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April 31, 2018

MR. JOHN GREENEWALD JR.

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FOIPA Request No.: 1400673-000

Subject: TESLA, NIKOLA

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Dear Friends:
J\UERPllf\Nf;TA.fJ SES.SIQNS t-i"E~ISI.kTrER •.
INTERPLA!IETARY SESS]dN NEWSLETTER·
We have not issued a Newsletter since May 1, 1956 because l'le had no
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· Space news which we could consider authentic. However, now we have some
good news to pass along to you.
LEQl'UBE .. by George Van Tassel and Dan Fry, in Ballroom of Hotel
Diplomat, 110 West 4 3X:d Street, New York City, 8 p .m •
Thursday, June 20, 1957. Donation $1.25·
George Van Tassel operates· the Giant Rock (California) Spaceport and
Airport and has been host at fo_u r annual Spacecraft Conventions. He is
the author of two ·books: I Rode A Flying Saucer, and into This World and
Out Again. He is also the publisher of Proceedings magazine, usually
issued monthly. Back issues . of Proceedings have been reprinted in one
voltllJie, Address George Van Tassel, P. 0. Box 419,. Yucca Valley,
california.
Dan Fry is the author of The White Sands Incident. In this book he tells
the story of a trip which he made in a flying saucer from a desert spot
on the White Sands Proving Ground in Ne\'t Mexico to New York City and
return, in 32 mi~utes •
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Dan Fry and another gentleman are now enroute to New' York by: automobile o
George Van Tassel and Art Aho will arrive in Mr. Aho 1 s plane. They all
.plan to be in New York City at Hotel Diplomat on June 17. They will
probably be heard next week· on Long John 1s program on Radio Station WOR,
·from 12 midnight to 5:30 in the morning, nightly except Sunday.
This letter will not reach you in tim'e to sight flying saucers over New
York on the night of June 13, from 10 p.m. to 1 a om• But there will
again be full scale operations of flying saucers over all American areas
on July 1. This will be in three phases, as follows: New York areas,
July 1, 9 a.m.; Washington, n.. c.h.areas at 9:25 a.m.; general North
American areas, after 9:25 a•m.o;~Gentra'}. American areas, 9:30a.m.;
South American areas, 9:35 a·tm.! ''Second phase: Same areas as above,
beginning at 12 o'clock mididay, July_1. ~bird phase: Full scale
operations over all Ameriqa'ri~ ~u:~f?as.be~~pt~·g at 7 o'clock on the evening
o.f July 1. The above inforinatit'op. he~i-ol:)~·en supplied by George King,
editor of Cosmic Voice, 88t !n.e-,Dpi v~ tna·na~ona, Fulham Road, London S
6• Also, please note that~~~Qr~ge ~ing has also published back issues of
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Coamrc Voice in one volume(.t~r~~~-~1.~0 plus postage. This is beyond
doubt the. finest 11 buy 11 of s~ucer messages that we know of. George King
is considered the best telepathic contact which the space people have,
although· George V~n Tassel ~is t{le finest we have in America.
Margaret Storm has been assigned to .certain work with the Space People,
as follows: She is. writing a book - Return of the Dove - a story of the
life of Nikola Tesla, scientist, and the part his inventions will play
in the New Agee ~tuch of the data for this book has been supplied to Mrs.
Storm through transcripts received on the Tesla set, a radi·o -type
machine invented by Tesla in ' 1938 for Interplanetary Communication.
Tesla died in 1943 and his engineers did not build the Tesla set until
after his death. It was pla'ced in operation in 1950 and since that time·
. the Tesla engineers have been in close touch with space ships. The Space
People hiive visited the Tesla engineers many timef!.L..»ng have told us £nat
Tesla was a Venusian, brought to this planet as .a bab~b in 1[56, and lett
With Mre and Mt•s • Tesla fn a remo'fi:"m.<i..uiifai'n-pFotl_nc.Lin what9:s now 1
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,i t....:-;_~-:;_l ·t A biography of Tesla was published ir, 1944. It can prc-r~- .~_. .i. ,' • " :'u-; t:: .
~i/ ~"-~f from your local library or bookstore. It is entitled Proc.,;.~ ~ - _ It ' . : .; • ..
'L"'·J:.. t John J. 0 'Neill, then science editor of the Nel'T York Herald :···: : · · ~~ :~ .
Mr. 0 1lleill has since died. This bool.;: gives no information ·at · ',
Tesla 1s connection with ·the Space People, a fact which was not r<::v~a.ted
until 19.50· The book also gi vee many wrong impressions of Tesla,
because Nr. 0 'Neill's oc.c ult knowledge \'las limited. However, it is well
worth reading because it· gives much technical information about
electrical engineering which fvlrs. Storm l'till be obliged to omit in
her book because she has such. an abundance of rna terial to present.
It had not been intended to mention Mrs. Storm's work at this time, but
the public will be offered a "sneak previe'l't 11 in a small mimeographed
resume of the book, according to p~blication arrangements now being
made. This development came about unexpectedly because of the ex-
tremely critical condition of world affairs, engendered by the con-
tinuance of nuclear tests, and the fact that Mrs. Storm could not
possibly have the finished book ready for the publishers before July
30, even \'lith the aid of a small miracle • This material is now being -
presented as a paper before certain California groups where the
announcement of the Tesla news was received with tremendous enthusiasm.
'
lfJrs. Storm will present the material to certain small groups in the New
York area within the next few \'teeks, and probably Space GJ;"oups in other
sections will also co-operate by offering it to their members. Our
world situation is not hopeless by any means 1 although the Space People
bluntly inform us that as a race we are ·too 'lazy"; spiritu~lly we must
become more potent if we are to hold this planet together against ·the
efforts of the dark forces to blow it to bits.
So let us look for the good news. Look . for good news from England where
the messages of George King have at last reached the scientists, the
press, and the Queen. Look for good news from Calvin Girvin of
California, who is one of:. ~h~ pes~.~~~~~ce~. contacts in this country.
And look for more good ne~~,..?t'.•the Vah Tassel-Dan Fry lecture on June
20. We hope to see all o~ : you ther,e ~. T~e ballroom seats about 1200,
and we must put forward e.v_er.~ , eff_or:r{~.?· get behind these speakers and
support them. ·. . 1 -~ •" . r..:, · (·.. :
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Th~n on July 1 iet u~ k~~~.it~.~;. e"!~ S.. on the skies L The Space People are
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going to make every effo~,tj,:t79 gi-ve .all of us a chance to see the ships.
However., 1f the military ,1;1ses jets ··in large numbers to chase the Space
Ships, we may no·t see th~m· f\s citizens you can urge the government to
be more cordial to our visitors.
Now for some unoleasant news. This:.has been transmitted from Mars
Sector 8J through George King in Lorldon • We have to begin paying off
our karmtc debts in the. form of disease, which cannot be abated unless
we discontinue the nuclear experiments • However, to help all of us
through the coming period of epidemics the Space People have placed
four space stations ln orbit around the . earth. They will start magne-
tizing the earth at midnight on July 21. Through meditation we can
absorb these healing 11 rays. The Martians have clearly indicated that
they are just about fed up" with our depravity on this planet;
apparently aven Space People can become impatient l
51 West 81 Street Sincerely,
New Yo~k 24 1 N.Yw
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telephone conversation with the writer during the late everiing of J4rr,~ ... ,......... !
8, 1943, stated that NIKOIA TESIA, who was one of the World's outstanding
BCienti¢ftS p~rticularly in the electrical field, and YlhO had passed away
on January 7th, 1943, at the Hotel New Yorker· where he maintained his
. · residence, during his lifetime had conducted many experiments in c;:onnection
with the wireless transmission of electrical power and what is commonly
~ called the ' 11 death ray11 • Mr. SPANEL further stated that the notes and
records of TESIA•s experiments and formulae, together.. with designs of the.
machinery' necessary to Vitalize them, are among TESIA' s personal . effects
and that 110 steps have been t~ken to preserve them or to keep them from
falling into the hands of people unf'riendly to the war effort of the Allied
Nations. SPANEL continued by saying that a distant relative of TEI.SA, a
person who was intensely disliked by Teisa and who came to the United States
from Czechoslovald.a ~thin the past year, by the name of SAVA KOSANOVICH
is .taking s~eps to get possession, of these important documents and plans;-
ll'r. SPANEL believes that th~re .is a· strong likelihood of KOSANOVICH l!lllld.ng
t~s material available -to the enemy in the event he is. sucdessful.

·' SP!NEL advised that he is engaged in some kind of governmental

work connected with .the war effort TThiclt'causes him to spend about five
days of each week in the· Nation's capitol; and because of the connections
he has made in this capacity he has seen fit to telephonically notify
0.:.2 headquarters .ill Washington, D. C.; as well as Ur. BORKIN of the Department
of Justice in Washington. SPANEL stated that Ur. BORKIN advised ·him that
he, BORml, would ·immediately make the informatio~ available to the Director
of the FBI and advised SPANEL _to lose no time in taking s~eps to see to it
that TEISA•s personal possessions were not disturbed,.
A few minutes after this conversation Mr. SPANEL again tele-
phonically contacted the writer and advisBd that he had be~n in telephone
communication with Dr. D. LOZADO, one of the advisers to Vice ~esiden:tt-------..
WALlACE. After talking·with WZADO he, LOZADO, called back td..SWEL.ann
told him that the government was vitally interested in the eff&cts of f.P~m, I.
part~cularly those dealing with the wireless transmission of eiectrical
energy and the "death ray" and for SPANEL to lose no time in d]•ing alllhEb _
could to preserve them. J A ~ " 1943
_ N.Y. C.
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a young man by the name of BLOYCE FITZGEA.tUD, an electrical engineer, had

been quite close to TEI.SA during his lifetime and in fact was the protegy
of TEI.SA. SPANEL said that FITZGEARLD was in New York City and would be
in contact with him shortly, at which time he would have FITZGEARLD call the
writer,

At 10:30 p. m., 1/8/43 Mr. FITZGEA.:RLD telephoned the writer

and stated that he had a gr~at deal of information about TEISA and his
personal effects and would like to call at the . office and give the writer
the benefit of his knowledge, ·

At midnight, 1/8/43 FITZGEAP.LD came to the ·o ffice and in a .

personal interview with the writer gave the following infonnation:

Nikola Tesla, a native of Serbia, came to the United States late in the
nineteentli century. While here he became famous for his electrical
innovations, invention~ and ~dvanced ideas. in th~ engineering field. Tesla
was the designer of the generators in the Niagra Falls povrer plant, and
in fact has his name inscribed on the generators in recognition of the
fact, To substantuate this FITZGEARLD displayed a great number of old
newspaper clippings and an album of letters written congratulating Telsa
on his 7.5th anniversary; the letters were from world renmmed people,
principilly thos~ in the scientific field. Telsa, by reason of his
wizardy became a consultant to :Marconi, Charles Edison, and many others.
Telsa's induction electrical motor was sold by him to 'Vlestinghous~ for
$2~'oo,ooo.

FITZaruuuD stated that of late years he had become a ~onfident

of TELSA and knew that TEI.SA. had and was carrying on extensive experiments
for transmitting electrical porter by wireless and ·l'dth propelling elect:M:cal
rays possessing sufficient power to destroy implements of warfare, such as
airplanes and submarines. Within the past month TELSA told FITZGEARLD
that his experiments in this connection had been completed and perfected.
FITZGEARLD also lmows that TEISA. has conceived and designed a revolutionary
type of torpedo which is not presently in use by any of the nations;. it is
FITZGEARLDt' s belief that this design has not been made available to any
nation up to the present time. From statements made to FITZGEARLD by
· TEI.SA. he lmows that the complete plans, specifications and explanation of
the basic theories of these things are some place in the personal effects ..
of TEISA. FITZGEARLD stated that he knows that there is a working model
of TEI.SA.•s which cost more than $19,000 to build in a safety deposit box
of TEI.SA! s at the Governor Clinton Hotel; and from statements made by TELSA
FITZGEARLD believes it has to do Yl'ith the so called "death raytt or the
wireless transmission of electrical current.
In past conversations TEI.SA has told FITZGEA.RLD that he has
some 80 trunks in different places containing manuscripts and plans haVing
to do with experiments conducted by him:. FITZGEA:RLD knows that TEI.SA
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has for several' years stored some of his possessions in a 'mrehouse some
place in llel'l' York City.
Of recent years TELSA became more or less destitute, and for
the past three or four years the goyernment of Czechoslovald.a has been
paying .him a subsistance of $500 per mon~h, a part of which was used to
pay the rental for the warehouse accomodations.
TEISA residences in New York have been ~he Pennsylvannia Hotel,
Governor Clinton Hotel,. Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and the New Yorker where he
led a secluded existence. so far as FITZGEARLD knovrs TEISA ha~ ny?eal
intimates, nor does he knoW oti";J.attorney in who~ )l;,.-contided&f '
On January 7, 1942, SAVA KOSANOVICH,J6EORGE CIARK, w)lg is
in charge of the lluseum and laboratory for RCA, and KENNETH SWE~f
163 Milton street, Brooklyn, 11. Y, \'lent to TEISA 1 s rooms in the Nevi' Yorker /(
and with the assistance of a lock smith broke into a safe which TEISA had
in his rooms and in which he kept some of his valuable papers, including
important electrical formulae, designs, etc. These papers were taken from
the safe.
FITZGEARLD knows of but two relatives of TELSA, both nexphews.
One is SI-VA KOS/lN'OVICH and the other is a man by the na.rne of TRBJEVICH, who
is presently in a hospital in Chic~go, illinois. The name o£ the hospital
was unknmm to FITZGEARLD. KOSANOVICH's address is the Navarro Hotel,
New York City.

When asked if FITZGEARLD was primarily interested in getting

possession of TEISA' s papers, he stated that he was riot; what he wanted Wa.s
for them to be made .available tq t~e government CJf yhe United stat.es for
usc in the present war. Because, he stated, the so•called Death Ray would
be a deadly w~apon in the hands o£ any power, and th~ use of the wireless
transmission of electrical porl'er would make possibl~ the most efficient
airplanes conceivable. FITZGEARLD 1 s concern was· aroused, he stated, over
the presence of the two nephews in whom he has no confidence as to their
loyalty and patriotism to the Allied Nations, .and also because of the pension
TESIA received from Czechoslovakia he feels that that government may £eel that
it is entitled to any revolutionary ideas TEISA may have had and iJ?.dited <?n
paper.
FITZGEARLD stated that until three months ago he was working
with the government in a research capacity at Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, and that present~ he is working as a designing engineer with
the Ordinance Departyment of the u. s. Artrry, both in Washington, D. c. and
NeTI' York City. FITZGEARLD proridsed to relay to this office any further
information he is able to obtain; but insisted that something must be done
mediately, because he £eels that it may mean a great deal in the war
effort of the United states.
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l'rrZGEARLD indicated that it was his intention to contact

KOSANOVICH on January 9th, 1942, and suggest to hini that he: make
available to representatives of tile u. s. Government for inspection all
of the personal and private pap~rs and apparatus of TELSA.

FITZGEARLD expressed particular concern o~er the model now

in the safety deposit box at the·Governor Clevelarid Hotel, and insisted
that s_teps be· taken by .the Gpvernment that not· only it, but the ot~er
technical papers ·and designs of TESIA, be safeguarded so that. they cannot
be removed -from th~ co~try or made .available. to the use of. other natiops •
...
FITZGEARLD~was'adviseci that this·matter Would receive the
appropriate attention of the new York Field ·In:vision. ·

Respectful:J.y sub~i?ted
,,

F.red·B. cot.nels,
·spec1:al Agent.
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FZD&1AT! EURF>AU ~F.p-1\!ES'!'IGATION'
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1fichola Tesla
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Suojectr{Name and Allascs f f ~~ Name of Complain~~1t
1~·/~Yil~th Squad -West 30 St. ~
Room 3327, · l. . ... , W~ Addr~~c of CcmpJ~?.i··t!!t
Eot"'l New Yorker, Nyc f~'?J Pennsylvania 6-2888
Address of ,supject ~ ~\ . ~ Telephone Number of Complainan
Miscellaneous ;{ ~~12:20 _a.m. 1/8/43 (Phone)
Charact~r of Case -- r\ :;?~Date and Tiiad Complaint Received
_F\.CT.S Oli' ctarer.r\UIT: A D.O.A. (Defth-b'n Arrival) call at Room 332.7, Hotel
~gw ro~ez turneaout to be Nichola 1'esla, noted scientist. It was revealed
NYFD dete-ctives are going through books and writings ,_in the room-, and FBI
was invited to sen<J agents over to Toin the search if such action was des1r~d.
It seems Dr. Tesla. was a Czecho Slovakian. ,Nothir,g, it was stated, llas been
· iound to 1ndicate the Dr. was engaged In .l!!spionage or other subversive
activity.
A chec~ of indicies revealed no case file on subject.

