From the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of
Justice, Washington, D.C.
March 9, 1951
Mr. L. Ron Hubbard, President
The Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation, Inc.
275 Morris Avenue
Post Office Box 502
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Dear Mr. Hubbard:
Reference is made to your letter dated March 3, 1951, by which you
furnished further information concerning the Hubbard Dianetic Research
Foundation, Inc.
You advise that arrangements are being made to fingerprint your employees
and file these fingerprints with this Bureau. I wish to advise you that
the FBI has no authority to handle fingerprints with the exception of
those received from bona fide law enforcement departments and federal
and state agencies.
I wish to thank you for the information you have made available to this
Bureau.
Sincerely yours,
John Edgar Hoover
Director
JWP:vab
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.