FROM THE FILES OF THE FBI 229
January 15, 1970
[ADDRESS BLOCK BLACKED OUT]
Dear Mrs. [BLACKED OUT]
The FBI has no list for distribution such as you requested in your letter
received on January 12th. In addition, this Bureau is strictly an
investigative agency of the Federal Government and, as such, neither makes
evaluations nor draws conclusions as to the character or integrity of any
organization, publication or individual. I hope you will not infer either
that we do or do not have material in our files relating to Scientology or
L. Ron Hubbard.
You may wish to secure a copy of "Guide to Subversive Organizations and
Publications," prepared and released by the House Committee on Un-American
Activities, now known as the House Committee on Internal Security. In it
are listed some of the groups and periodicals which have been cited by
various state and Federal agencies, and a copy of it can be purchased for
seventy cents from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing
Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. Checks or money orders should be drawn
payable to the Superintendent of Documents. C.O.D. orders will not be
accepted.
Sincerely yours,
[stamped] J. Edgar Hoover
John Edgar Hoover
Director
MHB:cnb (3) SEE NOTE PAGE TWO
[page 2]
Mrs. [BLACKED OUT]
NOTE: Correspondent is not identifiable in Bufiles. L. Ron Hubbard, the
founder and President of the Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation, Inc.,
is well known to the Bureau. This organization furthers Hubbard's theory
of Scientology, an alleged science which instills confidence and assists
individuals in removing mental problems and obtaining human ability.
Hubbard was described as "hopelessly insane" by his wife in suing for
divorce in the early 1950's.
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