Letter: FBI Director John Edgar Hoover to James M. Elliott (March 9, 1951)

March 9, 1951

Mr. James M. Elliott, National Administrator
The Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation, Inc..
275 Morris Avenue
Post Office Box 502
Elizabeth, New Jersey

Dear Mr. Elliott:

Reference is made to your letter dated March 5, 1951 by which you furnished further data concerning the Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation, Inc. and advised of your proposal to file the fingerprints of employees of your organization with this Bureau. I wish to thank you for the material you furnished.

With respect to the fingerprints of your employees, which you propose to file with this Bureau, I wish to advise you that the FBI has no authority to handle fingerprints with the exception of those received from bona-fide law enforcement departments and federal and state agencies.

Sincerely yours,

John Edgar Hoover
Director