(If additio:1al spflce needed use roverse side')

OCT!On Rl~COl~ · mDlm BY !,GEN'l'

No action

J.)ISpQSITTOV BY SAQ:
Opan Now Case:
Assign to Agenl(...._ _ _ _ _ __
Assign toP. D..__ _ _ _ _ __
Defer
Route to Agent
Na Action Nacessary:
File In
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•••••• Mr. l>c>)tlg::;::~
•••••• Mt-. Dr,nn~
,..~••• Mr..".qiu:rmn
·, • ...._•• Mr. Ando~
Unitril !tutes.~.epnrtm.ent uf 1JUBtir. ...... JtZr. Cht..otera
' -•••••• :1\tr. CW;nnan
PEF:GU · N_ew- York - New Yqrk ·--••_Mr. ElXIr!cb
•••••• r.r,r. l::Z.;'""!ns
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••_•••• Mr -, ...t
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MEMOOANDUM FOR FILE
RE:· NIKOLA TESLA · ··· ..\' .. : · ""be
•• . l·':.:r~ !-"~ 1nUn
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..:.Mr. 11Jsi...lc;;JJo£t
, . '~ • Mr. l~v"n
This afternoon Mr. ~ltll0R-, of the llEW YORK TIMES.~;~ v.:la::td
called to invite my attention to the death notice of NIKOLA--'JJESIJ\:,,<.o
celebrated inventor, which app,eared in the New York Times of-·--e'it.tl'fe:rt•
this morning or last night. This article gives 1n detail S:·p·fiD1_o•'"'1er~ 1
which TESLA wa~ working ·on at the tim~ of his death. ~ ~~:::::~=-·-········ ~~
Mr. ~nnor stated that TESLA has B:, )'leph:ew, who:Is:·:·;:::.::.::..!
his heir, who is alleged to be friendly to ~e - Ails Powers • '"
It was Mr •..:-&1-Gonnozi' s opi~ion that if such papers exist
they: ought, from the standpoint of _natio~l safety., be impounded by
tm United states Government to pre.v~nt the~r being used by others.
"' .._ "'Il '

.I advised J.ir. ~OJ.Gonnor that this matter would be

properly handled. 1
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UNKNO.'iN SUBJECTS; :WUIPUEllT, EXPERIUENTS AND RESEARCH OF N:nrof:A1WIA,
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DECEASED; FSPIONAGE - ll. UIKOLA. TESLA., ONE OF THE WORLD'S OUTSTANDING : · t-J
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SCIDITISTS lll THE ELECTRICAL FIELD, DIED JANUARY SEVEN~H, NDlETEEN FORTY-:-
1-i<"j
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THREE AT THE HOTEL lffiW YORKER, NE'l'f YORK CITY. DURING HIS LIF$TIME, -HE con-
DUCTED UANY EXPERD.!EHTS Df CONNECTION WITH THE WIRELESS TRANSMISSION OF

ELECTRICAL. PcmER AIID VlHAT IS COMMOlJLY CALLED THE IIDEATH RAY'' • ACCOIIDING{

TO. INFORlfATION FURNISHED BY A• N. SPANEL, ONE ONE THREE SIX FIFTH AVENUE,

lm'l YORK CITY, THE UOTES AND RECORDS OF TESIA•S EXPERIDENTS AND FORlruLAE
I
TOGETHER WITH DESIC-llS OF UACHTIIERY NECESSARY TO VITALIZE THEY ARE AMONG
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TESLA. 1S PERSONAL EFFECTS, ~ UO STEPS HAVE BEEll TAKEN TO PRESERVE THEM OR TO KEEP

T~l FROM FALLING INTO HAlmS OF PEOPLE UNFRIEliDLY TO THE WAR EFFORT OF THE

tnliTED NATIO~S. ACCORDDiG TO SPAllEL, A: DISTANT RELATIVE OF TESTA, NAl!ED

SAVA KOSANOVICH, VfliO fTAs INTENSELY DISLIKED BY TESLA., IS TAKING STEPS TO

GET POOSESSION OF THESE ll!PORTANT DOCUMENTS AND PLAUS. SPANEL BELIEVES -

THAT THERE IS A STROUG LIKE~OOD THAT KOSANOVICH WILL MAKE THIS MATERIAL

AVAIIABIE TOT~ ENEl!Y. SPANEL ADVISED G Ti'fO HEAI:QUARTERS. Dl VlASHDlGTON,

AS \'lELL AS l!R. BORKDI OF THE DEPARTMEUT OF JUSTICE IN WAS-HINGTON, CONCERNING

THE ABOVE. SPANEL WAS ALSO IN TELEPHOUIC C0111rulHCATION WITH DOCTOR D. LOZADO,
.
ONE OF THE ADVISORS TO VICE' PRESIDENT WA1LACE CONCERNlliG THIS MATTER, AND

U>ZADO TOLD SPAlJEL THAT THE GOVERJUJENT WAS VITALLY J;UTERESTED n~ THE EFFECTS

\t OF TESLA. AliD ~UESTEn _ SPANE~ TO 1.0SE NO _TIDE IN DOlliG ALL HE COULD TO -

~\ PRESERVE THEl!. BLOYCE FITZGEARLD, AU ELECTRICAL ENGINEER WHO HAD BEEN

!~ \ QUITE CLOSE TO TESL.A.. J)URING. HIS LIFETDJE; ADVISED THE NEW YORK OFFICE THAT
 ~ERAL INVESTIGATI~
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UNITED,STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
AEO:IDI ~i·-~~~tJ~!-~~!p( JANUARY 9, 19h3
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Transmit the following Teletype messag~. to: BUREAU

WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE YUSEUY AliD lABORATORY FOR RCA, AND KENNETH SWEZEY
Of . -
Jtr ONE SIX THREE MILTOU STREEr, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, WENT TO TESLA'S ROOl!S

IN .THE NEW YORKER, AliD 'l'iiTH THE ASSISTANCE OF A LOCKSYITH.. BROKE INTO A

SAFE· WHICH TFSIA HAD IN HIS ROOJJS lli WHICH HE KEPT SOliE OF HIS VALUABLE

PAPERS, nlCLUDlllG IMPORTANT ELECTRICAL FOBMUIAE, DESIGNS, ET CETERA. WITHIN

THE PAST llONTH, TESLA. TOLD FITZGEARLD THAT HIS EXPERD.fENTS IN CO~CTION

WITH THE WIRELESS TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICAL PallER HAD BEEN COJ.!PLEi'ED AND
l'ERFECTEDfoTZGEAllLD AlSO Ki!O'IlS TIIAT TES!A" liAS CONCEIVED AND DESIGNED A
REVOLUTIONARY TYPE OF TORPEDO WH~CH IS NOT PRESENTLY IN USE BY ANY OF THE

·NATIOUS. IT IS FITZGEARLD 1S ~LIEF THAT THIS DESIGU HAS llOT BEEN MADE

AVAilABlE TO ANY NATION UP TO THE PRESENT TiME. FROM STATEMENTS MADE -To

FITZGEARLD BY· TESLA., HE KNC1l1S THAT THE COMPLETE PLANS,. SPECIFICATIONS AriD

EXPLANATIOll OF THE -BASIC THEORIES OF THESE THillGS ABE SOliE PLA.C~ IN THE

PERSONAL EFFECTS OF TFSLA. HE AlSO KNOWS THAT T~ IS A WORKING MODEL

OF TFSLA'S iiHICH-COST MORE THAN TEN· THOUSAm) DOLLABS TO But~ IN A SAFETY

DEPOSIT BOX BELOUGDlG TO m?LA. AT THE GOVE:RNOR CLD~TON HOTEL; AND FITZGEARLD
BELIEVES THIS MODEL HAS TO DO WrrH THE So-CALLED 11 DEATH RAY'.' OR THE Vfi:RELESS

.
TRAllSUISSIO}! OF ELECTIUCAL CURRENT.

CONVERSATIONS THAT. HE FAS SO~

. -
TESLA HAS l'.LSO TOLD FITZGEARLD ;rN PAST

EIGHTY TRUNKS Di DIFFEBENT PlACES CONTAINING

T.RANSCIUPI'S AND PI.AllS HAVnlG TO DO WITH EXPERnmNTS CONDUCTED BY Hnl. BUREA.U

IS REQUESTED TO ADVISE Il.!l!EDIATELY YlHAT, IF NIY, ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN

ev
COUCERlliNG THIS !fATTER AND ~ THE NEW YORK FIELD DIVISION.

FOXWORTH.
·(Dictated 2:1~ p.m.; Completed 2:45p.m.)
Approved.: _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Sent_ _ _ M Per_ __
Special Agent in Charge
 •-c•••·:Mr. Po.,~=
,.,_••• l\1r. D~ton
••_., •. lllr. Tl•urst-~1!
~ .•••. -,r!r. Andor:<>n
IF.rilernl i!turentr, Dflnuestigntion ••-._••• \!r. C!l'-'Xi-'lrs
.••••• _1\Ir. C~:Pman
Uuitril ~tttfrll ilepnrtment of Ilustire ...... lltr. £~·l~h
••. , •. Mr. IH_..,!ns
.... z.:r. K!tkland
••• , •. 1\!r. J{!c:np
-~..- ..... "\!y,. Lcv==.t
7 .. -~ 1tir. It. ~ynt·~
__ ~·, ':['.Lynch
••. Mt>. ~:,!!ley
TJD:CG •••.•. !'!-. )JcC"bo
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••••• ;Mr. Ostbo:thoft
.....~Mr. llyan
.~_. .. Mr. Wiand
...... l\iiss Tate
_. .... Cl!icf Clerk
--·-·Property Clerk
MEMORANDUM FOR THE FILE: ~· _" __ rues

. ,f'PJAIVD 'I_JC}/:
RE: --- ·ffasANOVICH .

Mr. LITTLE; of the Bureau, called me today and·

inquired if we had done anything as yet in connection with
obtaining the papers and effects of NIKOLA ~' a recently
qeceased inventor. 1"If.!t. A·

I advised Mr. LITTLE that we had not- taken any

actio~ in the matter and Mr. LITTLE suggested that it might
be well to take the matt.er up wi~h the District Attorney
inasmuch as he felt that K'ASANOVIQH could be charged wit_h
burglary and should be· taken into custody. Mr. LITTLE
advised .that it was important that w.e s-ecure the ~aterial
supposedly taken by (QSANOVIC~ beca~se i:C it is as secret
as it is reported to be, it is vi tal ~hat .none of it ge.ts
into the newspapers where the enenr.V will have easy access
to lt.
In answer to his inqui~y, I advised Mr. LITTLE
it was. my opinion that the Su~~ogate would administer the
estate of NIKO~ T}fStA.· Mr. LITTLE suggested folloydng
the same procedure in this matter as ·was taken in the
LUD'l/IG case. He also reconnnended ·that a stop be placed on
the lock box and any other box which the decedent possessed,
as well as on any material in his premises.
I advised Mr. LITTLE. that ~uld speak to the.
District Attorney ~nformally on the ma_t ~and-perhaps-1.-t:'l
could be handled in this way. Mr. LITT l.l?_ -nAnues.ted-tha.t-he
be advised of any developments in this I atterF. 8. I.
,_...,_CIQ_RY,..,_
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UNITED STATES-DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. -· ,••-~~s ··-~-- . ........ . .. -
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JANUARY~-
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UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; EQUIPMENT, E;XPERIMENTS AND RESEARCH OF NIKOLA T~~,- -- ~
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DECEASED; ESPIOUk E: JJ. n::siX REFERENCE IS MADE TO THE TELETYPE r-~~R- -_ j

ABOVE HEADING TO THE BUREAU FRO'..! THIS OFFICE DATED JANUARY NINE IAST-.- ,,
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INQUIRY DEVEWPS THAT mm TESIA DIED JANUARY EIGHT, RATHER THAN: . _ i

THIIRSDAY, JANIIARY SEVEH, AS STATED IN liEFERE!ICE TELF:rYP?.( ON THE '

NIGHT OF JANUARY EIGHT, SAVA KOSANOVICH, GEORGE CLARK, AND J9!lWETH~ ~

t1 :-""'> SWEEZEY VISITED TESLA'S HOTEL '\'liTH AREPRESENTATIVE OF SHAW*WALKER i_bo .-· ~-]
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1-3 L.. J r-'
t:i IN ORDER TO OPEN. THE SAFE IN THE ROOM OF TESLA. KOSMWVICH LATER 1- _

t:} I \

-;'t:~ REPORTED TO i{J WALTER GORSUCH, OFFICE OF ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN,

~ Lc:.--~ : NEW YORK CITY, THAT HE WENT INTO THE ROOM, IN ORDER TO SEARCH FOR A VIILL

E~ OF=· KOSANOViCH rD THE OTHEllS I!ADE TllS SEARCH OF Till! SAFE IN THE

t::l ~ ~RESENCE OF THREE ASSISTANT MANAGERS OF HOTEL NEW YORKER AS WELL AS -

K·t\f nEPRESENTATIVES OF THE{YUGOSLAVIAN CONSULATE, IDENTITIES OF LA.T']:'ER NOT

[ ~ YET KNOViU. AFTER THE SAFE YfAS OPENED, SWEEZEY

~ . TOOK FROM THE SAFE A
BOOK CONTAINING TESTIMONIAlS SEUT TO TF.SIA ON THE OCCASION. OF HIS SEVENTY-"'-

FIFTH BIRTHDAY. THIS BOO~ WAS ARRANGED FOR TESLA. BY SWEEZEY. KOSANOVICH
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TOOK FRO:! THE OO(Y.l THREE PICTURES -
OF TF.SLA., TWQ BEING ENLARGED NEWSPAPER

PICTURES. .ACCORDING TO HM{AGERS OF HOTEL AND KOSANOVICH HIMSELF, NOTHING

EISE WAS RFJ!OVED FroM THE ROOM OR SAFE. THE SAFE WAS TI1EN- CLOSED UNDER A

NEW COYBINAT~ON, WHICH COMBIN~TION IS NOW IN POSSESSION OF KOSANOVICH.

• I

ON SATURDAY· AFTERNOON, JANUARY NnlE, GORSUCH AND FITZGERALD Of AlEEN

PROPERTY COiiTROL WENT TO HOTEL AND . SEIZED ALL THE PROPERTY OF TESLA,

ADS OF MATERIAL, SEALED ALL ~RTI_~' .t.-4: ~":· '__-

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OnBRAL BUBEAU OF INVESTIGATION 0

VNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

_HEW-YOBK~-NEW~YORK JAl'lUARY ix 1.2, 19b3

Transmit
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the following Teletype message to: BUREAU · .
AND TRANSFERRED THEU TO THE lJANHATTAll .STORAGE AND WAREHOUSE CO. NEW YORK

YIHERE THEY ARE llOfllOCATED. AT THAT Tn!E THERE WERE AISO IN THIS WAREHOUSE

APPROXIMATELY THIRTY BARRELS AND BUNDLES BELqNGING TO TESLA ViHICH HAD BEEN

-THERE SINCE ABOUT NINETEEN THIRTY !<'OUR. THESE HAVE ~0 BEEN SEALED ~'D

mr·NOW UNDER ORDERS OF ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN. IN VIEW OF !<'ACT TESLA

IS I UNITED STATES NATURALIZED CITIZEN, ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN FEElS

THAT ITS JURISDICTION OVF.R PROPERTY IS DOQBTFUL BUT FEElS THAT NO OTHER

AGENCY WILL BE ABLE TO GET TO THIS PRQPERTY FOR AT LEAST TViO DAYS I AFI'ER '

THAT TillE IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A PUBLIC AD~INISTRATOR VIIL BE APPOINTED FOR

THE PROPERlY WHO liAY TAKE .THE .PROPERTY INT1 HIS- CUSTODY. TESLA ALSO llAiJ
SCY1E .PROPERI'Y, ALLEGED BY INFORMANT FITZGERALD iN THIS CASE, TO BE A \'{ORKING
MODEL OF AN INVENTION IN A SAFE DEPOSIT BOX IN GOVERNOR CLINTON HOTEL IN

NEW YORX. INQUIRY _SHOWS THAT THIS '\YAS PLACED HE~ BY TESLA IN NINETEEN

THIRTY Tl'iO AS SECURITY FOR FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS CNIED J!OTEL. THI~ BILL· IS

STILL O'NED AND HOTEL -APPEARS UN\7ILLING TO RELEASE THip PROPERTY TO . ANYONE

AT LEAST UllTIL DEBT IS PAID, BUT THIS OFFICE ·WILL BE ADVISED IF ANYONE

ATTEMPTS TO PAY BILL AND OBTAIN PROPERTY. CONCERNING TESLA, HOTEL MANAGERS

REPoRT HE ViAS VERY ·ECBENTRIC IF NOT MENTALLY DERANGED DURING PAST TEN YEARS
-
AND IT IS DOUBTFUL I'F HE .HAS CREATED ANYTHING OF VALUE DURING THAT TD.fE,

ALTHO PRIOR TO THAT HE PROBABLY WAS A VERY BRILLIANT TilVENTOR. THEREFORE,

/I.NY NOTES -OF VALUE 'l'iEF.E P~OBABLY TUOSE MADE PRIOR TO THAT TIME. KOSANOVICH
.'
IS A !lEPHEi'f OF TESLA WHO DESCRIBES HD.!SELF AS FORUERLY QUOTE YUGOSLAV

MINISTER OF STATE UllQUOTE AND NOW QUOTE PP.ESIDENT OF EASTEilll AND CENTRAL

Approved=------:---=:--- Sent_ _ _ M Per_ __

Special Agent in Charge
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~BRAL BUREAU OF INVES~IGATION· ~

·UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
JANUAFY 1~,1943

Transmi_t the (ollowing Teletype. message -to: BuREA~

PLAlffiiNG BOARD REPRESEN.TING yUGoSLAVIA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, POLAND AND G~CE.UNQ\JOTE.

