From the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of
Justice, Washington, D.C.
April 24 - 58
J. Edgar Hoover
F.B.I.
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
What kind of an institution is ----
H.A.S.I.
1812 19th Street, N.W.
Washington, 9, D.C.
What is their purpose? Enclosed is self-addressed envelope for reply
[SIGNATURE BLOCK BLACKED OUT]
Advertised in May,
Fate magazine
page 108
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May 5, 1958
[ADDRESS BLOCK BLACKED OUT]
Dear [BLACKED OUT]
Your letter dated April 24, 1958, with enclosure, has been received.
While I would like to be of service, I must advise that this Bureau has
never investigated the "Hubbard Association of Scientologists,
International, and I am unable to be of assistance to you.
Sincerely yours,
[stamp] J. Edgar Hoover
John Edgar Hoover
Director
NOTE: Correspondent not indentifiable in Bufiles. Self-addressed stamped
envelope being utilized in reply. We have not investigated the
association named in this letter but Bufiles contain voluminous data
regarding it and its founder L. Ron. Hubbard. Hubbard is [BLACKED OUT]
He has corresponded with this Bureau on several occasions and we have
been most circumspect in our dealings with him. His association
allegedly has discovered dianetics, a means of treating psychosomatic
ills, which Hubbard described as a discovery comparable to man's
discovery of fire. (62-94080)
JK:gfs
(3)
For L. Ron Hubbard's Navy war records, here is Ron the War Hero.
For further information on the Scientology organization's ideals and for copies of their once-secret documentation, here is Operation Clambake.