Nikola Tesla FBI Files - Page 57

REC 57 EX 103 1075 lat. Assoc. Dir. Dep. AD Adm. Dep. AD Inv. Asst. Dir.: Admin. Comp. Syst. Ext. Affairs Files & Com. Gen. Inv. ident. Inspection Intell. Laboratory Plon, & Evol. Spec. Inv. Training 160-2237-77 Dear This will acknowledge receipt of your letter to the Bureau on November 14th. *att In response to your inquiry, the papers of Dr. Nikola Tesla were impounded, after his death, by the Office of Alien Property of the Department of Justice. Legal Coun. Telephone Rm DEC 2495 November 26, 1975 !!INFORMATION CONTAINED EN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE 2-3-00 BY4 38 g ROOM (5) 1 The Deputy Attorney General Enclosure Attention: Susan M. Hauser TELETYPE UNIT NOTE: Bufile 100-2237 indicates that Dr. Tesla was a World famous electrical inventor, and at the time of his death his personal papers and effects were impounded by Office of Alien Property for National Security reasons. Since Tesla's death in 1943 the Bureau has received numerous inquiries about the disposition of his technical papers. The above reply is forwarded in answer to these inquiries. 邕 Sincerely yours, C. M. Kelley Clarence N. Kelley Director Japrte 54 24 GPO 1975 O 569-920 57