Nikola Tesla FBI Files - Page 203

ļ NIKOLA TESLA MONUMENT NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK and VASA VESKOVIC, Yugoslavian Consulate General in New York City. An article appeared in the "Niagara Gazette" on July 24, 1976, captioned "Aide Almost Missed Event. The article in part indicated that friendship and cooperation between the United States and Yugoslavia was the theme of the day as that nation dedicated a statue of NIKOLA TESLA on July 23, 1976. The friendship was personalized when a Yugoslavian tried to cross the border from Canada to the United States to attend the dedication without a visa. The individual was GOJKO SEKULOVSKI, who was in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, as the Chairman of the Olympic Commission of Yugoslavia. He also happens to be the Assistant Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in that country. He did not have an American visa and almost missed the unveiling of the statue. Fast thinking on the part of representatives of the Niagara Frontier State Park and Recreation Commission sent an official car to take the dignitary across the border, which saved the day. f In the "Niagara Falls Gazette" on July 24, 1976, there appeared an article concerning the unveiling of the statue which indicated that Dr. BOGDAN MAGLICH was Chairman of the Yugoslavian-American Bicentennial Committee and was a speaker at the affair. Dr. MAGLICH also serves as President of the Fusion Energy Corporation, Princeton, New Jersey. Dr. MAGLICH eulogized the inventor TESLA and stated "only America could have taken a giant of Tesla's stature, embraced him and provided him the means he needed to bring his talent to its best use of humanity." 3 2.03