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“@ M. A. Jones to Bishop Memo qRE: ELVIS PRESLEY . _ ©ompetent to address large groups but much rather prefers small gatherings in _ Pommunity centers and the like, where he makes himself accessible for talks and uscussions regarding the evils of narcotics and other problems of concern to “@feenagers and other young people. Following their tour, Presley privately advised thathe has ~~ volunteered his services to the President in connection with the narcotics problem and that Mr. Nixon had responded by furnishing him an Agent's badge of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Presley was carrying this badge in his pocket oo: 00 10 choy poet eee Ye °, od SP e Cet eC oec tt Ny Art and displayed it. . Presley advised that he wished the Director to be aware that he, - Presley, from time to time is approached by individuals and groups in and outside of the entertainment business whose motives and goals he is convinced are not in the best interests of this country and who seek to have him to lend his name to their questionable activities. In this regard, he volunteered to make such infor- mation available to the Bureau on a confidentia) basis whenever it came to his attention. He further indicated that he wanted the Director to know that should the Bureau ever have any need of his services in any way that he would be delighted to be of assistance. » a Presley indicated that he is of the opinion that the Beatles laid the Broundwork for many of the problems we are having with young people by their filthy unkempt appearances and suggestive music while entertaining in this country during the early and middle 1960's. He advised that the Smothers Brothers, Jane Fonda, “and other persons in the entertainment industry of their ilk have a lot to answer for in the hereafter for the way they have poisoned young minds by dis- paraging the United States in their public statene nts and unsavory activities. . Presley advised that he resides at $764 Highway 51, South, Memphis, Tennessee, but that he spends a substantial portion of his time in the Beverly Hills, California -Las Vegas, Nevada, areas fulfilling motion picture assignments and singing commitments. _ He noted that he can be contacted anytime through his Memphis address gand that because of problems he has had with people tampering with his mail, suc “aborrespongence should be addressed to him under the pseudonym Si glont) Fon Burka: £ = . a Mol a ae