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FITZGEARLD ALSO KNOWS THAT TESLA HAS CONCEIVED AND DESIGNED A REVOLUTIONARY TYPE OF TORPEDO WHICH IS NOT PRESENTLY IN USE BY ANY OF THE NATIONS. IT IS FITZGEARLD'S BELIEF THAT THIS DESIGN HAS NOT BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO ANY NATION UP TO THE PRESENT TIME. FROM STATEMENTS MADE TO FITZGEARLD BY TESLA, HE KNOWS THAT THE COMPLETE PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS AND EXPLANATION OF THE BASIC THEORIES OF THESE THINGS ARE SOME PLACE IN THE PERSONAL EFFECTS OF TESLA. HE ALSO KNOWS THAT THERE IS A WORKING MODEL OF TESLA'S WHICH COST MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS TO BUILD IN A SAFETY [REDUCTED] DEPOSIT BOX BELONGING TO TESLA AT THE GOVERNOR CLINTON [REDUCTED] HOTEL, AND [REDUCTED] FITZGEARLD BELIEVES THIS MODEL HAS TO DO WITH THE SO-CALLED "DEATH RAY" OR THE WIRELESS TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICAL CURRENT. TESLA HAS ALSO TOLD FITZGEARLD IN PAST CONVERSATIONS THAT HE HAS SOME [REDUCTED] EIGHTY [REDUCTED] TRUNKS IN DIFFERENT PLACES CONTAINING TRANSCRIPTS AND PLANS HAVING TO DO WITH EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED BY HIM. BUREAU IS REQUESTED TO ADVISE IMMEDIATELY WHAT, IF ANY, ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN CONCERNING THIS MATTER BY THE NEW YORK FIELD DIVISION.

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CORRECTION- THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TELETYPE THE NAME THAT SHOULD APPEAR IS FITZGEARLD NOT FITZGEARLD [REDUCTED] AS IT SOMETIMES IS SPELLED.

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