Nikola Tesla FBI Files - Page 82

-114 RA MAILED & 2961 AUN. REC39 COMM-FBI 100-2237-13° Dear Tolsd Belmont Mohr Casper Callahan Conrad DeLoach Evans Gale Rosen Sullivan Tavel Trotter Te 5.3 DEC 3 1962 Gandy MAIL ROOM ·(e) Your letter of November 1st has been received. atto In response to your inquiry, I would like to point out that the effects of Dr. Nikola Tesla ere impounded, after his death, by the Office of Allen Property of the Department of Justice and not by the FBI. Since this Bureau did not participate in the handling of Dr. Tesia's effects, I am unable to supply the information you desire. (3) bic DECEMMEN DIVECH November 27, 1962 4 ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE 7-3-10 BY SPipiste TELETYPE UNIT NOTE: Bufiles contain no record identifiable with correspondent. Bufile 100-2237 shows that Dr. Tesla was one of the world's outstanding scientists in the electrical field, and at the time of his death, all of his personal papers and effects were believed dangerous to the country's security if they fell into unauthorized hands. The book, "Prodigal Genius," by John J. O'Neil, alleges that the FBI took over a certain safe and opened it, appropriating Dr. Tesla's property. Bufiles clearly indicate that it was the Office of Alien Property of the Department which did so, and the above reply has been forwarded in answer to related inquiries. Dr. Tesla was born in Yugoslavia and died in New York City 1-7-43. ICO Sincerely yours, J. Edgar Hoover FBI REC'D READING ROOM John Edgar Hoover Director 2 82 Nov 27 44.53 PM f?