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I represent philosopher-novelist Ayn Rand in Matters involvin~ theprotec tion ef her name, .her intellec tua 1 propert, and the inte{ri tyof her ideas.

J. Ed,ar Hoover, DirectorFederal Bureau of Investi&atienWashin~ton, DC

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,~ One such ~atter is an incident elle,edly involvin~ the F.B.I. ~n,:._~:

If: Kansas, which recently came to ay attention.~~'~.~ ,., '.:::~ h1t, 1hccord inc ,t.e. at cf the Ols the-;'

'\ ~1 Public Library in Olathe, Kansas, B ou .-~ r e«n. months a,to tile,i F.B.I. asked for and received from his library a list of peoli'\'; wh Dve read Atlas Shru~red, a nevel written by Miss R~nd •.

eceived information that the F.B.I. h~d even more De ntl,'. c Ole eo t.he Gardner Library for the same purpose. Further~-"th~ I~Olcthe D~ily News, which reported the incident, apparently'was told ,,b~ the l,?ca 1 F .B. I. office tha t the inc ident never took pIa..:f. ~S~~h en lnQuiryabout the readers of Miss Rand's books -- if'conductedby the F.B.I. -- is dero~atory on its face because it puts Miss Randin the cate~or, of a suspect person, ~erhaps a political subversive.On the other hand, if someone is iMpersona~in, the F.B.I, I aMsure you would re,ard it in ,our interests'-- as well as Mis!C:Rand'sto investir,ate the incident., ~:

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With regard to the subject _tter of ,ourletter of August 30, 1967, our Kansas City Office advi...DO record of such investigation could be .:located.

I am consequently referring this .atter toour Kansas City Office for investigation under theImpersonation Statute. If you have any further questionsconcerning this matter, you should feel free to contact ..our Special Agent in Charge, 707 United States CourthouseBuilding, Kansas City, llissouri 64106.

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.' - who states he repreSllts novelist.' Ayn Rand,~t al?~.21;;~~ ~8 montllli MQ. the FBI . .·obtained from a library~nr.(Jlathe,·KaDS~s,·a list of .'people who have read Atlas Shrugged and more recentlyobtained a similar list from another library. Telephoniccontact with the Kansas City Office, SAC Dissly, advisesDO IIIIII!nsequentlY, the above letter is being sentto and SAC, Kansas City is being instructedto op an mpersonation case.

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Investigationfollowing facts:

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letter to the Director, dated August 30, 1967 and the Director'sresponse to him, dated September 8, 1961.

~t/ The Bureau furnished a copy of each of the referenced~. letters to Kansas City with instructions to conduct investigation

to determine whether or not there has been a violation of theImpersonation Statute.

In substance,........complained in his letter to theBureau that an investig~d apparently been conducted atOlathe and Gardner, Kansas, relative~o a book, entitled AtlasShrug~ed, written by his client, AYN AND He suggested thatsuch 1nvestigation places Hiss RAND in the category of a "suspectperson" or a "political subversive". He alleged that informatiO~.received by him is that the investigation in this instance wascondupted by the FBI. He further suggested that if it was notthe FBI who conducted'the investigation there then may be anImpersonation matter requiring our attention., p

In response, the Bureau informed that thereis no record of such an investigation having conducted by theFBI by the Kansas City Office.

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In view of the above, Kansas City is conducting nofurther investigation regarding the alleged Impersonation.

lIIIIIIIIIIIIis being separately advised that he shoulddirecth~..r 0 NIS and the NIS, Chicago is being madeaware of complaint, also by separate letter. Copiesof the per ~nen letters in this regard are enclosed herewithfor the information of the Bureau.

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Please refer to your letter, dated August 30, 1967, toJ. Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, andhis response to you, dated September 8, 1967.

With regard to the subject matter of your letter ofAugust 30, 1967, referenced above, I wish to confirm that no suchinvestigation was conducted by'the Federal Bureau of Investigation.I have determined, however, that such an inquiry was, in fact, conducted by the United States Naval Investigative Service in thelatter part of 1965.

I have taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of yourletter of August 30, 1967, to the Naval Investigative Service forwhatever action may be deemed appropriate by that agency.

I suggest to'you that in the event you have any furtherinquiry in this regard, you should direct such inquiry to theCommanding Officer, Naval Investigative Service, Room 900, u. S.Customs House, 610 S. Canal Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607.

