Elvis and Me!

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Nixon museum showcases Elvis visit

By Gillian Flaccus - Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Yorba Linda, Calif. — The meeting between two of the most improbable cultural icons of the 1970s lasted all of 30 minutes, but it has fascinated the nation for years.

A photo of a cloaked and bejeweled Elvis Presley solemnly shaking hands with a grim-faced President Nixon remains the No. 1 requested document from the National Archives, nearly four decades after the secret meeting took place on Dec. 21, 1970.

Now, on what would be Elvis’s 72nd birthday, the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Birthplace is giving the curious public a good, long look at the relics of the coming together of The King and The President — and it has Elvis fans all shook up.

The free exhibit, which opened Monday and will run several months, includes the outfit Elvis wore (a black velvet overcoat, a gold-plated belt and black leather boots); Nixon’s outfit (a gray woolen suit, tie and size 11 1/2 black shoes); letters; and a World War II .45-caliber Colt revolver that Elvis gave to Nixon.

“The two of them together somehow is almost incomprehensible,” said Bud Krogh, Nixon’s then-deputy assistant for domestic affairs, who set up the impromptu meeting that day 36 years ago. “The king of rock and the president of the United States shaking hands in the Oval Office doesn’t compute for a lot of people.”


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Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace

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...said Bud Krogh, ...who set up the impromptu meeting

At who's request?