SYiEEZEY 15 A WRITER FOR POPUlAR MECHANICS AND OTHER PuBLICAT!pNS WHO IS

-~---~~·:.__... - ~- - -- --- - -- - - --~-- - --- ---~-

DESIROUS_OF .PUB~S~G _~ B!QGP..AP.HLOUf!SLA..ANILTHE~tQ_RE WOULD_-!!!~_T_o...___

OBTAIN CONTROL OF HIS NOTES FoR THIS WORK. ClARK IS ~lPLOYED BY RCA AND

YlOULD ALSO PROVIDE STORAGE ROOM FOR TESLA' S ~FFECTS IN ORDER TO ~SE THEM

IN WRITntG .A BIOGRAPHY. TESLA .AT· ONE -Tn.IE REPORTED TO BE WOR~ING ON

EXPERDJENTS FOR YUGOSLAVIAN GOVERNMENT IN- EXILE. IT IS DESIRED THAT BUREAU

ADVISE !Ml!EDIA~ELY WHETHER IT :IS ·TI_iTERESTED FURrHEI\ IN THIS PROPERTY FOR

PiJRPoSES OF TAKDlG .CONTROL OF IT. SUGGEST THAT, IN VIE:if 9F FACT THAT '!'HE
NOTES AND OTHER -!!ATERIAL VIOUIJ? BE HIGHLY 'I'ECHNIGAL IN CHARACTER AND FOR THAT.

BEAsON COULD NOT· BE REVIEriED EXCEPT BX A TRAINED PERSON THE .OFFICE OF

SC~TIFIC RF.AEARCH DEvELOPMENT MIGHT ·BE INTERESTED.

FOxWORT~

Approved: J] 3
Special Agent i~Charge
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TJD:CG New York, lTew York
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE FILE:

RE: NIKOLA TESLA

Mr. LITTLE, of the· Bureau, called me on Januacy--···-r. ..,,.crtyCJerk

13, 1943 and advised; that the above matter vtas now beihg·--I<~os
handled as an alien enemy custodian matter and therefore····"··············'"·
we should take no further ac.tion on 1 t.
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r' advised ~. LITTLE that this office had s·ent

out a teletype to· the Bureau ~n .this c~se on January· 13,
in which the Bureau advised t\hat ·this office_ was con-
templating no further action •.
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IF..eiternl f!tur.enu nf :nnu.estigntinn ~••••• 11!:-. Attdexyon
•...._.Mr. Cbn:rtcrs

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._•••_•• Mr. C:l!pocn
Unit.eil §tnt.es:ill.epnrtm.ent nf-Yustir.e •••_•• ,]!:r. I:lnrich
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UNKUOWN SUBJECTS; S~VA. K S~OVIClj; ...yMr. 06tho:thott
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I Mil EXPERIMENTS AND RESEARCH OF NJ;KOIA ~E ~j}?.~~~~ed)
. . .Jf Dear Slr:- rrvv •
ESPIONAGE (M) ...._.. K:ss Tate
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·Reference is made to a teletype dated January 9, 1943, fr m..the:>portyClerk-.
ll\ \ Nei7 Y<>rk Field Office ~md to a phone conversation between Mr. J. :i3. I;it-£1e"
·) \ : ~~ ;~ Bureau and As~istant Special P.ge.nt in Charge Donegan on Januax::.~==~~~:::::::::
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It was 'pointed out to• !Jr. Donegan th.at Sava Kosanovich, George
Clark and Kennetl) Slvezey ~y have committed a burglary violation by entering
Teslals rooms after his death and particularly by using a locksmith to get
into a safe containing some of Tesla Is valuable papers. Mr. Donegan Tras
advised this matter should be discr~etly discussed ·with tthe State 1 s Attorney,
New York City, iiith a view to locating Kosan9vich and apprehending him on a
burglary charge, in order to ascertain the nature of the material taken from
the ·safe of- Nikola Tesla. It was also suggested that the New York Office
contact the Surrogate Court,. in order that Tesla 1 s effects, as well as tho
contents of his safety deposit boxes, might not be entered· without the presence
of an Agent, in order that the secr~cy of aey plans or i-tems essen-t;ial to
the comuct of the war or national security might. be preserved. It Tras stated
that Kosanovich might· possibly make certain material available to the enemy.

A review of the Bureau files reveals considerable information concern-

if ··~.h ing Nikola Tesla and his inventions and it should be noted that one Nj_cola
\,''( Tesla, who might have been identical vd.th Nikola T~sla, rmde a speech at the
\\ Grange Hall, Springfield, Massachusetts, on .June 4, 1922, under the auspices
of the Frimds of Soviet Russia. •
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It further appears that ·sava Kosanovich may be identical 7Tith an
individual of the same na.me, who is a· member of the Yugoslavian Government
in exile. An examination of the files reveals that one Sava Kosanovich,
described as the Minister of Supply, a.rri ved With other Yugoslavian Government
officials at norfolk,. Virginia, on Septembe;r: 4, 1941, on the SS City of
'Exeter, a British ship, from Cape Tovn1 en route to the United Kingdom via
Washington and Canada.
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In another instance the name of Sava N. Kosa~9vich. aP~l:§_on th;' J
s . onery of the Central and Eastern European Planning Board IW~f9!tq~lovaki~,
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Chairman of the Board and }.!inj,ster of State for Yugoslavia. It is stated
that this Board is . interested in "planning for, postwar Europe".

In still another file it is disclosed that Sava Kosanovich, a

Serbian, was a member of one of the Yugoslavian minority parties and when an
anergency government to overthrow an al;:Liance with the Axis was formed,
h9 was included as an official. He is alleged to be a Communist and is said
to receive $1,250 a month ¥l1ary from the exiled Yugo-siav:~.an Government. He
and other exiled governoent officials are stated to use these large salaries
to finance every Serbian paper in tpe United States except "Srbob;ran" published
at ;pittsburgh,
No recorq of Kenneth Swezey could be located in the Bureau files
from the information available.

Th~ foregoing information ~s being furnished for possible future

.reference in connection with this case and it is desired that the Bureau be
kept promptly .and currently informed of all developments in this cas~.

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 ..._~..... '"'.7 o ""tt.'"· ouu ,cu.uea a
"""•~1 ,Physician. .
"l.!;tiie hotel management started
a si.'e.reh for friends or relatives.
It was believed a nephew is llv- , ,7
1ng in the city but hls where- '
. ILbouts are not known.
Nikola Tesla was born In Smtl-
Jan, Yugoslavia, 1n July, 1859. His .
1"ather, a Greek Orthodox Church j 0

m'lster, was a noted writer, ora- ,

to ;, linguist and mathematic!. '
l-I s mother, Georgina Man<11c, as !
a ;, inventor. •
Came Ilerc Jn 1894,
Tcislo. .studied at Gratz .Po -
technic Institute and the Untver-
I!C1ty of Prague after preparatory
work,. at_tho ,.B,eaJschules_oL.L1ka.. '
~and.;, car:!Stn~ ·~ol< camc~:t8"~11e
-.-,~~"'-.United ...States tn·. ''.1894,\.and' : be.,.
came ~ a · :caturallzcd c1tlzcn.
In -1886- he· designed tho arc-
liSiht!Jtg system. • Two years later,
he Invented the Tesla motor and l~! YORK WORLD TELEGRAM
designed ~ plan for the transmis- JANUARY 8TH, 1943
sion of alternating . current. . The
:following year he presented plans
1"or electrical conversion and dls-
trlbutton by oscWatory discharges.
His hig~1 frequency studies and
development of the .transforming .... ~, \t'\
coil bearing his name occurred ,,~-T-~~-~-­
:from 1890 to 1891. From . then
J up to 1900 his · discoveries and ln-
. ventfons Included such fields· and
appliances as wireless . communi-
cation, electrical oscUlation, ).'adl-
ant power and radioactive matter.
Communications and wireless
power transmission occupied most ! -,
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of
worked
Thomas
his research
at the after
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laboratories
specializing in motor design.N. J.,
Edison at Orange,
Fed Crumbs to Pigeons. - ;,::
of .. . ·l

., During recent. ·Years ·Mr. ·TcsJIL'

. , , . ·liad; been)seen;{butr seldoni,recog~
;" ·. nlzcd."on';the :steps·ot<St!.Patrlck's
' ~· · • .cathedral;·.,sn: : rront .;o! •. tho·~·.Public
~ra~. IUl~~~n~<;Jreel~Y~:.~ya;
1 • blY·~cam-fng .ii:,ibag,:or·crumb3
:' .: ... ~whiCli'.he)ted,M:the~~llfgebns..:·r· · : ·1
~ ·. . ;'l'v,O':"~~sla~~ ~onJY.,.m111taey.iJil\'CI?,'!:'
::,;, ·' , tfon~~was ·a ,. method :.: to:'.which~:he
t. '\ : ~cc j11ltided ~but,~neveJC ; ~ullt~de;;
'"' ·scribed.-_ ;ltl was ~ a~means~whereb;v.
• ·' · •an ' fmpenetrable'··:.~·walJ•: or::rorc'e" '
~ ' . 'couid~be~reectcd~abou~·a' natlor\.';
: borders which. would.,render. help_~
less ·anY ·mflltary attack. He ·dis::;·/
closM existence of the plan :tri
1934, and said he Intended ~:to'
present Jt to tile Geneva Con.:
!erence. He seldom referred to Jt'
afterward. . . _· .
rn 1936, when ·he was so. he ..;
said hfs. original plan to ·llve .tO
be 135 had been ' changed with
the repeal of prohibition, . and he
would live to be 150 Instead.
He was decorated by the Ytigo- ,,
8lav and Czech governments. He'
~ugoslavia. here last JUly.
wept when ·he met King Peter · of
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On September 22,. 1940,. Mr. ·ROBHl VAN RCSEN, 33
West 8th Stre~t, Uevr York City, tefephon~ · Grcim;nercy 5-q277,
telephoffid the ~1elr .York Office ·and ~n.formed the writer that he
.vr.i~hed to .call his att~nt~on tq .an ~icle ylhich i7as printed· in
the ·Sun1ay "Jlew York ~ines 11 of September 22, 1940 on Pag~ D 7,
under the sect~on: 11 $cience and Patents - .Education_uews ,p. tee/
article being 11 S~ience in the Ne•·r~ 11 by WILL~AM A. lAURENCE. ·

JJr. VAN ROSEN stated tl;lat }1e particularly •:dsh~d ·

to call the · attention of' the Nevr York ()ffice -of the Federal
Bureau or rnvest:igation .to that phas~ :of the article relating t .o
~e.c;th ray for plan~s ~ich ref~I,'S· to an ini;~ryiew o.f the in-
ventor lliKOIA TESIA !l .
He .further adv~ed that he belleved that some
govel'1ll!J3n!i .agents ~hould , inteMew· NIKOLA TESLA ·relative :to
his : dea~h · ray inyention as· no doub~ SOlie agents .of fQreign .
government would· contact Mr.. T~.

The cl~ppirig refe_ried ·t9 by Mr. VAN ROSEN is

1 attached hereto. · . · · ·.

ThE! ipdices of the new York O.f..fic~ ·.w ere searched

with I!~gat~ve results.

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UE!!OlliHIOOH FOR THE FILE

Reference is nade to Bureau c6r.nnunication qated ~Tanu~l"J 29, 1943 to cl.l

Special }.gents in Charge, llo. 33, Series 1943, which instructs ·that every CP..se
under the Espionage char:?.cter be reviewed for the purpose of determiP.ing· ·whether
the case should be continued to be ct>.rried undor the Espionage character, and if
there is not sufficient justification ~or this, case should be carried under
another character.
In the reviewing of these cases, the Bureau desires that the following
ideas be kept in nind :-
(1) Uhat are the allegations that the individual subject is an E!pion<l.ge ..\gent?
(2) l'/hat investie.ativc steps hc.ve been taken to prove or disprove these allegati•
{)) flhtlt evidence has been obtained to substantiate the alleg?.tions? .,
(4') Do the facts l'larr<mt that the case be continued under the'Espionage cnaracte~
and if so, i'ih~t invcstigat~ve steps are conternp~a~~d· t .o p:n>'pcr+y dcve+op
the case? ·
In the revieriing of these cases, consideration should be given to the
closing of t~ose ce.ses which appear to justify such r.ction •
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The insttlnt ctl5e has· been reviewed by the nri ter ·.and I .wish· to· sthte
thnt it is in· proper condition, such ~.s to the removcl of stop notices, proper
serinliz~tion, etc., etc, ·
It is the conclusion of the writer that: · ,
(1) The character ·of. this- ce.se ·should: }3~ . chang~d ; (or .ra!Jld!l· J~spibn~ge)
. from ~9 . . .· · . . .· . · . .because :
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In the next report, the chcr~cter in this case should be so changed.

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Do the facts reqn5.re an immed~ate~assignmefit-61'~this c~se :_ _ __,__

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~~ ;;l:i %v5.sion~: : .. zy ~o, list FieldDivisions: ·

Tf a closing -:ep~.t has been dictated as of this revi~w, by what

Agen' v>.r. .it . diolote<i '.CZ-~ C11 Ut/1(1(, :·, . Il>te of d~ctation: >$19,.&
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~ntter date.~ J~ ·21, W43•.
J,n. w~~e:l:litJ~ .,ta~oa th;t ~t .is aeoirod ·t~a~
··tli!) Duro:;.~ ·b~ l:~t pr¢:1l)tly- ~d ¢urr~ntl.T i¢'on:i'od ot bll deve~ozx:e~~li ·~n 'thl.~
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to }:r. ~•.J. :r~tfc.:;C!l, A~sistcnt Cpocio.l J,ccnt in. ~herga cf th& tC":.t Yor!c ~
:cttlco; dote4 J~l714 1 194:3,: in: );~ich t:r. Littlo st&tcd th.~t.. thee ebore-
cc.:_ltio:led J::c.t~cr W'c.s tow beine-~lod ns ·l::n J.li~n tner-7 Cut~odiol );o~e:1t~o~ ~
J:c.tter ~ ·thorctora ..n:> .fu;r:thQr ~~tiqn ~~~uld: 1Jo tcl:c!l in the ~ttor 1:1 t:.o
l:'~"' ¥or); Fiole£ .tivis1.on:t tl-.i:q· ,crusp ~s "boi.DS conddcrod cloaed in tH~ (ftic~, 1
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a dollllt. tlnt ·i\\tt ~ Jnte)"nal ~ty -~n~. U!\U1. arioilg· t~o AlHoa. ~6
.tu~ala.TS ,ba , t ~o Jll"OIIIote ~ unity a•cn~ the Serbi, ·.Croats L'ld Jl~ven"••
vh9 constU\1te Jut1•la.Ti•• ~n4 t~ u.r,::• th~t' 4lnr ttltctrnal and ;;ersQnal
Urte~o~ees bt ~let in ·tavor or a· C6~co~trat•~- otronc- end v.nt.tecl aa~ton
S!&lnat. the AUf. . _
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parsons- ot J.U£osl•v-·e~tr11cdon, thli ~1 ty lG.• their £1rat. ~u£7 tova-rds ·~mt.t'lca,
tor t};$ var et!ort tile\ !Of re_pulaltJ~ Gn&my ptop~<la vhich 1a 1\'·orkinc: toi:'
«litinf.tr. ths aoat ot«lnart ~ia,z~a or .Ax14 -:p"rf>lfa~cd!\ ·ta th, liraaldn¢· ot
unU1 &14 oxplotU~& ·nttio:l•l, . ;eligloa• ani ts.Cial 41:fteronc\tt• 'rh.t great
~~odty ~f .Atsf1c~l ot _J~oslaY' extraottQn ·a re ~od and co.nsc~o~tlou•
ArA9l'iC1Ul clU "n'•
O.ao. J.~i ~rou,p ~t_ Se~bp~ cal.ltnt: !t~eit tho .Sar'bia.a lfati.9~
~etene~Ja.
ot Ch1ca&o1 and tho SR:E~~lf pa_per, ot'litbl:ur&h. bepll a
cupaf~ at;a1nst \'lnlty, .a ~-._p~itn - !)~~it!' towar4a Jq(,slavl~.- towarcte. 'the
Oroah .l!l:l.Slore:iu, ot~·- At tJ:i!tr ~onvantton. .rec~n~l:,, ~his gr.o~' pa,laod
~ nJoluUon 1n -which t~t -pr9clab;ed thc••~lvea- • o.ven ~hough the1' are
Amed~•• re_pro(lon\$Uro•. oi ~orbdo~ .a.nct, broko -all relation a vi th: the
J~daY· Oo\'ert:te~t 1#, t%118~ a~'eal.hd, to lint retf)r to proclai" hia.~el.t
'k{nt olS"o)"l:la, a~d accop\lbg ~~tl"~ enst M~'~ol1fl1 tlji'mii1olo.Q, tho7 call•d.
JticoalaTlA lt4 '*tb p~ a. jhtake.-ot th• Yeraaille~ 1oaqa 'l!rao.b1 • .

lt t.-·not :ilocositt'J'lto. l"ennark -hov CQntra17 th,t,a ts to the

lnt~rost ot unity at1onc Am.,ricans. to tts vioboc ot tbc ·strba• · Cro~t-" ~<t
Sloro!l~a who are. $0 ·bravel¥ ficbtinc 8fa1nst tho Axis, ana contrary to
the ofllclal ~ta~~ ot the .u'zU.to4 Stateo, Great Dti~ain~ l'..uuia and- All
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~Ut, 1.~~h MUchol~ -io hon~rart c~a~tun ot' tl;lis ol;"~il.a.tion
an~ tha .,_a~ a:Uve :tJOke~~ of J.ts-!4eas. It is 1JfT d~ty "' ~ Serb•
Jugoalav, .as A aa:l't tt· ot thb J)lgol~av Covernaent which oterthrew -t he
a a,
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oplnton,ofsn~;wlf. which U th,;,:~o~t~ioee· t9r the -Ser})lari _!tl.\tlonal. Defense
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the :Jtatt ~pal'b1ent anit th« -r;Jt~ce 9t lfat"_lntd.n~~t1on ·havt sll. ~•tn wa~chin~
~hh vHh conetrn. ' .-

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!nct\iil!Ji th' Q1't1_ca,. ot W~tr IntormaUoil. th• lJepal:.!tmen,t ot· .
.rustt~. anl the Doparfaca~ ot ·s_tat$, .hav,. vatc-he,d With. co~eem
~~· polhles .ot teo •A.arlcan $r~bl"ah'• lt~· v1ole~~·
attac!c~t UpO~ all 'eoples or
.C!~oatien. ,oxtracUOl\ atd tho.lr
olerst.; 1h .atr9ng·_lmti•Oatb.ol1c atticles, tt,nc11~s r~ql.ed,.
,tto~b .to 4eten~ t~ ~~·ll~g:~edic~ who. ~u~p.ot:td- -~ht ~Jlli
l"ot;bca J.n Ser:bl&; ot*~Jl Ju.v~ th~ ~ffcct. o( aiding the )faz1_
ca...-;tatDt• ot intolorsn.c; and rr.ee. ha.to. ltnct .are- ~~tint
to the AJ:l9rlean ~-~ ff.fort~

-•~ric;4h, ~at.tr b ~lll.Peratbe tor,. the ~~cceaatpl p~osecutiQA .