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Please find enclosed of a letter, datedAugust 3D, 1967, from Attorney of New York Cityp1t1 ~o the Director of the Federal 19ation.

I have determined that the subject matter oflllllllllllllletter does not involve a matter handled by the redera~Investigation, but does, in fact, concern an investigation conducteby your Resident Agency at Kansas City, Missouri, in late 1965,captioned as above.

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NOVEMBER, 1947 IAY!\~'~1~~-!:.J= whkb h2s done .-

to exalt the dignity of the. individual in our collectivist era than any other

creative work. was born in Russia, • , her S~reen Gllide for Americans reveals an

.lmost uncanny grasp of the totalitarian propaganda technique , , , she encountered

it early in her life. as hee childhood was spent in the crucible of the Bolshevik

Revolution. • , "I decided to be a writer at the age of nine-it was a specific,

conscious decision-I remember the day and the hour," she writes, , , "I left home

when I was quite young and have been on my own ever since, . . I have been

asked why I chose to present a philosophy of ethics in fiction foren. I am inter- .

ested in, philosophical principles only as they affect the actual existence of men; '1and in men, onfy as they reflect philosophical principles. An abstract theory that

has no relation to reality is worse than nonsense; and men who act without rela-

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H OWIUlrMuTJN. son of an Illinois schoolteacher •. , became interested in the II

lot of automobile workers as a young Baptist minister in Leeds, a suburb f

of Kansas City. , . pioneered the organization of the United Automobile Workers, I

of which he became the first president • , • withdrew fl'om the trade union move· I;

meat under Communist pressure - • • OTON GROZDIC (1 Was Tito's COII,it,) ,~

is a former officer of.·Tito's Partisan Army who recently escaped to London * * * \1

MAJo1l BORJSu1':,:ToD01l0VlCH. who escaped from a NlUi concentration camp

after resisting the German seizure of Yugoslavia. trained as an airman in London

and was parachuted into Mibailovich territory . . . served as intelligence liaison

officer between the Allies and the Mihailovicb headquarters , . , because of his

exceptional sources of information, Major Todorovich's report on Revolt in YlIgo

1141114 merits the utmost confidence - • • Equally illuminating is the report on

Resisltlnr. in the Ukraine, by WALTER DUSHNYCK, himself of Ukrainian origin,

frequent contributor to "America," Catholic Review , , , served as Russian inter

preter at Gen, MacArthur's headquarters in Japan during the final stages of the

war - • * GERALDINB FITCH (Christian Martyrs in ](o,ea). one of the best·

known ttudents of China where she had spent so.me 30 years, and now in Korea,

is author of the popular pamphlet, "Blunder Out of China," debunking the

White.Jacoby "1'hun(fer Out of China" * * * JAN VALTIN, of "Out of the i

Night" fame, who fought with distinction as an Ameri~ soldier in the Philip- (

pines and is now an American Citizen, possesses an unrivaled knowledge of the:

lOner workings of the Comintern underground. - - • To bring you the timely :

Serun Gllide, we have omitted A Bookman's Horizon {rom this issue * * * Con· ,\

fidentially. Vishinsky's poem was ghosted!

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This bOOK is the dramatic story o.f three men' an~~:~man toldagainst the bac~drop 0/ New YorK's architectural 8KY line. Itis a love 3tory reuolvfng aro~~d Q young ar~~i~ect and hisego. The book was published in 1943 and:received enthusiasticsupport in literary circles as well as with the general. public.

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There are enclosed several Items of literatureavailable for distribution bi the FBI concemiq: the IIlCnaceof connunism wllicb you may I ke to read.

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I have received your letter dated November S. g.t1961, "ith its enclosure. aDd your interest in furnishing stl11s Information and affording lie the benefit of yourobservations is indeed appreciated. .

It is not possible for me to advise you of theresults of any iDCluiry "hich this Bureau lIlay conduct. Aregulation of the Department of Justice prohibits the disclosure of such infonnation to other than appr~riateagencies in the executive branch of the Federal Government.

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Just recont1y I've beoome ••nettl.,.. to What Is oal1ed. -logictight o;"rnpart~p.nts"J 101181' Rand'8 ~ect1vlsrn 18 one such.

