNDD’s director John Ingersoll. This failed, but there was a call from President Nixon’s deputy counsel, asking Elvis to meet him in 45 minutes at the Old Executive Office Building on the White House grounds. There Elvis, Sonny and Jerry met with President Nixon. To everyone’s surprise, except for Elvis’ , they really hit it off, and Elvis left the following day with that what he came for: the BNDD badge.
Elvis Presley paid a visit to President Richard M. Nixon at the White House in Washington, D.C. The meeting was initiated by Presley, who wrote Nixon a six-page letter requesting a visit with the President and suggesting that he be made a ‘Federal Agent-at-Large’ in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. The events leading up to and after the meeting are detailed in the documentation and photographs included here, which include Presley’s handwritten letter, memoranda from Nixon staff and aides, and the thank-you note from Nixon for the gifts (including a Colt 45 pistol and family photos) that Presley brought with him to the Oval Office.After lunch in the White House mess and a tour of the White House, Elvis was presented with the BNDD badge by BNDD deputy director John Finlator at White House aide Bud Krogh’s office. Finlator promised to send along additional credentials.
1971
Elvis went to the Memphian and saw Dirty Harry and Straw Dogs.
He would screen Shampoo and Soul Soldier 2 days later.
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