~t Us lttlr• !th~. Ja:h hhv~ loa•t_o! .th~-t thor voUld sot
A~Mric~~ -~it.st .Attorle~.na ~4 th<lt aro tS.triving :to Jlo liHS.
~ey .h~ve i9~t' for l.OttJ'It· to $et ·pe.ople of Sarbil¢.,. :flroa.t~~~
an:i( S~o'fo~ffn. •xtrp,c~ltJn ~111s.t. ea?h .pihot. It ia th• ~ld
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l!'ilc t;». unito all J!'Ople ot ;;?erbian·. ~~oa'~ian and SloTent'an
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~-r~ean ,.'resa 1t!llcbtere ~tnot t}le ,;91191 Jttit 4esq.r1b0ci 't/' ~l~r :Da.,.~•
ell • Vnltecl nates j6ol1cy._ an~ lthich \iere t~liO AC\~Bt the })olicr .ot. tha JugottlaT
Oovern~nt 'for linhf, t W'roto a lotter .-to tho .Hol"ald !rtl:Wua ott 4;prl.l 6th 1.n ·
,reply to a )art1e:tltil'17 aamac1nc ,art1cfe ,.~})tch sllo lu.i 'Prerio'USlJVr~Hen to
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thlt ·Ie~tor:JI,.rkQv~cll co\i@t, 'W Oeota,o tarrorltt ta"Uos, tb }'re,en.t .1:1a
lr9:;; vrlt1n-, .Or .t,eald~ to ott~6\ th~ - ~ma'lint ~tte ·eta ot .tlw Ssr.'btan lfAtlq~ai
.»eten~- Coaltteo•• ~olicios- And -acU:dtle•, -- · ·
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~r ~t6o.naol~ttl11' 1'1lowitl$ the. Jlaa.1 ltne l!ll~. -.tt•~Ung to l)~oi!:o~. any Q~e
._cUon or any one uou.y (\t ·th(l QXJ;en•e qt the- war -effort -'A.It tt. v~o\•• •
_ Mr'. ~C3~_0YJ04 Aaao fuTi\ilhed .a phO~Qibi.t_iQ cop,- of t!io letter
.aM · tllVtlo~ - 1n '\l!iicb tt 1ttll X'ttCtl"''~'- to~f)thor. -wJ;th. a .t~a.nsla..t~otl ot th•
leUor~ fhect Art. te'ln¢.'i'•~~irie4_ in _t~h~ ~~v Yor~.t~le ·qt ihh ~ eaao~ lta
4ldY1.~~ct that lt vu te~uarx ~o. ·:ot61i1 tb.~ orlt;1p~lldtor ~ca~e. h.o b~
h!4 th• iu'bSaot •rres~Qd 17 thct 11&~ Yo;-)e O~tr P.oliot ~rt::lent ~d th~t :he·
v0i;il4 h•v~J t~ p~c!u98 ·th; ()rlJillallGtttr in. the Cl ty. t -ottrt.. ~· JUl~lopo ~oill'a
t~ prlntt~ :et\ll'~ · ~Z'aU Of the. $erb1~ -'·t~~:i~l ljaten~o ·e~mal-tt~tG o_t ~ri
fork, 4q0 :W,.st .2Zrd atrs•t• )!e~ York <'1t.1• ~d '!t&~ .~o·~lli!U'k'd 4t -"tOO ~.}lt.
~p~il (date· R~lth~tect}l~43 at ~ow.- Yor~ C.ltr~ lt b ~ueu,.d ib butwr1tf.n&
to J{r. S.\v• ~m~nc:t ot ~lz 11tth ·Avont!e. lle)l. York Clt1• ftA le~~r ill' ·
date4. nt Jew ·Tor~ CUJ, ·A!'l"1l '7._ '1SW~. i\nd ·-h. )l~d.Str.tttoi; 3:14 c~tt4 ~t--~itlt~
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Xni&htl1 C~tt:l~k Rath liUehe.ll. o.r- i-t •o~¢1o l:~ngtr t~ ·p a·oPJe wr~ttcn or - .
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·t~e 0dt#.anlc Or~~h:Jl~t !n~t) ')'our ~elf·- -~ou. -l"~Uen cllr~ :w~~ .c~alra~ to ,have
been .• ferb end ,a Ktnht',r: .. it• J'iO'(· .eJe ~hat lc!~<t ot t~~1t~1'.1 rlll'l'~ -~\lt:Oilat1&
Mi v.h.tn t~et ·~,~ 1frO'Iii!lt.. ~~~~ .:I ~her-d 1n lfeSr Y'9r.}I; .Md ~o · tdlt mao~
eadl)' 1t 7QU: ~e~k •ta~zi .o n 1:aAA1t ot our· _pepple. , 1fh9' _taYt!- '¥DU' th$ .richt
to •;.oolctot tru. piO,Plt1· Tou. •re. a ~~r.tr bltc_h A;so~b11Jl~ crumbs tqr tb,<t
't:ene,t1t Qf ~be .Gtraa:11c Croats. t~u are etenh ot JlUl~!" aftd kusooUn~ wllo
dhclO,$• •oQ:-e~ Jn!o~tlQn, tro• that Jrouse. ot J)rostltut~,, "but valt t~ - Y~rll•.l.
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w 9ia'J att~ckin~ ~he ,lfatlo~l Pe.f'enee ~a l:ltsa JUtqhel~. ~q . you, yol1
ph•ect 0:1 t~J.t\ expect \o undermine Jut;ollp-!a .ai before! l'9u are- tha
coniJi)iratora who killed. t~ Kine•. l:Ut you, . ac\Ui; will 'PDY f~r· t.t. I: am
·.watchlnt' ro.ttr it epa ~d what fOU d~ and v1.th whom you.. · ~:-oopera.tel '}'ou Oerman,
10\1 tr~~o~ · wor~~ th$n a COtlatd. .fou~. )'OUr. C~~aDJ iuld. ~QU~ sahllttei -
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!V-'1\IOYica·.vha .h~ .written. the. \eH~r. . as ·ctur.lq_g ,b.1~ . a~;raitn~n t J.tsr ~h~. ·aew
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lork: 01 l!~htratoa Court on, July 1-a, 1~-4~. AAUOVIC!'t h~ti ildtod. ~e tho~.
'he · V~re prQ"ii! ot havln£ Ytltten ~h,e .'~J!tior. •· · . . _ .
. Detective ·JAmS i, t:i~!f.; e.utgn~ci t~ the- .$pe9~al; S~d lto~ '1
ot the lev lork O!trFoUca Departaont •. tid.Vhod. th~t he h3d a.rr.:tstoa. PliiLIP
P.UE~V!cti~ who .ra~Ue~,- ~t .10~ 1-:~i~ ~Ol1t Str~10~. lfov X9rk c~_hy,. -Qil. J~ir i2,
1943-,_~ar!J.nt h111lVi\h. 'T191at~ ~o~t!o~ .~o •. ·.151 of tlle 'llQ"' lork Pe!1al ~.•
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Xro11a paro1le4A,.J,.~Yla( in ~~to.d)"-ot - ~18· lnyt:.~,~\!l JO~tPi!y·~ and ad.tour~e~
the ar.;·$1~~t ~til1!'~w, ~1111 16. 194~4t · _ . · .
, . !h'liJe t~cts \fero pre~,ht~sl ·to· .f\n~s~ent tTni-tod Stat~ a Atiornoi·
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K!U'pht ot ·tne Sou..thern ~i.~rict -ot·lJ!)tt· Yo~kt. vh.o ~~vitJ_ed,. tha~ h'
vould .d•c.Une.yrose_C'J..\lon_, p_on~s · t~e ro.flul~s .ol the. no~to~ ~n. 1~ tlle }!ew
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A.:ma Xrpgs,. a4journec1 t~ ~lie 9~1n•~ tl!w s~~J.eet· 'l::tU.~ V.cU!!.'rf 10., 1~4·~:
· . t.}()D. t.lng· a~rt\h.ad. of the .c,~tiQrt t~n. 1?' ~ .r~v York
.City Stf\~os Attorner ){urpbT -'Jt~ted ·tl:'w
Oo)lrt,. :As~htar.t .trnl~~cl 'lt he ,,.,a~ taldn~
tM' c~,. undlr ·.Advboment ap.~ ~oull render ~ J\,oc,hl9n t~~a~iYe, ·b J?rou.e~tuion·
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lQi\3• a\ z:o,.- ):~rt; City.
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1~ ~tar dated. Febl'\?-art ..l-1 th, add:r~·aaed to yo~. · {1 (J,., 1/) 1?
by save N. Kosan.ovich'tti-~2 Central Park :soutbJ~Y I
!lew York 19, N. Y., regarding ?h11:1p. ~aX'kov1cl:y(J~l7"" il-.' f'l :
and enolos~_res wl:dch. w~;w:e ha:nqed to· ~e .b'y- you~· I - · ; ? .
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this .office· re.f'leotod that · this- matter had .been.
callod to o\U' ~ttopti_()~ - on. July. 1:5.1 1943, but
that .i t hBq· pr.ev~ously beep reported t b tl;le
New ):ork City Polic_e Dapa%$nent •._ The reoo;rds-
_ful\ther reflect ~th~t Mark~v~·ch w~s O.rr~ated by
·the ~ew York Oitr Police Departm~~t o:q July ~2,
1943, -.chargeq. wi~h v ~ola~ion pf· Seot~on· 551 qr
the Penal Law' s~nding tlire~te~i~g letters·, which
under the New York law is .a mi-sdemeanor. Uarko-
vio~ was ·arraigned before ·Magistrate· ~a ~Das,
YorkVille Court, on J~y 16, 1943- ~d the Jlt?aripgs
_I have ·been adjQurn.ed to d~te. ~ateat inquirY' .re-
flects that Magiatrs.'~e Kr~rss ¥ts ·p_q~~PC?t:l~d fhe
prooeadlngs 1,n this c~se ·un~il · s.eptembo~ l?r ·1944. ·
. Shor~ly afte·r the -rec~ipt
at this office of· the material 'in· oonne.otioh \'iith
th1~ - case,_ the .facts ~n hand we:re subm~t-tedi ~0 ' .
the ofi.'J,.co ot· th~ Un~ted States Attorney r~ the.
~~ Sou~hern. Di~trict or· ~~w York. v1it;h a view -~Q
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statutes. · P.roaooution was deoliped by reQ·aon ··Q~
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. :r. Walter GG;'fit1ct,

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120 :£4'oa~ey,
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t'er.z~ Sir~-

jt ~o~ ~eg.uest. and ~tnt .ot t:.r. -To::Z9ph ~ •. 1.-i.VIg of the

Westi~ton of!ic(lt>f tho. Alien property custodian.-..I hnv¢ CX""' .I
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J>O!SBible tl~E1f'~lneo8 tQ -t!ds .CO',mtr.y in it;s 'l'rDr' ~,fort aftd tho· I
pcs·~ible t;~t:.\'4 at~endsnt on tl}e~' !~in£; into unfricnal~
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52r.4 Ct:reot, Hclf. Xork OitY.; Qn .J:.nu~y .2t..-27, r.nct ihelu_d~d~ a~l
of tr.e ·~ot~s rml ~1t~ri-sl in .Dr~ lfe~~a•s itt:lediat~ pe:Je,Qsai~n
.Eit· th& tiln.e .rJ h.:.r; cea~ ~;nd' now- ir. :f,he- ct;;~~Gu$ or yo_~- o!.fico!
r~r . re~Qng ;t..di~jtod belcm; r.o invc$tication ..,..s·r.~e9 .of hnt'c;-i~~
in t#.-t;n:.9 'l'l!:iCl\ h~d rt;::lir,c~ ·1;.nto~ch<}d ~ .t ho bnsc::cnt or tn~ i
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~pir.ion thi!.t, ttcre ~Xist fuQ~g 'JI't ·T~tl).."i •Q. pnpor$ .r.nd pc~so$sion~·
no sc~tnt_ifio. r.~tes:, .dc~cripticn$ o! ldthctto 1..r~pvcal'!Jd' .rnot1:ods
Y,r devicea,. -qo ~ctu~ rp)aratuo 11:·1o!' cculd .b~ .pf c~tnii'ic::.ht
v~lue to tl:is countl":t .o~ 'ff•J.~h ·'lfould ~ortsti:tut~ a· hhzard in' un-
frit:~1ly l;;!p~s~ X c:m ther~to.re z:eo no tecr.n~c:',l cr r.i~tar;t .•
re:-.so.n Yr':'y tut'th~~ ct,1~todJ o..r· the prcpcrt;y s~~cu1-d be retsined.•
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It ahoul~;ba no discredi~ tb .:t~iS :dis~inguislle4 · enginee~ ang

scientist l'fhose solid-contributions to the electrical art were
~ado a~ ·the b~ginn~g. s>(the presE}nt centUry tC? report ttult· hia
,thougltts Jl!l~ <'ft9rts -durin_g at least: the ·past fi£tee~ .ye~ns lfera
pr'~arily of a ·speculf!~ive, phllo5opliical~ 'tlnd. somewhat promo-
tion~l - cl)arapte;r-9.tten .:cop.cf3l'~ed··li~tn the pr9du~ation ~~d wire-
lea~ ·trensmissioit 9~ p~cr~bui;. did 119t· includ~· ne-f! ~ound~ .work-
.abl~ principles o~ me~hods. !or realu~g-. euch ,_.csu~ts. . · -
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· On .Je.r.uacy 26 {lnd .i }, 194;3, -an exa.."\in:ltion '"OS
-~:Ide of the •
~cr.pical paper~ or i4'• Nikola fcela 1rhich1 ~ter hi,S: d~ce~e~, . ·h~d
·be_en stoi'gd in the JJanhat.tbll Wflieho~se ~ New Yoi;-1(' 'City. ' ·Tbi~· e,x..
¢!dn$tion was made ·f.o~· ·t he purpose ot deterr:iin.i ng ·5;£ ~.ny ·:tdet.ul- 6£' ·
signifie~nt v~iuo in. the present Pnitoq st.ates ··Wei:· ·~li'ort ·COUld.-Be
r:.ilitd t!leng_his possessions. Pnrticip~tins_ itt this- ex::rl.notion were
l!i'.John · C~ tiewingtorh ·New ~ork Cfi'iee Q~ tha· Al;ien PrQperty GuotodianJ
J:r, Che.rle~ J• lted~tniemi, Wa~~gton· Gt~io~ o£ th!' ~lien Pro·P .erty
CustoditnJ 'W• .John,:Q. 'i'rruhp·, Otti6a _o£ Sc~ehtitic 'Rcs~~~h afid 'Dei•
v~opme.'lt, .Uoss&ehUsetts Institute .of ~eclmology·, Os::~bri.tlge 1 l~assaoh\l-·
aet~~WV.:iJP.iBll_eox:_g~,- .O.f.'fice ot Npy~ lp.~elll&e'ricei Thir~ Nfly~ll>ia-­
triCtJ ,E~ard-. Pamer, Chief: Ycom~, -»~1\J J9~ .. J. Oo~beiit, Chiei: Y.eo-
-~cn, ue~'R. · · · ·
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The follcm~ popers I llbich er.e -regcrde~ as typical .or· N~l<ola
'l'esla• s writings and thoughts, in ~he .per,iod ot 192S' to 19~, were -~e::Qv~cl
,for the purpose or rec6rd·.th:l are U~ted below .in thr ;rsndollt order· in
;which thoy lf~re tound,, ·tose~h~r lfith a. b;r~e...r ind.ividual ab~tract •. -

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"Possibilities of' Electrostatic· ·.Gcneretorsn .,. r.n pnd3ted
br.ticle probnblyll}.'itt4n about 1934 disct,teaing thf;l possi\>Ui-
ties, as ~ source ot' thigh-Voltae.e n-c pcm~r, p~ 1ihe V~ de
oraa!f type of e).~~tr<>stat~c b~lt -·gener.ator. The· .p.rticle·
states correctly the ~l:eo~o~tatic .,Prinoi_p).es · .ei:plo;e~ ip·-this; -
dtlvictt Md poilits, ·.Q4t th~t such. e~nerators. ·Ell'O no~ .s.c itable ·
_·.tor co¢::t~o~a'l. ·blg.i-pa'lfar app~ci,tti~ns; ·ttbouglt u~Aoubied ot
sc~en~i!io 'Yal.\ie •.. ~esl;a t s witel,e~Q tmrer, ereo~cd in- 1902. on
LQng .I~lari~, is stated in ttJ.s, ~emoranduin to hav,e been ehargod
~o ~ - rdllion volts. ·
Exhibit If

' - 'nnc~of.ive F~rces· ot Glycerine .and ,J1'.Ql~itott ,~ an ~~da~d ..

