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ER ne ee UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to San Francisco, California File No. October 6, 1969 NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOUNDATION BUILD THE EARTH NEW SPHERE 147 SEQUOIA SEMINARS FOUNDATION ALL INFORMATION CONTAINER “THE COMMUNITY" HEREIN, |S. UNCLASSIELIE HERO BAY py SP BETS 3/R8G A source furnished the following information on September 26, 1969 as the resuit of approximately one year of reading and inquiry into the organizational setup and motives of the "National Initiative Foundation", "Build the Earth’, "New Sphere", and the “Sequoia Seminars Foundation": THE SEQUOIA SEMINARS FOUNDATION ‘+ The Sequoia Seminars dation was incorporated in 1949 by Harry J. and Emeli#@fRathbun and Leon A. and Lucille/Carley . (Post Office Box 678, Palo Alto, Californiad “the Ayttéle of Incorporation state that its purposes are to: (1) ...promote, through objective and non- denominational study, understanding of the significance and way of living dis- coverable through the life and teaching of Jesus of Nazareth. (2) ...conduct seminars and conferences in f furtherance of said purpose; / , (3) ...to administer all real and personal , property without gain, profit, or dividend to any member of the corporation, and #t (4) .,.to engage in any business or other activity incidental to the main purposes of the corporation PROVIDED that the cor- ~ poration not carry on propa anda or other- wise attempt to influence legisiation. (Emphasis added. ) This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions. of the FBI. It is the property of | ~FBI a is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be diétributed outside your agency. 4 Jo ‘ UNCLOSURE