Elvis offered to ‘sing’ to F.B.I.

Press, 15 July 1978, Page 1

Elvis offered to ‘sing’ to F.B.I.

MZPA Washington Elvis Presley offered to become an informant for the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, but the F. 8.1. did not like the look of him. An internal memo from the F. 8.1. says the late singer volunteered to become an informant in 1970 after expressing disgust with the influence the Beatles and other entertainers were exercising over American youth, according to the “Washington Post”. The newspaper said the author of the memo, noting Presley’s shoulderlength hair and his flashy dress, later wrote that he was certainly not the type of individual that the director, J. Edgar Hoover, would wish to meet. The “Post” said the memo quoted Presley as blaming the Beatles’ “filthy unkempt appearances and suggestive music” for many problems facing young people. The “Post” story quoted from the memo: “Presley

states that hi; long hair and unusual apparel were merely tools of his trade and afforded him recess to and rapport with many people, particularly on co4ege campuses, who consider themselves antiestablishment. “Presley said that while he has a limited education, he has been able to command a certain amount of xespect and attention from this segment of the population, and in an informal way, point out the error of their ways.”