JlfelaO~an_d. iJlVOlYinlt ·,aom(t · ~Q}.c~ati~nzf Of 'tho CX;>losiv~· pOTfO~
.of .certain ·cocp9l:IlQD nnd then devin~iilg, to. a. c\isoussion o£ the
poe~ibilit1 9f' trp,JW:lltt~~ )>O'I'fer by ttecb;mical. 'Vibrations
:a].ong, tho~ ~c.rthrs:cru~t. - '
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F.xhibit c
,.
."Process df De-<lnssitying! Refining, Md Purifying retalsrt· ~
~ 41-pnge m~orandu)n probably ·'m'it~ert .abou.t l9JO de a~$ lf~'1ih
the above subject a."ld proposing new thec;>r,.es <?£ capillarity CI\d
surface tension, this correspondence ind$-c~ted thnt tr.is ha~
beeit sub:dtted to -various industrial comphnies.-
lXbibit D
' "Reply.to Jl!ltorg i-e •thb gcneftaticn or high-voltage ..and ·'the
r.cceleration ot· chnrged ·p~iolest". ·-:- T~iS uo·~ent'~ d9ted .No- .
velllber 8~ 1935.1 .snswe~s .qlicptions. raised by. Soviet.·(Jn~tirtee~s apd
'SCientists J'eg_&-~g 'J;eslati,J .P~Oposol. ot l:ay ~p_, 193~• ff9r.l
this ~er; it !s deduced that· tbQ propoeRl conce~ned the gcn-
~rativn c£'.hi£W,. voltage;s. :b1 eleo'trost~tiq .me:m.~. Th~so ·lJ!OCDS
cons.istcq o£ n high-volt~e ;termin~ presurn~l)ly sup~o~~ed. on m1
insu~ating .c<)~. ~and· charged by ~ :sa~eous ~barge conveying
tnediu:n. p~s3ing bet;l'f'ecJt.gr~u!td ~net temin~. Th_e ideas c~htaineq
'J ;in .th111 ~cmqroildut\ nr.e l'Edr;Ly aitdlar to . the bc~t~conv~yor
eleqtrpntati9 n~nierator tt'e~nod~ prQpoae_d by. Van de Grt!~f ~d _
do not oppe.cr tO' .offer- r:ily unuau~l features·~
'Exhibit' r.
tit.rt. ot. Telegeodyn2..-:~ics t ·or· J,rt ii:f' Produoil'i*t. 'rerrEs~inl.
lroti(lns at Distance" ~· 'thi~ docu:Acnt, ~ ~p.e· f9t;m of A. ~tte~
datecLJun~f'~'· .19401 to t~ 1tes~ingh9t18~ ~l~qtriC' l,e.:Jlq!plfactur~
Complmy 1 ,.propo~es a E;ethOdo for ·t}le· trfP.iel!iiits!oh of large SQOunt.~.
o.r pOlf~l' over vas~ Jlist~~s- b;tl:lenns ·b! z:techimic::al vibrations.
of :the ecr'th•:s crust. The. source o~ .powe;r ·i~ a -inc9paniQ~ or·
., eletitro::1echariiqal devica ·bolted to some J,."oaey .p~otuberanc~ and
imp:J.rtlos pcnuiJ;> at· .a resortance i'reque~cy o~ t]le· ~crth•.s c~st .•
~ha propos~d sch~e ap_p·~or~. 't;o. ·be co~ple:\!e~y v~~ionM"y end un.:.:r _
wor~3l?,le,. ltestinghouse.•s l."cp~¥ 1n.q~ca1;e~ ~th_eil~·J~oli;~e .).;'e~eQ't'ion ·
•ot this
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.F.xhibit.'F .
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tiNew trt.. ~£ Projecting ·Concentrated Non~!lispersive .Energy· .
thrcugh lratmoal l!edian - ~his undGt'ed docu::1ent by Tesla describe~· .·
£!\· eleotroststic triethpc;l·ot proctlcing W~ry nigh voltogQS. Me,\ ca~ , '
_psbl~ of: ver:y groat polier. ~s gen~~atc:i' is ~sed. ~p .cccelol!Bt9
-.cher&!d portiolfls, prsSU;nably elec~:t;lins.! such. a "be~ or h~gh- "
ener.gy electrons pa~sine?; through air. is 1!1~ ••conC.cn~ra~d po~·
dispet:sivon JQeails b~~ 'Rhich ~nergy ~s trcns:dtted thr.ough .nntural
,mE!dia. As. a qomponent o£ this a;~pat+ntus there 'is des~r~b.ed an
open-em!oQ. vacuul:l tuba ·l'fithin which the e,loctrons are. .fir~t ao!-
cel~rnted.•
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Fxhibit F (cont.)
lh~ prppo~eci' -~e~~;:e ·bears- ~dina r~i.o.tion to present t:e~~~
·for: pr~dJ;Qm~(liitn~n~rgy CQ.~hode ~3',18 .i. ·Y t!le eoop~rqtiye ~se·­
ot a bir.h•volt,b.ze -~leatrpstot~c ccne~rttor and r.n evacuo.t.ed.
electron cc~oleraticn· tul)q. It is 'ftC~ known, hmrov.e r, t.hot.
trJch davic~s, "trhile Qf Dcientii'ic _qtd eed1~3lin~e~o~t,, 2re
i,nc~ptble o1; t~~e t~~:::rl.El~~on o! l~ge c....,,o~"lts. .of p9Wer in ,
non-d,iapcrsed.be~s .oyer lonr: <li.Stancca"' , "l'esla' s.·disclosures
in t}\JQ - ce:Ioron,d~,Q wo\A~~i' hot ent~ble ·t he pcnstruotion ct work~ble
cc.t'binntiouf1--9't: generato~ and tub~. ev~n of limited: pClfe~, tbo1Jgh
the gener~ eler.!~nts -.o f flueh h ·.cofubination SJ'Q'-B\1ccin¢tJ.y .de. .
- ~ciibcd. ' ' ·
Txhibit-0

" ,.ire~ ~Y CElr.<>l tb.!d1_ dn~&rl ~opttr.bor 10, 19~h Hn-

titl'ed ' 1'i:'1·e:nendaus Nqw: ·POTfer Soon to Ee ~n).(mshecl''.- 'l:h~s t!3.- .
tcribc~ ~n populni- st:r.~o .~omo- ·b~ogr~pl:l'-cbl -~.c~nticn c~neer~-
- _ ~.g takC?+a. :1'!!~~ ~md· -sp:ne idon;l ~or ·tllo tr~cr-J.~:Jinn -pr- ~ower
cri "'fr~ch he "s
etatec.t .t (). l1~. wqrlQ.ng.~ . :{:t. ap_pcar~ that th~·
mothog :~f' 'tr'r;n~~iPn, -is 'by ·the- .meqt!mi~~~ }'osol'f;:\."lce- method
outUnod in Exhibit
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Tnis, exh.~bit ·conqists· or a ~er~e~- ~.t ·l.a:~tert;l to -r cpres_Qn:-

ga)
·~ati!es pf 'th9 f;l:.'Uisb .acv~~Emt dated t11~·st.
ber 26;: ~911; .]cc~;:lber l~; l9~7J nJ\4· .Ap:r~l s·,..~9~. "'t
l936; :.ccto•·
include~~
a ,r~v1Y d;ltt;d Jan~tU-j rt, 19~·, . :p:oi!l _tha· Jli-itialt povern::iot'lt• ·
~ea~ letter:~ ct£c~ i;q tne l)'1t15h Qoverrbent.~ for a tee; t~~"'
~sclO!tur8 O! a ntc~n~ for ~ccelt3ratillg to -high ·Ch9r61es t:.~ute
porticle~!' £U.ch )lec::1s ""Wot£ld -co~stituta- A death. rnt c·~poble o£
t~ p~ot_et}tion · of Greaif trit!lin trot1 air lilt~ack.. , ·

~~e - ~e~l:o.(i p~opo~od i,~ e:J~en~i~~Y 'fthat ~de~cr'-bed in F..xh:i-

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._;'Qit f ~~VGe> fo~OTdflt tbe in~t,~a~ le~tcr .qated _AllZt.l~t 2~_, '
19~6j_ thQ subc~ouent. ~etters ntt~p1; .to c+.onr up thtl--n~iD\Jhder­
etr.ndi~~slt or t)le .nrJ.tuh·re~9acnt~tivcs-_ snd to t'>Xpe~te. th~ir
-acceptfulce-ot··tho-~eala p:opoa~l.. The ~1tish ·rep~y .dQtcd Jnnu-
r.ry? iS ·a .~oiita E!r.1rasslct).. ·of pisint·e rest 1n the prcposal.

fxhibit.I

c Jn·.1]ntie.ted mc:::o~an~ ~~tten· after 'i'eslaJs 19th -b~.thdGy

describing t:ever~l d!.9~over~e.s· \'tlli¢h hQ .peli~:ve<f .he. f.c4 'EitldE!•
Tho tirat-r~~iod :to a dyno::tiC theory c£ gravit;Y 'Y'hic.ib ~B de~
sc.ribed c~ riot Y9i· col'!lplt:ted. ~e second stated. as ~ p'ty;d.c:1l
truth j;~e - be~er t!'st "there :is ,no en~~gy it\ 1:1atter other then . -
t!~t ;rc~~iycd :~()±:1 the enviro%1:\er.t" ~ This .aecc!}d $batel:1ent.,
li'QlCJ'l .is 4isqur~acd· at.;J.ength. in ·this imd other. writin3s: of Tcsla-,,
ind1c.atca hia disbelie£ in the- eJCitltf'hCO Ot t,ifOJ:do. ·Cl' l':UCl~cr .
energy~- .. . . ~ ' '
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U ·

Exhibit J
"A rethod of Producing Pb'll'erful Rsdi!ltions"· - em u~dat~d.
memors.'ldua in Te~+aJ s l:!an~itil_lg de~crib1ng "a ntm process ot·
gen~ating paw~ri'ul ·~n;s -or tadititions". The m~orrutdu~ .reviews,
the works .o r Lenard end Cro91<es 1 describes Teala•s work pn t'he
produca~ion o~ hi.l1l 'Voltages, end fin~lly in the ~ast p;lr~Gt'~Ph
gives t~~.cnlJ -desorip~ion. or the ~vention contained· in tha
memorandU:l. ThiS' d~f:Qrip'\;ion i~ as .tol+owa:~ nnri~!ly. stated),
my .ilelf ~implii'icd' prQcess of gener.a ting pcmertul. ray&- consiat_p.
in crentiitc tl-.rouglt th~ ~eqium of q. high,.;.spee(l jet or. sUitable
fl¢d· a VI\Ctlous sp~ce ~ouhd .a t~rmhtaJ. ·ol a p).ro\Q.t and sup-
plJing .~ho s~~· "~ th. c;tirl,'cnts :Q£ t~'le ·required ten~ion· ·nna volm;o tt.
,f.xbibit K

A ).ettcr ~o - J)rp~peQtive .]J.ccnsee·s- o~ t~l~gdodyn::::tit;s d'ated.:

l>ec~:Wer 27, 1941. ~his ~s a sin(;le-p:Jge· l.,ttet." with .thQ t.ype-
lfl'it~ert · ai&nature ·Ot nr-.
Niko4 Toslh, in wbioh· )le addresses
}p.mae~· to the. Px-oppe~-t;ive licensees. ·o t t~loceod).'l'lr.:tics., states
that over a half' ~Qn doll~.a ·l'f·:!IS ~pant Q~ this· devclopclcn1;
"'~th. lund~ .cbntributeg ·by tl,le l!Organs, Crcwfc,:P,1 J• .J. AstQr,
M4 ,Fi.sh, ~s \f~U ·as·. co::::!lercial "P1:gru.iizat~ons, ·und·.states tb.is ,
to be 1\ new art rri~h 'Vl~Qb nurtvell~\.-ablo wondo~s. can be nch~~vo.cllf.
Mibit.£
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Tesla' s .Jlt~ew SYstem oJ: Jt·l\,id 'Protmlsioni:t • ~is ~s nn un.-.
dn~ed m~o~endUl;l 9~ ab,out:,?o 7 typpwfi1itt~ pcgep d¢s.cr~bing. n. · ~yt}­
tem at J'lu~d'-propu~io~ #J •whic~ the; ,conyersio~ ~om .hy;draulie:
to rot~t .E2e~hnnicol po'ller·. ~~- n~bieved ·by· p~~~_ing ·thE;t nuid be...
tTier;!n nat. oircultl;' tlis~s,. ~haf'jiooQounted. and enclo~ed, in a cas•
~g~ '
' .
1hi_s mcnoriindu:l 'Wi-ittt;n ~bout J-925. describes iri ·a eneFnl
terms. a, ·kind of ·~~.q;~ul1c. t~bine w}li;c}l .seems· pr<lot1cal;. Th9r~
is co~loo.a ~yid~n~e Dbon~ the otl:lqt; of' 'Tesla~.~ .P~_p$r~ that ~s
id~a woo gen~nlly .discloseci :to.• t.pp~ppr.iate inclivid~als, ill?.d: ,
tha~ -it :)'e9('1ved .£av('r~b).e c~l=e11t ttnd ~otiaib),:y so~~ . ·u sa. Somq
ot theso COCli\ents· .flt'e conta~~ .on the- ~ost pago 9~ th~ exhibit •.
~'dbi.t .)(

