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Honoring the Nixon-Presley Accord

Oct. 27 2008, Published 7:07 a.m. ET

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HANDSHOOK UP Nixon (left), Elvis • The King and the Crook: A new exhibit at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Birthplace in Yorba Linda, California, is giving the public a look at the props from a historic 30-minute meeting between Elvis and Nixon in December, 1970, including the handshake photo that's still the most requested shot in the National Archives, the Colt .45 Elvis gave Nixon, and the letter in which he asks to be made a federal agent at large to help fight druggies and commies.

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