Nikola Tesla FBI Files - Page 195

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ΤΟ The Director D. ". Ladd 0 FROM of SUBJECT: SAVA N. KOSANOVIC IURNAL SECURITY Bureau File 65-47953 YU COPIES DESTROYED 148 OCT 26 1960 Reference is made to my memcrendum dated March 29, 1950, relating to the telephone in uiry by the Yugoslav Ambassador Sava N. Kosanovic as to the possibility of obtaining a cory of a microfilm cory of the technical papers of the late Nikola Tesla, worldfamous scientist who died in New York: in 1943. Attachments Kosanovic claims to have been a nephew of Tesla and is known to have tried to obtain these papers at the time of Tesla's death. However, they were taken over at that time by the Alien Property Custodian. If any copies were rade of these papers, they were made by the office of the lien Property Custodian which tool. possession of Tesle's papers in 1943 or the Department of the Army which was interested in copying Tesla's notes in 1945. The Army's interest apparently was developed by a young scientist named, who had been a protege of Tesla and one of is few confidante. who knew thrt Tesla had been endeavoring to perfect the wireless transvission of electrical current, our off to bacin concerto in olver in the production of a "Teath hap" had subsequently entered the Army, and in October, 1945, appeared at our er York: Office, together with three other members of the United States Army, to request our assistance ir obtaining access to Tesla's paper: which were stored in a warehouse of the anhettan Storage Company. and his associates were referred, at that time, to the lion Property Custodian rhich was reported to have made an investigation of Tesla's belongings following the latter's death. ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED. Y DATE 4-18-89 BY SPIAGGIon 291860 Although the Office of Alien Property or the Department of the irmy might be able to furnish a copy of Tesla's papers to Kosanovic, it is not believed that the I should facilitate his search for this material, which althoug! possibly of no present v lue from a "ational Defense standpoirt, could still conceivably he of assistance to the Yugoslav Government. (b)(1)(C) E NEN DATE: April 3, 1950 19/ NORD-95 (6)(DC) Tolson Ladd Clogs Olav in Rosen Tracy Harbo Mohr Tele. Room Mee.de Gandy r3 (6) 8 65 47953-2: 195