ttrt, ro?i'c!" of the Mnron - a m.ei:orcndu;t ~pparently written

by Tesl(l ~c. PJ!ObQbly i1n 'respcno9 to a ~cq-uest frc:n OCrJ6 popu~~
e9ience gro~Ji· i'9r ~- opinion ·.ns ·to tha so~co. cff; £ut~r~ po":"re;r.
~ ' mmorrlndu::t -ro:vj.ews· ·tlle grndual evolution o! ·powe~ sources.
·I t disc~saes in some de~n~ the poaaibi~ty of .atomic j:)OWeJ:O and
·. ' ~t~tes a~ his opinion th.tlt ato~c power iS' ·not !ensible. The
dis~ussion. ot .atomic energy ~s npparcntly ·contused to· some extent
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~bit U{cont.)
ldth plfil\etart eJlergy. The erticl,e !urther discusses .the
subject or 'Wind,- tides', lit;htnintb Md '!Jater pow-c~ as a t:~ota'c~
~t ~om;e~cial e~~rgy. The lEst... scn~r;~ncQ 'of this l:le:norando.l:l
atctes:- "i'ith my 1'fi.rel":~s s~ste:t 1 it. is ·p~;lctic&blo ~~ trans-
~~~t electric~ ene~Q' at Jl ~t~9e ,c;>£: tifelve thou~o.nd mp.es
1fith .a· lo:~3 n~t ex~oeding $ per cent. t ~rut ~onceive or no
advcnces which. w.ould 'be ·mora dosirnble at thitl tir::l~ end.mor·e
beneficial to. the tUrther pro~e.es of m<1,.'1kind.n This m~oranl:!u;a
.cori~tit't:tes an· in~orosting ~ generaliZed discussion of ·t ho vt.riooqs
sources or _power. tt.1,.s qualitativ~l'J qorreot. .tor ·t}1e .c~at· - ·
parf, except probably .in tt.:~t po~t~on which :d~ with ,atO!rlc
power. ·
r.xhibit u ' ·r

r~he Trcnsnssich of Eleotri~ Tnergy Without .l:ir.e:Jir {"" an

article by ·~.! · 't~s).a in the r:leatrio "l·~orld~ l!aroh- 5) 1904~ p:1gcs
429-431:; A general, somewhat; biqzyaphical" ar.tiole -on ·T~sla •·~ "
ecrl)"·'lfork Tti~h ·so!lle· Epecula:~iion o~ th~ poss,i bility 9'£ lon;- ,.
.
dis~t:."lce'. wire~eas trons!lission .o f lorGe mounts. ·()f ;tlnE;~X'f$:1• ·-

r~hibit o
!'iforld Systm of Wireless 'l'rt~s!!!ission. of r:nerst' - .rut
f:l'tiel~ by N. Tesla ~- Telegraph t!nd ·Telephone Age. Qct9be~ 1.6,
).9~7, ,pnge~ -4~7· snd 460. ·1m. m.otiqle wrdch_ tr~ces thq cc~ly
116rk ·011 the. ·productioij. .nnd-transmission of elec.tr~ognetic rn-
dbtiomr, - ~escrib$s Te~la•s ~~'torts t9 ¥\~ren~e - 1jho. ~ount o~
~er 'frhich cap. l}~ trFlpa:;itted Without lrh·e~ .an4 .c oncludes
'With a prop6s~d Jtrt~rld Syst&tl"· tQr the wiroless :tranm:d~.sion- ;
ct ooth.pOlfcr and cc~w:unications. !ro. work{iole dia·o+otilre .pt ·
a Jlleans .for accofuplish~g this is inc~uded,. and' suoh.··gencr_a li-
ties. .ns- ~ugt;~st the:- cyyroaqh lf}d.C~ T.cs~a had iT\ ~d ·dg not :
SEt~ capn~le 9f· :nceomplisr.ing tl;Q desir~d .res~lt.
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r001iD1t P
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nrnterview n~tli Dr • .N~kola Tesla'• by Alden,. P. Areasnac
tor .Po~ler .eeicnce _J:cnthly, ·J..tay 24, l-9.28 .•. An, U-p:v;e ·memo.v~n­
d\Ull JJrittcn in popular qonvers"atioual atyi~ dQscribing· ·&n in-
terrl.ew with ~. Tesli and reporting his ·~e::u;mt 119rk. · Thi~
reJ?Qrt. ~eludes. s~atQments ·.on. a n~ nirplona1 on rcQkot sh:!ps,
tor the tl'O.Ii:mssio.n .ot: JJpeech ;md
*'
' 91\ the wir.ales~ tr~n:;~~sioq of power; pn. world systen J>l~n;
tolevi~ion,- ol\ t~e. :¥-t,;>r3~·
ticabllity. o~ .harnessipg atomic on.Qrgy, em radio, octivity, an<!
on.the - n~cel_erat~on :ot .chcrgcd })3rticl.es) -~ucll es oathodo ~ays,
·by bitl\ .voltac.6~. ·
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A~ _agreement date4 J.,pril..20, 19~5, )letTJeen l1ilt;ola te~~~

.and·t}lo fmtorg'Tr~ding_ corp9rati0~,. :.in :Wb1ch:·Tesl~ .agreed t(>
. supply- plans~ 'Sii~~ificntions,, silct eomplo,te' inr6~at~on Qn
tl- '
,method and .app~atl!_S fc;>tf
pro~cing ,hi&l\ vo~tog~~ Up. to li£.t;r
• • ~l.lio~ volt8;., .fo~ prQduc~g very v~all p~t~cle~ irt 4. tup~
1
open-~ air,' for ilt~raa5ing 1}1~ ~hart;e .of' tho ,:r~.nrti~les ·to·
the full -vQltotQ · qf the, high" potent~~ temlnal, ~lid- tor pr,o-
39pti;ng t~o. partic~e~ to~Aist~C;o~ q~ a hundr~· miles ·p';'' ~;toro~ "' "
'l'ho a:axitr.:nl speed o.~ .tho-·parti91~s 1r~s sp~~.i#(}d qa n~t less
'• . t}lan '350.~~Hr pe,~ a,econ~<.. ·-The ~ec(lipb o! ··$~5,000 1-fc~ ~~r .
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this ~J?closure wa;r ackn.Ollledged in ·this ~grt?Smerit, "'hich it ~s.
siij_n~O..bi.,ifikoia Tcsla Gnd by Ai tlBl'~~:t~ ·or .tpo lmtorg~ Trad- •''
.- in~ OQrpornt~on~. 1h~-met~d ret_c~~g. ta _1p.,;1.hb. -~~.eei:l~ht is -·
· .~ppnr~ntl_, ·tltat .deecr~bed ~ ~b~1; .R,. abQv~. ~ii is· l>r.obt,;blo"
thn~.:~b~t P: ·above;· is 'flir, e!i'ort .'py·Tesl~ to 'cl;.~~ ·up ~he ·
qti~st!on~ Taieed: by t:ov~eii ~)l&ineers. after 1;,li& .$ul;)ject diS-t
olotmrQ. -~ad Q(3en m~d~ ., ' 1here 'iq. n9 ~vidence that :the: iriv.ori,-
tioh~ .and ~~or;mt~on.l"eferre·d to. in ~his agrqe:::eq.t, ~e otb~r
.~hnn~ ~ho1m described. in a•J)umb~: :Qf 'tosla~.s- P,3~.t's ·atict~P\lb.­
~iehed· ~tiolo_s., ,~t'\i· -~!lould ·thore,£o~o be ~pcqted, ~nA ~t ia:..
··substantiated, .~r ~-l~bi.~ Tit. that th~~ ~sclp~\ll".e ,8\ibsectu~!)tlf ·
~rove~ wmork~~~.
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·th~ ~es~n·.ef!orts :at ~he l!j.~:,\ttan 1'/~ohous.e· anc~. ·itl· a de~o~it ::oox-a1it the
- Gov~rri~r Ol:!Jlto~J, t!otel :~h¢t.ed- those_ to pe stf,lnd~~ ~o~e.ctric;~·.r.teasup;p~
ins~ru::ontuc_il,\ cpi!U:lo~ ,us~ .~~y!lral decades .. a~o!'. · _ : ·
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Pirecto:r, FBI .
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Re; lr.IKNOim SUBJEOl'S;
_ . . • SAVA ~QS/.!':QVIat;
1: · ! •~ )l';xporicen'ts :.and ~se~rcb. .o f· NIKOLA_'l$SLA' (deceased)
Doar Sirs ·- ESPIOYAG3 -· J,t

Reference. ts made to thQ J)uroau ietter dated J'a~uacy .21, 1943,- which
l:!or~ a caption Bhliliar to that Qontioncd above. -

ThG referenced let~or d~alt . w1th the death,- on January 7; ~94~ 1 . pt_
tho famous inventor, NJKOLA ';F'.SLA1 ~o as well ~s ·b eipg th~ inventor of
Altematin~. Current, perfected: many qloctrica'). dev~ce"• .He is .also credited
wlth hnving dev~loped · the ·so called "~o~tll rayn -which. ){ould safeguard any'
country frex1 t1ttack by air.- ·

On Juno 9j 1945, a RALP!t ro~o:nru~ss~ or 11~· ·York ·City- i\lmiahcd

infon:ation of a nonspocU'ic .nature 'indicating that -it was his b.elior that
por.aons ~~thetic to ~ussia -Tio~e making an ei'.t'ort to ~e~ure the ~t..reats Qf
NIKOLA TF.SLA in ·order to ca1vage thar~tr~ any c¢els o~ ·designs of possible.
miUtacy valua.. llr. B'SRGSTRESSEa c1ailled ·-that he hoard that .ABRAHA!·( N. -
SPA.'-1-:!,t- President of tha NATIONAL LATriX OO!tPO:JATIO~lj o~ DQlaware. :was DoVer,·
the cotivating. ·infiuence behind this ~ttempt. to qbtain TEStA •s -par>er.a which
are presently ·held in storas_e at the UA.'illATTAN .STORAG~ WAR~OUS!-i}. in lfow York
City. B":qi)S'!'R!:SS~ p~o:dsed to :rot\lion to the Nelf Y?rk Fi~ld Divi stqn · sho~tly
afhr his !nttial visit .. and. !u::onish
,.. - 1.)Jrther and more
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sup,ort his claims! ·

Jle·was Qot he~rd tr~ 4cain, h~er, u:n~~l Se_pteobex,- 27, 1,945 1 {1~
·which time h·e t'urnhhed the. fo1101dng addit;_topal into:rnuitiQnt ·

He said "that a boybood ch~ of his !ro:n Wichita, Kansas, ·l3tOYC3

mza:RALD, had ·been TEStA'S protego and on~ of the i nvent,ors few ,P.onfidents·~
According tQ. EERGSTR'SSS!::R, FUZ~..ALD who is now an Amy·'Private stationed .
~t Wright ~eld, Dayton, Ohio, is a 'Qrih:l.aQ.t 29 ~ar old scientist who spent
endless h~urs with 'f"'~LA pr1.ox,- to the l.at-ters doatJ:l, during Whi.C?h tice ·mLA
explained to him most secret expe~ents. BEUGSTR£$S3R .stated' that FITZ03RALD
~~:ot TESLA in }loV~cbar 19~, but h1 }l:ld boon corresponding Jdth 1ihc-1attor
sines l93S. According· to the infomant, FITZcr.mAL'D )lad dtlvolopod coco sort
or anti-tcnk gun, the details or '\'fhi oh ho ';>rasonted· to 'l'l"SLA .\fbo made certain
corractions in design and speoiftdtions to i\lrther parfoct tbq '\lfaSpOQ•
~G3Tfu";SSE!t related that sa:otice in Docember ... 1942, ·when FITZG::rtALD
11'3s attending a.meating. of tha A'~ICf!N SOCIETY OF YECHANICAt r'liO~S, ho
mnda tho acquaintance OS A!tUHI~J SP.MJ% who boo_~e interested in m~o~D'S
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gun. S:'.A.~ offered financial aid 't o FITZG~D and the two· ware in tbe-
clocest- contact_~th.e;1ch other. .ror '-' consid.erab16" period or tme.
~$!R15$"'R s~d t~t. 'FlTZGZRALD 'htla lined up· a deal tor the pur_cbase ot
the gun by the P.ryJ~iOTON An!lS ro.IPA..'fi,but for soo~ .reason SPA.'-!~ blocked
this deal by reaching top men in the R~GTO!f OOJPANY. SPA!$L -i s thon
repor~ed as having.obtained-a job for m,ZGZP.ALD with: tho HI~fS
'tm!LDINO Ol!PJ..tq in r.ew Orleans acd negotiated .a ·contract with FITZO:llALD
sw
for th:1 FJ,rcb3s3 and Jtnnufacture of· the ·gun in a manner Which w~uld return
. ~o;t or the' prof1.ts dertV0!3· to s~~;:;r., .
B:!r.OSTIESSER ata~d that. in !;Wo:lbar-·.o£ 1943, tor sa:.e unknown reason
but which ha. b!'li~ea tQ be· attributable to SPA!JEt~. FtTZcr:;:gA!J) Tl3S fired by·-
tbl! t!I~S 01JPA!ri. In Septc:1bor of.' 1944.J. FITZ.OznALD ·ws ina~ctqd j.nto tho
Al:31· and for a c~nsiderable po·riod or titto W38' located at .all ordiniln~
experimental sta~i.on at Elgin 'field, Florida. Di1GSTW..S~. stat~d that at
tha. present tice FITZGSRALD is encased in a highly- sacrot experimental
project at Wl'ight Field. in D;tytOll, Ohi.o~ In spite or his rank of Private,
mz~ actually is tbe director or tlP.s :r.eeearch and is workilig irl th
·~anr to;l young scientists ~bo· -...ere inducted into Ar;1y !roc:l leading inQ'ustria';l
p03~S. . ,
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According. .to Br.::tGSTRl:'.SS'\'1, FlTZ<nl~D is pres.ently~orld.tig ..on tpo.
p~rfection of T,SSLA.1 S . 0de~th .rayft 1fhtc~. in mz<FRALD'S opinion is 1;he onl:y
possible defence asainst oi'tensive .. use by an~ther· nation or tha Atocic ~ci:lb.
In. this connection, i~ is noted th:l.t t\j,e }!ew York 'Times or Septet:lbor 22, 1940
i.n ·an article entitled "SCIEl~cS lN. t:ll N,:.r~sll · by WILL! A'! A. 1.Atn3nC?., ~cience
tditor states tba~ TESLddavulged to LA!..,:r:t~lC'B tho rae~ that he had developed.
a "death raY" or "tel~to~ce" which T$U claimed would mEllt airplane l!iotoJ."s
at .a -distsnce of 250 miles,, so that actually ~n in~eible Chinese To_3ll 'W~uld.
be but~t· around a country aeainst attack w
an enemy ~tr ·force •
According to tba article in tho. 1.Te5, this olcctr1C31 doVica would
OpcD_~3te .by the tSt\Qration of ·powr frca a plant, 8 nu:itittr·.ot which l:ligbt· lla.
locatod stra~gi,cally alopg .cur coast lines ahd ·the boa::i fro::t. whi~h would
celt any C:lnzfl}e within a. r.:di~.:-Qt 250 tlilos.
. !OOST~~::R s~ated that du!:'ing mzom:AI.DtS aqqua:t,p.tnnqo with
·.SPMl:t, m:~ . h:ld told S~A!~% or his associations wl.th. TfSLA and bad
~pparcntly d.3sl'libe~. :t o S?}.!Bt. no::a ot · TF.s~A.ts t:1ost ~a <;rei .:w:ork~ n:masraE5ssa
bgl,ievoa t.bat SPA!SL1 who ha cl~ins ts dei'inii!oly pro-nussian .in Q.ttftude~
iS·.n011 at~pting through lecai proeodl!N ·t;o ae.eure cust~y or T'~LA•s
-effects whlca are now held by · 1E~~ts on1.y- 'heir, on~· SAVA ltOSAr:nvrcrr, who
is presently in Yugoslavia occupying acx:1e govertn:lental ·po:Jt.

I\ ldll be l'ecalled t~t in an article pub~i,spod, on -Uarcb 15, 194~,.

by th~ ~!11 rr::ATt!!t~
STI:DlCATR Tr.fl>RP01AT~, lf'...STB!!OOK: PEGt'Elt'. c~ged · StAl;EL
1fith sprqo.ding pro--·eccl:lunist and -pr0o-1 r.ussian .prOpaganda through h\s full
pa£3 advcrtisaaenh in the na•sp;1pers, wl)ic~ s·pA!ffi~ 'cbaracteriZ9d as baing _
publiQncd for th<J nrrERU'i'lO!iAt tAT~X C":h"':IATIO~tt: as a public service· !'eatu~.
'lt is also interesting to -observe that 1.n the }Jew York Times or Ootobor 2,
1945, an .article appears wbich sta~os t!lat SPANEL is suing the KING· ~,A'rt'RE
SniDICA~ ntroR!'ORATED. i'or six oil~i()n dollars alle.~ni the ~9lu::m 'by
PEGLER - to have been liabelou8.
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11-:!!GS'ffl:.SS:l sta~cd th:lt tbrcuzh FITZG:mALD he too ·had cat SP.A.'Affit

sr.d. .t'ra:l this personal ac::tuainta!:CO ho formod t.ile opioion that S:?A...;EL w3s
·definitely a ca%1Unlot and is proba~1y ono ·o r th~ f:innn~al. supporters "Of
the Co=unist l'artyin 'this country. :S~GSTF..~S::R atat~d tbat.··sP.ANEL lf3S
born in t!u!l:da,, ~ut is .n~· an k;o~Qn citizen. Y.j!, al~() charged that ~PAUEL.
exortod trc:::ond~s politieal itifit:anco .in t"ashi.ngton, p.
Qno- ·bi' SPMi:t'S clooest {)Ol!t,cat .rcl.cpds wa~ Jmr.RY ·WALLAce.
