Nikola Tesla FBI Files - Page 29

Leland I. Anderson
127 Seymour Avenue Southeast
Minneapolis 14, Minnesota

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James W. McChesney of Long Island. The period of this correspondence runs from 1894-1930. Mrs. McChesney has another group of correspondence between Tesla and George Sylvester Viereck which is very interesting in that it is from a period later in Tesla's life. (If you wish to receive any static copies from there collections I will be happy to send them to you.)

I am interested to learn whether you have collected any mementoes, correspondence, writings, etc. of Tesla. For a long while I have been trailer to locate a copy of the brochure which Tesla issued the first week of February, 1964. It came in a large square envelope sharing a large red wax seal with the initials "N.T." stamped thereon. Quite a number of them were distributed throughout New York and elsewhere by the Tesla enterprise in an effort to secure financial backing for the tower and power plant erected at Wardenclyffe, Long Island. You no doubt know of the brochure of which I speak. I thought it would be interesting to reproduce this brochure and distribute it among the members of the Tesla organization as a memento. Although I have written and inquired about this brochure extensively, I have not been able to locate a copy. Dis you ever have one?

I have hopes that in 1956 (The Tesla Centenary) some significant observance may be organized here in the United States in honor of Tesla. The Tesla Museum in Yugoslavia has obtained the Tesla inheritance, which amounts to 9 tons of apparatus, writings, etc. It is the intention (so stated) of the Museum to publish the entire writings of Tesla, including those in the inheritance, on the Tesla Centenary. I don’t know what sort of political propaganda might be injected in this publication, but it occurred to me that it may be appropriate to arrange an advance publication in this country in Tesla’s unpublished works. Unfortunately, there is not much to work on as let. While the Tesla estate retained in this country, photostats of nearly every important paper in the estate were made under drear of gigot Field Development Center in Ohio. If these photostats could be located there would be much material for a clarification. However, in working with the Library of Congress in preparation of a file on Tesla, these photostats have escaped the post extensive search thus far.

Hoping that you may be interested in the efforts of the (TESLA-INTERNATIONAL on behalf of Tesla and wish to associate yourself with it, I am,

                                                                     Yours faithfully,
                                                                     Leland I. Anderson