In atterrJptlng to object t:') her "iii11itant athelrm" on groundso~ tel till th~ attocker would 1'ind b1l'J.e1t on shaky logical groundboc~uEe faIth 1s rounded 0:' subjeotive phenomena assumed to be ",al14on 8..'1 Indivldut!l but not on any un1versal or even oommurlcable basis.F~:lt!~ 11: thls rerpect 1s Qbstract, ,and attempting t,) dislodge theC'Jncrete with the abstrsot prove. QuIte diffloult, so I've deoidedtL' llttaek on e1t';gt:-ther di1'terentbase••

(1) ~Fc. Rand's extrovertlve e8,ousal of arch-capitalism ev1dencedby hal' statement, "11onoy 1. the r')ot 01' all good.", 8ee1118 to ploo.her in a definite ant1-co~uun1.t p08it10n - or s~ &he would have UIbe11eve. Tv .further c0lor bel' stand in this wl.e we comments 01'Bolshev1sm, "I knew it was evl1ft. and oor.;plallU1 ot "having. thintlme ot 1 t beoause the oommunist Influenoe thore (Hollywood) va. t·')().trong." These phra80s point a aeemingly posltive baokgroundagalnst whloh we f1nd hor oentral idea - that at 2,2Ject1viB1l1.

(2) "~llintever exlet8 exlsts Ind~pendent or any peroeIver, man.csn peroolve and u.T1dersta.'1d reall ty, but only through rc:;aaon -1ntuition, emotion, 1'01 th have n" v~liditJ as path~ to knowledge.-Fr:)%\'1 the artlc1e I .tindthot Atlas sm:ueSed o".>rnbine8 Idoas 1 and 2in such overwhelming c')r.Jp1ex1ty tJiat an extremely intelligent reader\lPuld be stlrely vexed In atte:1pting even a ourporJ analytloa1 oritique.

It an individual pccept8 this blook 01' hsrdoned 1°810 in the .form or idea8 1 plus 2 he take. a Fide with cspltsllsm (he think.)and ad'n1ts tn h111lsclf that all realitJ if' external or objeotlve.Now 10 .far thie doesn't S8em t~1) bad, but let's analJze what happensif we di8Agree. ' , .- ,.,

(a) j.'i) disBRree w1th the idea, -Money 1. the r00t 01' all gvod.! _,:_~:,.

tlAke£! a sen8itlve, selt oooso1ous pel~~Of1 think that he 1. antl-oap-.Italism or even just slightly pink, especiall7 1~ money i. to be .. ~equated wl th or aooepted to be the sJI!1bol ot oapltalism. - \'

(b) 1'e. disagreo with the idea that l'W1 Oan peroeive reality cabsesan ir.dlv1dual to doubt.he quest10ns hls own vnlue. and beoo.ne.1nseoure ab:>ut hil own mental abl1itJ. .

In other w;)rds - 11' you do not accept the tenets ot the d0ctrlneyoubeg1n to have sor1ou8 trouble with your merltal attitudes andtb1nkirs. 1'hl:,ehQuld botbe 1'lrat olue to you that there le something inherently wrOn& wi tb It.

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'P')n,;tll -M~ney 1s Q nedlurn or exch"ngeJ 1t 1~ crystp.ll1zed services

or goods. Its use simplIfies trade and r~>l1eves man of the burdenof the bulky barter eystem by creating a value ~11ch 1s un1ver8~11yrec"lgnized and is enEier t·) tront!nort by virtue of its smallerMnss. At tr,c pr':-'[1(';!it level of dovelopMont ot 1ndustr1al civil1zat1o:; in the \mrld rn"n~y 1s El neocH'slty. It 18 'not, ropoat nott" be understo')d 8S D synb:)l t~)r ar·yt;,ing.f'oint 21

l'orctL·tlon is n ~h~urllt process} thou€",l:..ts ora subjeotive and11-tcrnel nr't .~bjeotive and external. 11' you d~rlne your renlitySf' beLT: only tl.at 'Which you porcoive t ..~!)ugh y-:)ur eenses ~ hen youart.: denyinc your oW~J Internal exlster.ce Dnd denying the oxistence"'If thOll0ht because th~·ur:ht 1~ n?t perce1v9d 1t is ['ubjeot1vo~undOl'stood. All of y-,u!' pel'oe,;tlons "ne J.nterna.~ and subJect.veand your thought.s ab,")ut these tL1ngs c:;nsti tute your r- ality.