c.,
ahd. fl:lid that.

, F.:!!!i!P.~SER adviaed- tllat t;ro age~ts !raJ Amy Intalliconco co_ ntactod.
and statedt~.at; ~n an investigation to clat.orci.ino tba .qualifications or
FITZ~!!JY for ·a CCXl:llission, tb~y bel developed infoitlation indi·catin~ that.
S?~T3!. JJ3S definitely endeavoring -tq SOCt\r~ poss~ssion C?f 'l'SSLA'S e!!ect.s.
ro!tQCTR!'SS:-R indicated f.hat. f'.roy Intelligance 'ftlS pursuing .an invostiigation.
along these lines in an att.e:1pti to. ascorta1n the. ~a:1plet~ ~tory in this
·i"e~. . . ..

For the l3ureau•~ -lntor.nnt.ion, B:nGSTR~m was ·born on: July 3 1 1912
a_t 'Puoblo, Colo~do, he is·'Uri:amed; and his f~~ly res~des i~ iricliita, Kansas.•
He is a gr.lduate of kortmreatem Univera~t:r and..unt~l July 1945 h:ld· been a . -
anployee of' tba'lYI, tJVeraeas branch, freD Yarch 1943 un~iliJanuaey 19~$ •. tJo
had been stationed in. <llit}!1 1 attached tl.) GOneraJ. . St~llwell. t s treD.dquartors,
nn~ vas itl: c!large of the -phys~ological ,r.arra~ De~ent of ~bQ ~~
B3.'le:.l'I'R~sz.l at proiient. is not employed; h~~r, h'e ~ppq~s to ·hnvci &:lple.
funds sinco he travels all Over the CI)Untri and ~asides ~n ~pputable hotelt1.
Jus~ ~~entlyll~ stated t~t he ho.d driven_.General Stillwell*s car frot:1
T..ls!dngton to the Yest COaa~ ns ·a ·percona1 .favor to the ~neral t a"wifo.
- J!e ~viflcd that lt is his d.oSitto to cooperate 1d£h VI'l'ZamALD d.n securing
legal posoeesion or TbSLA'S effects in· order ·that ·11 ce::io~al foundation, cay
bo established tor the proto9~ion or TESLAtS.· cXpori~ents and tor the pro~e~~
tion or the invo~tors 11~9rY. . -
. ,_ ~C.STR?.SS'SR. s.~t.oa· ·thnt. F:r·TZG::RALD··bnd ~ntoref?tod a gro~p ·9 t y9ung
~Y" Sclentiets now working ·with hit1at Wright 'Fiqld- 1~ t~s i'oundation, and·
thair ultil:ate goal is-. to eoCt.iro the support. or· a wealthy bnckor in order tba.t
a foundation mieht be established and that ~ .sort or tti.dea ractoij' t:light
result. r.o eai~ that the;t ~ntc~ec}._ to , contao~ US!:&Y FORD_, s=t.,
t9 .coli cit
his aid in t~is ·regard. ·• · :. ,
·- ~GSTR!sss ·~4~ed,l'"tlist pro1>ably th.e&r~~~st .;dea or TESLA•s~ ,.a~ -
th:lt involvibg the wireless trriliS:lission· ~r ele®rical -power• Ha cla!tted
that T~ had parforced a' "suhcessf'ul e:icperi~eU.t many Y,erirs -ago at Pikos
t>eak, ~t. :thich time he ha~assed local ·current·~~- the 81,1n•s-~aya. whtch he
built. 11p i!lto 4_.liuge .energy. .n:r:iGSTm:SSE!t' aaid that
jfQ~.ential o~ o).ectri~l
aeco~na ~o FJTZ~ALD; lf ~lrl;_s id~a 1 co:ulc:l, be ,fur.thgred, all electrical
energy to operate the world's macbinery might: be ,gQt~9n .absolutely ~e rat~or
than by the · costly tethod with. ·jbich e1ectt1.cal power.- ·! s presently generated.
He ~s.id ~t~.at his i~ea was to c~:lducti rnrtbor experitlents along tbis line
! ': in tbina ·lt~~a ,t~e ~e~ r~· -~lectriC31 power.· ~s ·V.or~' :~{11!·
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- tnquiry 'lf3s mnda ·A.t t}.o-:u~mA'i"l'A.'At S'to:Ur~ n,nEROU$ in 1row York Ctty1
and it 1ros doterm.ined that tho ef£oqts ot NIKQAA TCSLA, are contained in ao:no
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'15 pac~ng ~::~s ~r.d trunks and ~r~ presently under .oea~ by tho t"e1r lor~
State Departt:en~ Qf Taxat1~n. It. was learned that the ~~ntal !Qr t'4.is
storaee, whic.i appr¢mates ti~ per conthj· i~ ·being paid b¥ ~me <rc.Kl:LOTTE
).t'CZA.'t, 1~. East 631"Q Street, t:e"!" Yo,-~; r.w. YQrk, who is 1181(ed, as tbe azen~
tor. S4,VA 1.')S!~"')7IQ!. . .

In1;1iry was also s:ado ~t. tb3' o.~fi~ or th~- A'l.ien P~oparty ()Jstodion
in re1r T~rlc ('l.ty,
C')ncerning sn invostication conductecl by this otfica at
t~ tm'J of 1'~!.A'S c!&a.t!l, and
-~t w~lc~ tb~ ~11~ latte~s property was placed.
vndal' se3l by t~ rrntted states ·Ooverrr.:ent. vr. WAtm JX>:\5~~~ - ~ef 1-
lnvcsticato~~ !ott tM Alien Property P:stodian, provided ~ <:over lottor flnd \
a ~~ll7 or dterm.l~ or.'lOd· by T~SL~ at the 1'ic;~ or hts: cloath 'f:hic~ .~s
.e~iped by.JO~t O. 1e~AP, of tho :of!ico of SCI~FlC Rt:-.S"Ii'~1lat & 'D"'jT.tt)~
\~~ ~r. cOORSU~ also stated, tha~ .tis .rno in ·t his mattor rotlectcd that.
«1 t~G nic~t 'r:...S~ diqd ~s ~~re w-~~ tol"s:od op0n bt ·a roproz:~ontat~vo -or tho
SJ0:1"' t~ Wit!G1 SAn OJJPA.~. ItnrnS' Ur• f.()~'Jfll'S bolief that ~a 'Y r.. s;; ,c:;ze.t
who is' be1icvo4 to bo one of··thO ·cdit9ra Qf' thO··PO:?f!LA..ll .S~C3 llAQ,\2lth ns
:pre cent in r.sA•s i'Qcc shortly arte~ too .£3te was opened. TM~a i _n dindqalti
1rore 'fliTLIS ~O:t~, ~A.~!) PAL1~, i::ld· JO::t .J._ .COJro'l'T.

There, are encloi:ed· )leronth tR?· typewritton coples. of tho roport by

Ur~ TR;JJ? of th3 .ALttN
m~~::RTY tmZTOPI~'{ .t qfiectibg the fin4inGs. of Ur.-
Tn~P., fo1101dn$1}15 e~in~tion. of -T~~LAf~ ofte<;t~. The~ 'is, at,sq:. ·~nc1.o~a~·
herqwit~ a pho~oatatic copy: -c>t a list of ~reo~s. aDsooi_ated. 'Wt~h ·1ZI!;OLA "
"F~<1,\. This. latter it.e:a. was' ll:rniehsd by ).(r. D!3CmTn::;5S:r3.

The t~OYa !nfor.lation is. f'lirnis~od fo~ thtt tureaq.t s in~o:=atio:ll

m no invostic~tion is bdng con~ucte1. 'by t~is office. . ' .

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_l'ederal 'Cour~ H9~se ¥~d~ - ·
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.At~en~ion: Mr.•. Harvey .lfoth·

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a.ccess·be. given. to ,the .·effects.of Dr., Bicola.- .llesla-.-held .in--'.Manh.a.ttan.
Warehouse, at 57th. s~~~~.~-Rev' JQr¥: ¢'1ti. lfev·York;. - . . . . . >-
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lfe :~e ~es~·ous ..o~ ~bt~~-nthg _J>~rtilie.~t. ~~ojiia~~_o:; ~~~c~~n~ilg
pr~J~cts under_ c~nsld;eraUo~· . py·- ~h~ Q'o~_tr-~1 - Eqli{p~~-~~~ 13l-a~9h~ ~~i.:~¥ -~
!qliip~n~ La.~~rat9~. ,. ~lne.er~ _ D_iv18,1~n •. ·~ --~e~~cal. S~~~e . ·
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' .. -.I t :1~. und~r~t~oa·· t)?.a,t-Dr. WeJ!l~, we_s ~¥~i'l. v~~S~4 in :~~~-- ---
;part~eul~ f'i_eld ~f ·mre~t!:ge:t~o_n·/un~e:r· ~~ccy-· ·by the . ~ -~ ·:a:~cef!!;_
}llld it ~~--lielle!ed .~ha~. t~ -~ata. f~9n•:h~!i!·-~st~~e. ~Jli~- ~~s.~~s~- \is . .
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Rercrenco io ilad_o ~~ a l~t~r dated :october +7, 1.945, cap~oned as

·il'~ove, whic\1 contain~. ~ ~~art, 91' reccpt· ~n!9rmatipn recei:,vod by. this
Qtfice rel~ti~· to ·the errects of l1IKO~ '~'F~~? il~c~~~e~-;if~n~~r. _ .
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. On october 26,, 1945,, Prl.vat~f'l)LO~CH~ FI!f.ZGmA~, ASll 36916_9ao, ')'(l\o
is •ntioped in tbQ:rei'eret:tce le~te~; cn:+led person a~ t~e<Jte1r York in
o!tice· .to3e~er· Jdth t>;-ivate DAVID ·U. FiiA·T.t', As~ ~9293663.i~ l,t. JiER3ERT
0. SCHUtr, and tt. n.E. liO'uLE, all ot a l;esearcb, dave~~pe~}l~ unit at
~ tricht f.\,eld, Dayton;, Ohio~ . ·These ~n carried ~ letter' signed ·by !miGAD~
O::t!lt?-AL t.·o. ·CP.AIOEE, Chi,o~ ·Eilgiqo~l;'ing Di~sion,. Wright Field, .r eque_stin&
-..the assistance of this office. in.alloWing tlte bc~~ra o£ 't lle letter
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access ~- tho e.trcots ot nntbr.A.1'Pl3U,.. · · ·
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'this office: hnd· no. jurisdrct~<m o~ot...1f.stA;• s. er.rects, and FiW.:TJ\tD W;is·
referred ·to the ·oflice.or the. A]ioJ1 t>r,oper.ty cusi(odian, ~cq :ond~ a.
v~rt 'thorough lnvestigat.i.Qn· or· TEStJt•s b'elqns~ng~ . tol~~~ t~e $-nventorn·
de:{th.. ·
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.F9r• the J}l1reaui ~ ..infomation, Pit.~to }l'!T'l.OERALD; _and-hi~· -.a ssgciates.

.stated: thai .the -Am}' boU.Qvlls ~fA's !•l)Ca\h ·p~ytt· to·l>.e. ;t he :only p_oss~~e . . ·
d!!t~nse against:·tne' a tome ·\loin~,, and t}:ley· l"ee~, that: pgss~l?lY. the. s!;lc~et '
e>t· the. nJ)eath nayn lies a~ong. TESTJ"' ~ effects,. wh~ch oct;upy several tr~11ks
.at ·thQ l!.anhatfx!)1 $toragc li~~hqus.o, . llmf Yotlc C~ty. J:t.lfiU be recall~~
· -that prior to Tf.SLA'.s death, F!'i'ZG!mALD.J ."'fho is reported to bo a. brilliant.
;you~ $Cientist, ·~S· tnkell by. '14-~IA As.qiu pr,o.t egq. . .. · . {

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RE; NICOLAI Pl;s . j

SAVA N. KQSitVIc
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On this date Insp. A. Belmont advised that one.

SAVA N•. KOSANOVIC 1m contacted. the ·Bure§u and
advised thrit he was formerly Yugoslav llinister

P~I..A8spapers were left in the Manhattan Storage

Co, and the Uanhattan Storage eo. l!.dvised him
that the F.B.I. bad ~de MICRo- Fims of all th~se
papers.
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l!ebulet( ~at,ed ·AP.ril_3·.~t.

on April, 7 1 .19SO · a~e%_1b. ot thi~ ortice interi~cwed 1:%'. J.V. 'PO'tm, ·
Vice.'Pre31dent of ~t~e· ~r.ha.ttan 'llarehouse -and Sto~~- Co:lpally, ?2nt\ St~~t
It ?t~ Av~"Uoi Relf Yolk City,_apd. at that time ln. R)T,[U· ndViaed that the
rules ot "his _i'i~ recr.d~cl tt.nt4 :an. ~rsoils gaining access. to tf~c;>d3 storc!d .
b¥limbat~ fitst r.ad to fill- out an _app~priaw rom ·spttina rorth their
nawe3 1 date of visit, ~d -1Q~6n tor .~q,ue:1ti.ng acces;~ to tl-4 _f;O~es. -
In. a· rovi01t 9~ tb()'fil6, port~inins. ·to the storage ~r· tb! ;r.ro;t~ C?t.
Nitt;LA, '1ESLA 1 w.~. :rom ~'(ealed tba~ only ona auah -yis~~. bad been z:iJ.do by
persons D!ltsidq "'f tho tanace:te~t o£ Uanbnttan_Storace· ~tsel£". ·.This on~
occassion took place on JanuD.+Y :26 .an"- 27 1 194~, ~t ;which ·tic.~ representatives
or the Alien ~pel'ty Custo~ m:i9o. ·a .'t~roueh ~view or ·tho ent;re effects
or the :zESLA -estate. -
The 'IfSIJ..ertecta a~ .stored in l'Qoi:".S' 5J..and SL ot' -~arihtlttan Storaeo •s
wn.~hoas(! at 52nd St~~t & ?tb Avenue:~· lrtnr.;tork,city. 1m, !liCHA:SL J.Ql;G, -.rho
Jttateci he had:bcen-· Floor Suparvisor fo~ approxitlately 10· yoars on 1;ha .noo~
in ~ucst.1on 1 stated that he. coUld )'lean oPlY' th~ . o.~e· occtlflsion :tn e;noly 1943· .
1'~.a1 6ll ~tion w~s- ~de of ·tho 'reGLA erreat~. · -l!o stnt~d that ,at .t~t, ·
tir;le. X1Qerous.:photosraph3 were taken.'l>y, .~he ex~pe~., ~- :de3~rlpt1on. :p.(
tm eqdpnt. taed wculd tend to slmW· -thqt 11 tidcro!ilm rOP,I:od:;~tion wns .~e
or sct'JJ or the pnpera or tlie .dacea$'ed Dcientiat... tr::.• .Knttl ad~ed that several ··
of-the crenp ~· the ~:ro:!roti,cn wore u.s. l·iavt ~n1!6ms ;;.. an~ ·durJ.nr.t the.
t?(o ~ys · .required to col:lplete· tha exa~tion the_civil:l.an assistnn~ ~- f;he
group were identified to him only ~· -n~!:AL AU'llf:ilTI:fJ'lW"• ~cc;f?t'din3 to m.
JCrn01 no otber in:Jtance or picro~ili:l,inz. or--· t _po reaQr~a o! the ~LA ·cotaw bas
taken place sin~~ -that time. · ·
·I t sholil.cl ·be-noted that the :Nreau· was ·inton:lCdcor the.. exa::dnation men-
tioned above· byl:elf York letter (~th ~t~h!=len_ts) ·Ciated 6ctoboJi' 17.1. 1945,
entitled. re{Y.t:~ SUBJECT,; SAVA l~SAl~V!OU; -~erir;le~s - & ne~e~n.~h p! NJJ['LA
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· J.lR.• POrrS ·stat~d·~~t-no inquiry had bl~l\ ._rec~ived \>y'· 7l~ttari frcia
SAVA N. }pSA."iiV~CH;. D)J.' hadJ.tanluittan· ipforme~l'·h~, ill any war, that ·SI! ex•
ambiation-of the n?SLA efi'e.cta· had be~n-nade oy ~one~ In fact; added:MR .•
Po'lTS, the only c9rrespondenco ·rel~ting to the 'IESU. estate ~ ooen .~n -tho
form of .bills for sto_rage. ·

JtR. PO'riS .stated -t~at ~·personal ·inCJ.ui~s -re&arding the e~tate .-wc;>uid
:of necessity~ directed ~o ·hiLl, and· ·to date ·itO· stigll; lnq¢-ti,es .h~ve ·oo~n J;,Ulc.\e.

· 'InterVieWing age~ts e-xpi8iried:to J.m• Po'lTS ~hai th~ .exSpdnation r.w.de,

as mentioned above, -ws.:J. not _insticated byt~e ~rcau 1 . nor· ha4 the. Bureau ~n
part in t}Jat examination• · · '- ' -
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'' .a clo~ed s~at'ua, :anq no.fqrt}l~~ ~nv~stigativ~ action. is .conte~p~ted by' _this
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NiKoLA'tks!A. · · · · ·
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, . _ · -~~· :ii~~ich :sa·~<I :N~o~ $sLf;..M,d ·d.:f;ed ··so,me .Years 'back; ·~hat
:he- ~d been quite 'a: ~cientist; .and--Va!J suppo,s~a: to. :haVe 'been, l>rio_li to
hi~ d~ath_,. -~orki.n.S . -0~ death .rS:y~ ~ Jd'ter he a~~a 'there .were. a~legations
.made . that ~n1ong ' his P?-I'e1='S· were ~ter;a~ . froili which a aeath -ray C9Uld be
aeveloped~ -as· ·a ~sttl{; g~ '~'the Al·ien .Enemy: 'Custodian seize~· all his
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ing t);le 'years, thel:~ .aave beep . -~ number . or :nonspecU'i~ .Colllplai~t's received
