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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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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