FROM THE FILES OF THE FBI #171
[old, many-times-copied file, apparently sent to London in response to
request]
6-22-61
PLAIN TEXT
BUREAU RADIO
DEFERRED
[BLACKED OUT]
REURRADIO 6-20-61. LAFAYETTE RONALD HUBBARD, SUBJECT OF YOUR INQUIRY,
POSSIBLY IDENTICAL SAME NAME, FBI 244-210-B. SIMILAR DESCRIPTION, BORN
3-13-11, AT TILDEN, NEBRASKA. OUR IDENTIFICATION FILES SHOW HUBBARD
FINGERPRINTED 8-17-48 BY SHERIFF, SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA, PETTY THEFT
- CHECKS, ARRESTED FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY, RELEASED ON BOND. ALSO
ARRESTED 12-16-52, UNITED STATES MARSHALL, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, HIS
NUMBER 11833, CHARGE BANKRUPT, BAIL $1000. COURT.
HOOVER
JGC:jcj:jb
(4)
NOTE: Subject of radiogram from [BLACKED OUT] is probably L. Ron Hubbard,
on whom the Bureau has received numerous inquiries and complaints
concerning the Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation Inc., the Hubbard
Association of Scientology International and the Academy of Scientology,
all organizations with which Hubbard has been connected. In a divorce
suit in 1[?] his wife accused him of insanity and competent medical
advisors recommended he be committed to a sanitarium for psychiatric
observation and treatment of paranoid schizophrenia. Previous
correspondence in this matter handled by Domestic Intelligence Division.
(Bufile 62-94080) File in 62-94080 "Scientology"