l;'.e ~PANEL's alleged· CP· sympat~ies ·t. Orie of: xb;es~ ~omplaints . came t'rOIIl
RALPij B~GS~SS~..' . . -
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BERGSmESsER,. ~ir 1945., visited -t he NXO and ·talked vith. ·.
SA Harvey llath. Mr. ~at~ reported.: ·t~is to. tb,e :B~eau ln. ·memo datea·
-io/17/45 Wl.~e~ the ji~l~, _UNKNOwN' ?uB~C~; SAV(( ~OS~OVIcHi EXPERD.mNTS
A1!D RESEARCH OF N~911\ .KES~ '(Dece~~ed}; . ~PIONAGE .•.M·.. ~t memo re-.
fleets an. interviewvith 'RALPH BERGSTRESSER in vhich..B~iitfSSER fur.-
nishe~ Irifor.ina:tion reg~ding : svA;NEL and ·als~ -iegard.iBS~psi.A 'Pa.Pers.
The inf~ence was S~ANEL vas -h-yipg- -to gei{ hol~ of~LA paper~ for
some Si~ster p1Jrpos~.. As a· .result or that ~onta:ct, mo .con~cted.. t~e.
Al'ien 'Enemy Cus1;o!lian fH1d round -t hey had suom.~tted the~LA I>a;pers in '.
l-9113' to N.:;t.T'•.8.J?.d a repre~ent~tive ,of M·. I;i\ ·ha.ci. f~nisbed them with
intotma.tion that they found no· information tha~ vould be help~ul at 'to
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~enator Jc;>f?~P~- }oicCartl_!y ap.g_ -t he c·Se¥~:r ·ttn:ne}l :his. ·l etters over to'·
·:tfhe' ~~ea~ .. . -;-On~ of -~he l~tters t9 ·Senati;>r McC~tby ·was regarding
s~ANEt .: ';rn tQ:~t iet~e.r he ~dvised"ij~c;~:thy. ·toot· he '~ct tak~n · tyo ·
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.days in - a~out ~:Pril, l91i.~·r ·to e?tii~l'n: ·-~e ent~e stocy_w·tlie FBI
in ·Nev York c~ty •. He ·.s-~ic1 t~ey statte<l·an i~vestigation .against
~PANEL- $.d after a 'tew_weeks -'iildi~ated ~hat the~r hahd.s yere- tied;. .
·• -that th~re :W~#> - -I10't1ling ~he fB! c~uld d<? as "th~y. had. been ~?top~a.
.£rom· a; hi~er leve~~- Th'ey 'd id not- say ye's ·o r .rio in--ret'ereilce' to .
s:PA]mL; -1~ ~other ·wr4-s; -$ey ·wttlq._rtot ~omni:l~ 'tllemseives-too -1iiu~h·
However~ ~J?.ey- iS:ter ;1~9-i~~:te<:l jjhs,t ~.Pl>f¢ep.tly my ~uspiciona ver~·
true. .HARVEY Rf\~ 1 ·th.~··F.Bt - age_~t, wh_Q-.I dea;tt _-with ilp_s t, re.Signed
~-~s jpb ~d re~estea t~~t ~ ~ev:er a:r~cuss =th~s matter· with _ bini -
again·; ~}$t ·b~ ba4 .a. .'fife an<t ;'~lY: 't9. ~onsi'de;r. l 'asked: .him ~­
:there wasn•t· s9m~ · hope left -~na.. he ·s tat'ed, that ·the ''1llt !).ope wa~ .. , ·
Congress~ u· - lr hav.e never seen or co~tacted him again as pe;- his
lreq~¢s~. . . ·" '
-· · · Mr •.i. He'm ir'ic}l-·said ·s·ena:tor McCatthy. Tt\lrned this.-~teria1
ov~r - to. the Bure~u las~ june· or .Jui.y'i but notqing :vas done- about:
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it! 'The ot~~ -aay -~es~l?r~ok Petl:er~ ~s- 1f!- ~owp ~cL; .stoppeii fn to
·s~e Asst.. Dfr:o L. B. Nichols·, a~ vhich. 7t'inte ·~e ~ .Spoke• alot..about. - (:'
SP~L~. so,~eti~e ago SPANEJ;. __ :n~~a. :Pegi~r - tor ):~be~ aJ?.d.-J;lov~ it ~P- ·, . •·
~eaxs PEGLER' is out t6 ·get him. ·'one -ot Pegler's·.con:t;acts-is BERG;. - n, ~
S'mESSER. 'When Mr. Nichois reviewed. the .:B\lr.eau tiles in this .mat-
t~; he inq~ired, a'9out .t )le rea,_son why ~o:r:me;r :sA ~'(eY' -R~tb ba~
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tive ~ th~ f.oll.O~ ~d~vid~:~- .An.~ -s?ANEL; RALPH -B~GS~ESSER;
mKOLA KESLA.. . . .

' ·l{r'•. lrennrich ..said NIKOiiA 'KESLA bad. died. so~ year~ - :back; that
~e · had · o~e~ . ciu!te a: · sc~imtist.; :~~ Va8 s~pPc)s~·ci -t?.:~ve . been,.·pri9r to
~ t - h ·his d~th, var:tp.ng on death r~ys~ -.Af.t~~- ?i~ died:- ~here fer·~ .all,e~~ions.
.made_tha~ amriD:S .his 'P!1pers were t;ate:JiiS:l. f;din -w:b!c;h .a. ~a.:th ray co~d ·b~ ¥ '• !

aeveloped, i!S .. ,a .: result -.ot which the. Alien J;!nemy· Custodian _seizea all 'his
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~ ~- ye~s,. ~el;'.e ''h~ye; b.ben .a ll~b~~f.~f nonspecf!~c coml>iaiilts 'received:_
~e· pP.,_s. a~Sed· C~ - s.~~ie.s •. ' -.Oiie··_
o f ~l;\gse. (;omp_~~~f! Cat:l<t ·~91:1. ' .,
~<BERGS~$~, , . .-. . .· . .< , ·, · •· , ,"' .

. . ' ..WR imRGS~SER 1: .in 19~5, ·:Y'isi~ea ~he- 'NYO ~d~·talked w~~- -..,
SA H~vey,Rat;b~ ,Ur. lta~h rep<irt~d thi~ to 'tAe .Bureau. in in~' d4ted• .
~0/17/45 )Ulder -tne title, -OWl{:§trJJEC~; .1?AVA, KOOANOVICH, ~00$
.A.ND :IID3EARCH Of Hll(OLI\ :KESLA (D¢ce~ed)·; !SPIO~ - ~1. ~t memo r~-­
flects an ~~Viev vith. ~~m;aas~sS~· in ilhiqh :BER~mES~~ 'fur- ' ·..-
·pijJ}¥!d ~ormation. reg~~ SPAlmL .S;!ld._. ~o . ~-e~ding ~~ · P~t>er~ •. .
·IJ:he. ~etence vas. SPA.~. ~ ?.-~ to: get· ho.~~, ot·:~~ -paper~ :fC?~' . -~ ' ......

so:i_e ~?,iniSier purpose. ;f\8 a resUlt. 9~: ~Mo-tt ::con~~~ - NY9 .con~cted 't he.
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JU!en··EAemy ·c~to~ilin .?Jld fo~d. th~y ·~~ sul(~i;ted. tl}.e KESf4.pa~~ 'in.
,193~ to ~l •.f.T. ~<1; a r~p~eaen~atiVE7 · 0~ M.;qT_ • -~---~n~shed _ ~el!i· '!i't;~·
lnfQn::a~:lon ~t .ther. found no information t~t :"f9Uld 'J)e ·help~ .Jd to
an.·$friendly ~tion. ·

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Senator· Joseph, McCarthy ~ the Sena~r ttirn~,_~ ~ttcr~· oy~ t9
the -Bure.au! ·one ot th~ l:ct~cr;3 to s.ena.tor l!ccarthy -')laS. -re~d.i.nS·
. s~•.t tn-tha,t letter·-'ht!· ad.~c~.f.cC:artby tha.t h~ )i~cl ~n two
.d~y!l irl· abOut: A]?l'n,.~9,45 1 - -to. exp~i~ ~~· CI}tir~ at9ry to· 1;~~ F.BL
in.·J{ev· Y.o~k City • Ue ·!J_a~a 'they- swrt.¢·an -i llvcstieation a~itlst
SP. ~ii .after. a iew ·-weeks in~if?a~d . tna~ the# bima,~ were tf~d,
but ~~t there .)fas :nothin3 ·t he ·FJ3I could.: A~ as they -~ be~ll st()ppe~ ·
fro? a hleh.er- ·level. ~ey did. n~t eay yqa. .C?r w in. refcr~nc¢ to. ·
S?ANEtl ~ . o~er vor~, tllcy woUla not ¢P~t thet:Oel"{es ·~o.o ~h.
· f.ove~er, theyla~e~ il,ld~ca~cd tha,.
·apparently cy ~~p~ci9PS. vere.
true.. liARVEY llAT.H, the l"BI ae~nt vJip. I deal:.t vith l;:Os:t, resigne~
· his Jo'\.) · ~ ;requea~ that ~ n~v~r- ~~c\13s this -ma:~~er .~~ lili;1
.a~; ~t .he }lad a: vif~ .~a. .r~·. to consider'+ .! . ~~~ ~ ~·
~h~e; v~n 1 t ~oi::le.'ho.W 1¢'~-. and he. $ta~<\,.:p~t. the ~~e "\$
C9~¢a~ ,_ n -~ .'have ne'let" ec~n- ·<?r eontac:t;ed .h!tr -n~in as ;per ~his
. reqU:~st.

Mr4 l!ennrich se.~$t·- ~enator Nc<;a:hth:t ~tirnCcl this 1::atcria1

-.over ·to the Bureau last JUne or .J'uly, but nothins vas ·;done about
it~ ~e' -~~lier. ~Y ;t~s~1>r0o~ Pcg~·: "'34 :iA ·tciirn an(l_ -stopped; ·1 n to
-~.ee .Asa~ •. ,D~.• 1.. :B•. 1f~~~o~, - ~~ vb~cli ~~ ~g s:PPlm.:ru,ot. ~~o-ut·
qP4f:EL_.. po:tetir.le; ~ :SPANEL - s\J.¢.~J'~gl~ toi' -lib~). ·~~ nov· ~-J; ap:- ·
pe~s ?EGLER i~ ·out'~ :get)~im •. O~e ot .l'~gl~~S' co~~c~~ i~ ·1;3ER~
$mF;SSER, ~.en ~:r-, .rticho.l s ~avicwed the =~~f.?~~. t!l~!f 41h~ -~t..,
~er 1 ·he- in~uired .about the reason wliy fq~ .SA. ~:v~y: Ra.th :_
had:
n~~ been ~tery~ewed iu, ~ ~t~er.o\ · ·
.t~·•.Jrennr~ch rcq~il'ted -~t .i'o~mc~ ;~ ~~Y n~~~- b~
ln.terv,i~V~ and .~t; ve f~- ·ou1; .wha.:f;. h~ ~ W ~a,y ~ tidl\it.~on.
~-, the ~orma~ion.rcpor~d:·by ~ ~ -~ · l~t~~ :f;O :$ti' ~~~~
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~~.cau, to t£Ac· v. M!" ~e~, 2/')/51.
"' The Bureau :pointea .out ~het '!fere· ·in. receipt ot a ~~ter vrltte-q,
·by RALPH :s~c;cmrzem to E:cn:1~r Joceph 1-!c~~Y relative to ·O:le At.WIA.\f
cr.\.";BL in vbich he Ql:cs certain allec;atio:is ..about co:lveraation:s· -which he
h'1d: with £o~· 'SA ~:r $~ Rath. 0:1 -~/8/51, l!r'.. Eath ca~ to· this office
ad. furniShed the following int~'t!to~: _
- Af~er- reVievl%;3. JY ie~ter to Bur~u. 10/17/45 l1hicli bad: b~en CUe~·
~ted by BATH, he ·;oecaUcd, ·tl:;J.t on
~/9/1•'5 DffiGS~¥'1n·eame to the.t;cv ~ork
Office and fur;dslied £0tle nonopecitic :lnf'orcation·'t:ld he. ae!in ·eppe:lred at
ihc Nev· York oiticc and spoke to l:r. !Jath 9/'i!f/45. ~ ot the 1ntarmt1o~
furnished by 't!nG3mESCm -w.s reported.· -~ the ~'90V~ refe#cnccd ~etter •.
~e~e are the c;nlY. tvo- Visits Y.r. F4th· r~Bll_.s JDq31J!;'.ESSra ever having
cde to thiQ of'i'ice. ,
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a &carch.:.of'.tit tiles ~eflect
t=G3~Ea crune· to -this ,.offi'ce- on·~tber mtter. and, furnished ace=:-
plo.int 8/i0/421 v1Uch ca.tter has ne .rc~tion ~h3.:taoe~ ~ tl:.e Iibov~
captioned mtter ._ It should be pointed out wo tllat the irifo~tion
ftir~iShcd by: D::lGSTJESZm il;ll942 vas .alto of a lle:)n:~ifie ll3ture.
~is illtormtion we· _set :tort]?. in report o~ SA .J~~ '1'. turphY,1 NY,
10/2.?/43, in th~ C:\Ce entitled J($m Tn!:O:OO:U!:-V.-\LD:V~ 1 \'3.Se; f.S?, G.
, F.r. Ratb ,reee.Us t!w.t ·li~ ict~ ~·:ttireau in 1:o.y, 19451 to ·
C:lter :priv:~,te ind.uztry; that -SOi:ietlce after his-~C:siGQt~O!l x::mz~.EZ..,~
contacted him telephonic~ at 1WJ place. of' b~iDess. :t:e. ·cc~ offer· D.?
c±pl..tmation &3 tQ how 't:aG3~.r.;;sEl ~v where he~ e:ployed. ~GSZ'.Z3·
S..:...t; at that time, ~ked. 'him it the FBI ·was ·4bill8'~ about tbe ot-
ter he h:ld previoU3ly reported ar.i Rr. t.~th rec3lls btlvin3 t.)ld. hb ~t
tbt w:us eQ:ethina nbout which h~ 4!o~d otter ~ i,ntormti6n sinCe he bd.
·otficial,ly resicncd his co~tion vith that acellC1• t:r. F.ath· r=e:bers
spceitic:Ul.y inf~~ EK:lG3mEa5~- tbo.t 1 if lie. h:;d aey further i:torr.a...
'tion ·to proTideJ be s~uld. take. s~ to the r.ev York Office ~llcre sc::x:om;
fully -qualified. votild.be' cotn1~t ot all. tacts ~evloU3l.y f'.orniehed.
l!r • .Eat!l bas .not heard troa ~GZZU".CS!:t sill\:~ tha~ p!lone·c~. t:e ·bas
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v~1;h who:~, h~ ha.d - l~t- . )lis ·-~r.e p~o.ne·- tcp:~a.ke itiquir~~s 'Qf :li11;!l or to
give hiti ~o~tiop. tpid 'lle', in:·. au .iiis:t~ce8 1 -a;de -11; a p;oact~ce
:tO rctei" the:a. to t~e ~~ );orlf- .Office· j~t -·~ -he: qid BERGS~~·
!rhe ·- tiles ot tl,le· ltCV. ··tor~ Ott'ic~ ·dofWte1y indicate. that
llERGaillESSEil ~d· not :i'utnisll -a.nY. intorcation ~ ~ o~~ce _iJ?. ·
APt-11 1 :19~5, o.S -he _!inS a_llec~> but ·~li~t· ·he · ~e ~- this 9ftice on, -,
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-tv<? se~~ .occas~oliG;,- 'DIJ."qel~ - 6/9/45 ~d 9/~/45. -
· , ·with resard-.to ~as~•s·a~catio~ tha~ tbe·-nr a_ta.r~ ·
ted· an . ~vesti~t~op. acalns:t sp~ . an~-·~tcr a f~v· veeks ~ated ·
:tlle:lr h;lnds ver,e ~ie~, ·- ~he .Bureau is -a~vised· that there is:·no··recor4·
in this ottic9 b~ our ever .starting an inv.estiC'-tion·of SP~ ~~
as ~ ~ttc~ ot ~act ~.SP~~·_'l'esides in_.DCle.~c -~d ~ueh an lnv~s~i-~·­
tio~ ·would not be undertaken .by ~iS. 9~~C?e• ;R4\TH·aaviscd tlJ:at be
at no· t:lQe advised-:BERGSmESSER that. the .BUreau .wa.s undertaking any.
_ investftation.~.o~ sp~: an« ~:(tliet did.he ~w't ind1.ca~ tl;at ·the
"BurcO.u vas, not :l.uvestitat:lng· hiil(bccause ~ts -band8·-vei:e -tied.. He
~ver .indicat~~- tQ BERG~~ESSEa 1;~t lif.ii (Bm®~~S) sl13p1c1~~
relative to .sp.ANEL were either
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ani ·h:ld a f&:lily 1 -~-. nat~ b4vised th~s l¢0jrlfxtse •Y have been gl~n .
to DERGS~SER - ~~he fC?llowin~ 1(aY• The in~eva·beween RAm·
iuld BmGS'mEtSm h3d· b~n friendly •. -When B;:l~TRESSm. called.RA'l'i
o.t:te~ he ~a ~eft ;the,.Bur.eeui somat~ :l.ri - .19~6 1 ltA'm b~lieves ~a­
S'IRESSER as~ .him WhY he left the Bureo.u .arid RATH says -he ray have I

-.rcpl;ted ~the hact :a ·v1fe apd facilY and

had recently Purcha3~ -a
'ho~ in l{ev JerTJCY and. found ·the· needls of FBI service· to travel around
ditticul~ tor 'him un~~ ·the circu:::sto.ncea. l~•. ~ath. said. h~ ~initel.y
O.ia. not ask nm03~w"Eil r.ot to caU bia or evet· discuss this tatter·
with .h~ bec~use< ~ ha<1 a.·vife and fe.inlt. · l!c did .request !mao~
not to ca.P. bitt 1n this t:s:t,.ter any' i:x)r~ s!pce he· vas ·nO 19ncer connected
·~th' the FBI end .such · 1:'.?-tto;r~ .s~ul~ be d!s~usscd \4tli ~:representative
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~~tiQ#J with Em~~~~· -h~ncei· h~ 18 l?O_:S~t~w ~t be·
;)leVer. tiid~ an.y. ·sta.t~~nt ·thQ.t -:th~~:owa :no\;o_pe· lett-or· that,
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ex~l';l~t1on t~hq miit:v~d t:~rld 'lt~C.a fp,.~ .au a .;aos~t ofi
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-,_ ad~aod Uew ·Y~r~ Til:-C;s ropQr1;,or• W~l A._·LA.WREtlCE: -- _ -
- -,t~t .h~ was ~Q~dy' w 4iVUls9 to tn~- u~tad Sta.toa _ . . -
... - - Gov¢rntlent tho J:oc~t ot ·hin "1;clefo~oo' 1·.;- 'With. l'111icn _
' I Ac t::Ud airplane ~to.r~ would b~- tioltdl\' at A .~.st~cc -..
- ot 250 l:lilea ao ·thAt .an invisible· CiWloso t::lll Qt ,
,~ dotcrtao Would be b~lt . -~~und- tha cotintcy A~atnQt -.any ' ' ~-
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