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FROM THE FILES OF THE FBI #104

Office Memoramdum - UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TO : Director, FBI

DATE : May 15, 1951

FROM : SAC, Kansas City

SUBJECT: HUBBARD DIANETICS RESEARCH FOUNDATION;
L. RON HUBBARD - Founder
INFORMATION CONCERNING

There is enclosed herewith a copy of an article appearing in the Wichita, Kansas Beacon, May 4, 1951, concerning the above captioned subject, which might be of interest to the Bureau and auxiliary offices.

HUBBARD, with his associates, recently established national headquarters for the Hubbard Dianetics Research Foundation at 211 West Douglas, Wichita, Kansas.

General gossip at Wichita has it that the Los Angeles branch of the Hubbard Dianetics Research Foundation went broke and the cost of operation in New Jersey necessitated establishing headquarters of the organization in the Central United States. A recent article appeared in the Wichita newspaper, indicating that the Hubbard Dianetics Research Foundation had filed papers of incorporation with the Secretary of State, Topeka, Kansas, naming DON PURCELL, a Wichita building contractor and independent hotel operator, as president. [REMAINDER OF PARAGRAPH BLACKED OUT]

On May 4, 1951 an anonymous letter was received in the Wichita resident agency of the Kansas City Office, addressed to the FBI, Wichita, Kansas, stating as follows:

"Gentlemen:

Investigate No. 211 West Douglas, under the Hubbard Dianetics Research Foundation', they are conducting a vicious sexual racket. There are four women and a larger number of men. If they have moved go after them. They are bad, I know, because I am one of the victims. I am reporting them to the PO inspectors for they are using the mails."

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Encl.
cc: Los Angeles (Encl.)
Newark (Encl.)

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This letter was unsigned; however, it bore the postmark of [BLACKED OUT]

From the information available in this field division, it does not appear that L. RON HUBBARD or the Hubbard Dianetics Research Foundation are violating any Federal law over which the FBI has investigative jurisdiction. However, it is felt that numerous inquiries will be received both at the Seat of Government and the Kansas City Office. Therefore, it is deemed desirable to record the above information. Additional developments will be called to the attention of the Bureau.

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