Nikola Tesla FBI Files - Page 174

‚.D Mr. Walter Garsuch, Alien Property Custodian, 120 Broadway, New York, New York. Dear Sirs ✓ 13810 At your request and that of Mr. Joseph Tạ King of the Washington office of the Alian Property Custodie, I have ained the private papers, writings, and other property of the late Dr. Nikola Tesla with the view to determining both their possible usefulness to this country in its war effort and the possible hasard attendant on their falling into unfriendly hands. at: of Tech., 1943. This examination was made at the Manhattan Warehouse, 52nd Street, New York City, on January 26-27, and included all of the notes and material in Dr. Tesla's immediate possession at the time of his death and now in the custody of your office. For reasons indicated below, to investigation was ade of naterial in trunks which had remained untouched in the basement of the New Yorker Hotel for ten years prior to Dr. Tesla's death, COPTES BESTROYED 148 OCT 26 1000 As a result of this exmination, it is my sonsidered opinion that there exist among Dr. Tesla's papers and possessions no scientific notes, descriptions of hitherto unrevealed methods ur devices, or actual apparatus which could be of significant value to this country or which would constitute a hasard în unfriendly handa.. I can therefore see no technical or military reason why further sustody of the pre should be retained, For your records, there has been removed to your office file of various written material by Dr. Tesla which covers typically and fairly completely the ideas with which he was cerned during his later years. These documents are emmerated and briefly abstracted in the attachment to this letter. 00000's r da. 174