From: martinottmann@yahoo.com (Martin Ottmann)

Subject: Letter from May 16th, 1940

Date: 25 Jan 2003 14:07:36 -0800

Message-ID: <71d327bb.0301251407.6df1c88d@posting.google.com>


LRH
243 Riverside Drive
New York City
May 16, 1940

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen;

May I bring to your attention an individual whose Nazi activities, in
time of national emergency if not at present, might constitute him a
menace to the state?

The name is Walter Fast, a German whose sister is a member of the
Gestapo in Germany. His anti-American discourses concern in the main
what he would do in case we went to war with Germany, and he never
speaks for publication along this line but only privately. As steward
of the Knickerbocker Hotel he supports an almost entirely German
staff, discourgaing [sic] the employment of Americans. He entered this
country illegally, according to his private statement. In my opinion
he is definitely "fifth column". He can be found at the Knickerbocker
Hotel, 120 W. 45th Street, NYC.

My interest in this is impersonal, though possibly shaded by the
feeling of dislike which he always inspires in me for he is the last
man in the world I would trust. And I fear that all too soon we will
have need of every precaution to safeguard our country.

Sincerely,
[Signature]
L. Ron Hubbard