Egil Krogh - Elvis

Elvis

Because of his work regarding illegal drugs, he managed the visit of Elvis Presley to the White House on December 21, 1970. Elvis had arrived at the gate with a letter for President Nixon requesting a personal meeting about how he could help the government fight the drug trade. The meeting took place and Nixon gave Presley an actual narcotics agent badge. Krogh wrote a book about these events The Day Elvis met Nixon (Pejama Press, 1994) ISBN 0-9640251-0-8.

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