December 21, 1970 Elvis Presley met Richard Nixon in the Oval Office, where Presley presented the President with a Colt pistol and Nixon made Elvis an honorary agent in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. The meeting was arranged after Presley sent a six page letter to the White House expressing his admiration for the President and suggesting a meeting... and him being named a "Federal Agent at Large" in the Bureau.