Miss nand's 9bjeotlvisn i& cn exoGllent eX3~~,le of classicald ,ubletnlk. It con,..·.,t Dd ticcopted it. whole 01' in part wi: h lutvery tr.'uble8~me msntnl 1no-:'f)s1.sto: cles for a free '-ll1nk1ng 1ndiVidual bGC8Use 1t i~ s.ga1.nst the grcin nf tree hUl":w..n nature.

Hr. Karl Harx, hIst';ry's ereatert pl':)ressl()no~ s·:)rahead,c·"!'t"'19Ined until ho c~-:poscd n dil'ge t 1:::ilnr in nc.ny rt:;s;:lects toRnnd's d "Iublp !'ymp}vmy. Her verbnl ha~:lony seeme t·, sell \mll,but if yr>U buy bel" reo )rd~ r.:id ll~tcn becs.u' c you thInk you nf:Jed1 t you'll 8'-,on be d~l.cl'g t() hal" tune. !;:Jr ;>r'jeC'tl~L 1~ ap'er-:etr~~~ inr!. pr·-.1S0 and rohe ! s qu1. te obvi:")u r ly well ciisci1tlined tl-;e'-"" ttinr':f! interest t'ose l-l~L') 0.1"0 in noec 01' 8t1"~'l"'..g le~'dership

(ti;ls !l'~?llc~' larr;el;r t:) the YOU':'1~) ann stiMuli (t,l:i' Rpplie~

t~.· p.lYj·;f\t: evcry·~ne). If ;!;iss Rr.nd' G rn·1':mol !'elf-1nterest oar:c~u!'c you t~ b~llevo 1~t~11ectuolly tha~ 0.11 reality io externalClld perceived tLen der:Ial of your n:>n-:)oroei vsble self \-1111 beq~.l1te lo:'i col. The etc? fr: ;rJ this t,~· th9 t ,·15 baing a c,:)T:J?letely81 traIstlc, th·'ught rlave, W Jrker or the "people's repub11c"w! th c ·::;")leto denIal of h.dividuoll ty 1s Illi 6PSY nne.

If !·~iEls iiFlnd i e r",ta c..:n:-,unist as 8h~ S'\yf; ehe is n·..,t, then~ Le hos ba~;, led d"wn tho rosy r--ath end i8 guilty of very inc~m

plate thinking. becfJus,", C c~rof'ul r~fldor can S08 tIte 8ud:.: stillclinginG 1.') tll9 brain.--- --- --- --- --- .- ---?"reedoM is the ri en t of the individual t:"} react t·, h1s.i'ercept1~ns without oel!lg restrioted t~) a particular view or 8parj'lculsr reaction.

Physic:,:l rr'oed!)m 1s IJ'l'~poeslble wi tI-!out mcnt~l frecd:>m.Object!vi rm and c')trJllUr,isr.i are b·?th HC11tal and phy!:lo~l

.lavery beCBu~e they restrict t~he 1ndividual to a particularview. ..

My rerarde t'"\ i~r. Kobler ror s. clear and underfltandablearticle. I'l~ q:llte elated that I didn't ..f1nd Rand In ,.our

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ll..t '.t·FnJW.},.,~.\T'DN C.O,NTAINEO L.Mr. J. Edgar Hoover n n \)Federal Bureau of Investiga tior:L"ttr'\~ >:.~ ~. ·;·,tN A~~lflEDWashington, D. C. ra..i"-·l~ ~Loi '-'I ""..t\~

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In the article "Hoover of the FBI," in the September 25,1965 issue of The Saturday Evening Post, there appearsthe sentence (page 32): "Hoover disS:VOWs the ultraeonservative political label, terms himself an 'objectivist,' etc •••"

II would like very much to know whether you meant that youagree with'my philosophy of Objectivism - or whether youused that term in some different meaning. Forgive me for

Iattaching any sort of even provisional credenee to thatarticle, which I regard as extremely unfair, in a magazinefor Which I have no respect at all. I would like to knowthe truth for obvious reasons - since an Objectivist suchas yourself would be more than weleome. , '

IRegardless of your answer, that is~ without presuming thatthat statement is necessarily true, I should like very much .to meet you - to discuss a personal-political problem. If .you find it possible to give me an appointment, I would com/~to Washington at any time at your convenience. " .. ~. .

