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FBI files on L Ron Hubbard

FROM THE FILES OF THE FBI #30 [BLACKED OUT PARAGRAPH--POSSIBLY LETTERHEAD] September 25, 1958 Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington, D.C. Gentlemen: Please be so kind as to advise us whether you have any information regarding the Scientology Center, Albany; located at 899 Mercer Street, Albany, New York. Their slogan is "Where the Able Meet". A young man came to our Classified Advertising counter and volunteered an advertisement which reads as follows: "I will talk to anyone for you about anything. 8-1125." The name of the individual who placed the ad is [BLACKED OUT] Enclosed please find a leaflet left by the advertiser. We were wondering if this organization, if that it is what it is, is possibly a subversive group. Cordially yours, [SIGNATURE BLACKED OUT]
WG:meb enc.




October 3, 1958

[ADDRESS BLOCK BLACKED OUT]

Dear [BLACKED OUT]

I have received your letter with enclosure of September 25,
1958.

While I would like to be of service, I regret to advise that
this Bureau has never investigated the Scientology Center in
Albany, New York, and I am unable to be of assistance to you.

Sincerely yours,

[stamped] J. Edgar Hoover

John Edgar Hoover

Director

1 - Albany - Enclosure

NOTE: Correspondent is not identifiable in Bufiles and we
have not investigated the organization named in his letter. His
enclosure indicates that the Albany Scientology Center is a branch
of the Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation founded by L. Ron
Hubbard with headquarters in the Washington area. Bufiles contain
considerable information regarding Hubbard who is considered
[BLACKED OUT] and in a divorce action filed against him his wife
alleged that he was hopelessly insane. We have had cordial
relations with the [BLACKED OUT]

JK:pmk (4)

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