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l.fr. J . Edgar Hoover
Director
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419 East J.!ain ~treet
Circleville, Ohio
1949 October 8
permanent address :
Route 2
Delaware, Ohio
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Depc. rtment of Justice
r.ash ington, D. C.
De a r l.!r • Ho o v e r :
It is requested that this letter be returned to the above
address and no record of it kept in FBI files .
Oif is it true that the .:Joviet leaders intend to use the
flying disk in an attempt to confuse and terrify the American
people , wny should we n·ot state to the United Nat ions that
we believe this condition to exist and fu rther request per-
mission from United Nations to fly American printed statements
into the USSR in the interests of peace and bJtter understanding
between the two nations? To prevent the belief that such a
method would be used, J!.!. either nation, to carry bombs rather
than paper, it should be pointed out that it is not necessary
to emplmJ airplanes for the purpose insofar as actually flying
over enemy territory is concerned .
There are several possible
means of placing information at the disposal of citi2ens of
either country via air;
I me ntion small balloons incapable of
carrying mo re than a few pounds, or finned , cardboard disks
capable of drifting on wind currents for great distances after
release from several miles hei 'h
(I reserve the right to
claim patent ri ghts to the latter fly~ng newspaper". )
Inasmuch as we have been told that
he Comm,.tn i st Party is a
very small minority in the USSR, it is impossible to prevent
information, orinted, from reachin g many good people there ij
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flown in by the millions .
OJ co 1tae there would be a penalty
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in Russia for reading them if caught, but curiosity being
curiosity, many would be read and remembered .
And no .o ~e .
really believes that children could be prevented from picking
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Shall freedom of the press be dejend~d in some count-1;ie~ ~~
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cost in lives , yet denied across nations , t ¥7 lJt1f~e~ ,;eing
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contrary to United Nations principles?
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Yours sincerely,
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