Nikola Tesla FBI Files - Page 197

*WISDARD FORM NO. 64 Office Memorandum TO болон FROM Memoràndum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Director, FBI : SAC, New York SUBJECT: SAVA N. KOSANOVIC INTERNAL SECURITY-YU (Bufile 65-47953) Febulet dated April 3 last. On April 7, 1950 agents of this office interviewed Mr. J.V. POTTS, Vice President of the Manhattan Warehouse and Storage Company, 52nd Street & 7th Avenue, New York City, and at that time MR. POTTS advised that the rules of his firm required that all persons gaining access to goods stored by Manhattan first had to fill out an appropriate forn setting forth their names, date of visit, and reason for requesting access to the goods. In a review of the file pertaining to the storage of the effects of NIKOLA TESLA, MI. POTTS revealed that only one such visit had been made by persons outside of the management of Manhattan Storage itself. This one occasion took place on January 26 and 27, 1943, at which time representatives of the Alien Propert, Custodian made a thorough review of the entire effects of the TESLA estate. се: 65-12290 DATE: April 17, 1950 ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE 7.3-12 BY fate The TESLA effects are stored in rooms 5J and 5L of Manhattan Storage's warehouse at 52nd Street & 7th Avenue, New York City. MR. MICHAEL KING, who stated he had been Floor Supervisor for approximately 10 years on the floor in question, stated that he could recall only one occassion in early 1943 when an examination was made of the TESLA effects. He stated that at that time numerous photographs were taken by the examiners. His description of the equipment used would tend to show that a microfilm reprod ction was made of some of the papers of the deceased scientist. KING added that several of the group making the examination wore U.S. Navy uniforms, and during the two days required to complete the examination the civilian assistants in the group were identified to him only as "TEDEFAL AUTHORITIES". According to MKC. KING, no other instance of microfilming of the records of the TESLA estate has taken place since that time. ER SUC 10-APR 27 ܐܐ܂ It should be noted that the Bureau was informed of the examination mentioned above by New York letter (with attachments) dated October 17, 1945, entitled NKNOVAN SUBJECT; SAVA KOSANOVICH; Experiments & Research of NIKOLA TESLA (Deceased), Espionage-. R-435 88-0003 INDEXED - 38 VORA 1654795327 APR 18 1950 37 (DOXC) 2227 100. UNRECORDED Copy filen tw 197 }