FROM THE FILES OF THE FBI #107
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
To: COMMUNICATIONS SECTION.
April 27, 1951
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AIRGRAM
LAFAYETTE RONALD HUBBARD, FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS. RE YOUR AIRGRAM
APRIL SEVENTEEN, LAST. BUREAU RECORDS REFLECT THAT HUBBARD,
PRESIDENT OF THE HUBBARD DIANETIC RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., AND
AUTHOR OF QUOTE DIANETICS, THE MODERN SCIENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH
UNQUOTE, PUBLISHED IN JUNE, FIFTY, CAME TO THE BUREAU ON MARCH
SEVEN, FIFTY ONE, TO ADVISE THAT COMMUNISTS WITHIN HIS ORGANIZATION
WERE UNDERMINING IT STRUCTURE. DURING THE INTERVIEW HE LIKEWISE
STATED THAT HE STRONGLY FELT THAT DIANETICS CAN BE [?]LD TO COMBAT
COMMUNISM. AGENT CONDUCTING INTERVIEW CONSIDERED HUBBARD TO BE
MENTAL CASE. BUREAU RECORDS LIKEWISE REFLECT THAT DURING FEBRUARY
OR MARCH, FIFTY ONE, SUBJECT'S WIFE FILED KIDNAPPING COMPLAINT
AGAINST SUBJECT WITH LOS ANGELES POLICE AS RESULT [illegible word
or two] HUBBARD WAS ARRESTED IN CHICAGO. FEDERAL PROSECUTION
DECLINED IN FAVOR OF STATE PROSECUTION, ON [?]SIS MATTER A FAMILY
AFFAIR, AND NO INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED BY BUREAU. ACCORDING TO
BUREAU RECORDS [illegible word] IS ALLEGEDLY NEW APPROACH TO
TREATMENT OF MANY PHYSICAL [illegible word] ILLNESSES WITHOUT THE
USE OF DRUGS OR MEDICINE. IN THIS [illegible word or two] IT IS
NOTED THAT UNDER DATE OF MARCH FOURTEEN, FIFTY ONE, [illegible word
or two] OF LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY, BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS, STATE
OF NEW JERSEY, ADVISED THAT IT HAS A CASE AGAINST THE HUBBARD
DIANETIC RESEARCH FOUNDATION, IN., AND THAT THE CASE WAS DUE FOR
TRIAL IN
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
To: COMMUNICATIONS SECTION.
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UNION COUNTY DISTRICT COURT, ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, MARCH TWENTY
SEVEN, FIFTY ONE, BECAUSE THE FOUNDATION CONDUCTED A SCHOOL
TEACHING A BRANCH OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY WITHOUT POSSESSING A
LICENSE.
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