Nikola Tesla Books
IN SEARCH OF NIKOLA TESLA I posed a question with my eyes and Schneider continued to speak. 'But we have so many projects of our own nI don't see how we can help. The whole thing should be properly documented of course. There's been far too much vagueness about the whole thing...no proper records.' I nodded and shut my briefcase. 'Well, that's it, I suppose. If anything else turns up I'll let you know.' 'Thank you. And I do think you've done a good job.' He paused for a moment, 'This report will be sent to the Prime Minister so I'll have to send a letter with it. Let me have some sort of a draft - list the main points of the report so that I can draw his attention to them.' I agreed. 'There's just one more thing. Nothing is secret about all this but it would be good manners not to distribute the report at the moment. It wouldn't be a good idea if too many people had access to it before the PM has a chance to read it himself. After that...well, we could write something for one of the scientific journals and publish it as an article.' I said that it sounded like a good idea and walked to the door. Back in my office, I began spring-cleaning. I gathered together all my Tesla notes, clippings, articles and correspondence, and stuffed them into a couple of big boxes. Next I piled up the reference books I had been using and, with a clean desk, I began the task of going through all those unanswered messages I had allowed to accumulate over the last few months. For the first few days things seemed empty. I had spent so much time and concentration on Nikola Tesla and now it was over. I had a feeling that within a few weeks the whole business would be dead and buried so I was now faced with the problem of focusing on some new activity. I was not so naive as to think that my report would discourage the members of PACE They seemed so firm in their conviction and support for Tesla's plans that, after reading my objections, they would soon bounce back to optimism. On the other hand, I had the feeling that, once word of this report had got around, other scientists would proceed with greater caution when approached by Tesla enthusiasts. I realized that I was a little sad. Tesla had been condemned to obscurity so many years ago; in the past couple of years he had experienced a temporary burst of publicity, but now he was 105