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:...aecern.ly the FBI has been kceping a c10seReon the ultraright Minutemen. Although"Hoover isa towering hero to much of the right, the founderof the ?\linutemrn, Robert DePugh. flatly refusedto furnish the FBI with a list of his membership."It could serve as an assassination list for the

· Communists when the)' take over." says DePugh,· who believcs that the "take-on:r" is inevitable,• Hoo\'er or no Hoovcr. Despite thc tcndency of: many liberals to lump Hoover with his Car-rightl admirers. Hoover di$3\'oWS the ultraconservative'j polilicallabel, terms himself an "objectivist." and

has publicly declared that he "has no respect" forI'\the extremist notio~s of Robert Welch. founder o~.the John Birch Society. "I know Mr. Hoover saysthat about Mr. Welch." says Birch public-relations,l:lirector John Rousselot sadly. "But we still have,l. 'bigh regard for him and the FBI."

Excerpt from the article "Hoover of the FBI, "9-25-65 issue of "The Saturday Evening Post. "

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.' .I have never stated that I am an objectivist; however,

I have always made every effort to maintain an impartial, balancedperspective and judge matters In the Ught of the facta rather thanpreconceived options.

Dear Miss Rand:

~ With respect to your request, I regret that the pressureof Inl off1c~ schedule precludes my making an appointment to see you.If y~ wish ~_ speak to one of my Assistants when you are in Washington,ple~ feel tree to communicate with Assistant Director Robert E. Wick,either by letter addressed to him direcUy here at FBI Headquarters,N1nth~reet 4Jid Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W•• \\'uh1ngton,' D. C. 20535,or telej>honlC4\llY at Executive 3-'1100, extension 691. He w1ll be glad torendet whatever assistance he can. D I am In my office at the time of- ~

Jour viait, Jou may be sure it will be a pleasure to talk to Jou.

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~ :c:~f.:,ron--1 - Tour Room - Enclosure (sent with cover tnemo) .,-." , ,.. ~:~:Od NOTE: see n:' :C~ ·.Morrell to Mr. Wick.memoran~"aated 1-13-66 captioned~:~:n~y1teest to:'Meet the"Director, Ayn R8.n~, 'New rt, ,New York. ".sulJJvon ~ - --II It. L .

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Captioned individual is a well-known writer and lecturer and herbookS include such publications as "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged. "The publication "Who's Who of American Women" describes her as an exponentof the philosophy objectivism. She was born in Russia in 1905 and attendedprivate schools including the University of Leningrad.

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By letter ~ted January 8th to the Director, captioned individual~C/ referred to the September; 1965, issue of "The Saturday Evening Post" whereinV .' the article on the Director contains the statement to the effect that he terms

himseU an "objectivist. "

{ Captioned individual requests to be informed whether the Directormeant that he agrees with her philosophy of Objectivism or whether he used theterm in a different meaning. She states that she would like to know since anObjectivist such as the Director would be more than welcome. The Director hasnoted "1 have never said I was an "objectivist" whatever that is. H'~-'

Captioned individual states that she would like to meet the Directorto discuss a personal political problem and that she would come to Washington atany time at the Director's convenience, if he woUld give her an appointment. ---.>

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(2) That the attached letter go forward expressing the Director'sregrets and advising her to contact you (Mr. Wick) if she desires to come to FBI

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In 1947, captioned individual testified before the House Committeeon Un-American Activities regarding communist infiltration of the motion pictureindustry. She is self-admittedly an anti-communist.

pIc..- \ In 1957, sent the Director a copy of Ayn Rand's book"Atlas Shruggecll'

r Bufiles contain no information on the philosophy of objectivismother than references to individuals who subscribe to the "Objectivist Newsletter"by Ayn Rand. !

As indicated in the attached excerpt from "The Saturday EveningPost" article to which captioned individual refers, it is noted that it does containthe statement that the Director terms himself an "objectivist. It It is felt, however,that in this instance it means that the Director maintains an open-minded outlooknne 01 ored by any preconceived conclusions.

I It is not felt that the Director would want to take time from hisbusy schedule to see captioned individual, and she will be advised that the Director'scommitments preclude his making an appointment. She will also be advised that,if she desires to come to FBI Headquarters to speak to one of the Director'sAssistants, to contact you (Mr. Wick). She will also be advised that the Directorhas never stated that he is an "objectivist" but has alw~f tried to maintain abalanced perspective uncolored by preconceived notion~llW;.~r~\~·!~;ltr~3;rr~~1I

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