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SAC,Cincinnati (100-11671) April 23,1957 DirectorFBI (62-83894) ECORDED-83423814-37 CIVILIAN RESEARCH INTERPLANETARY FLYING OBJECTS LEONARD H. STRINGFIELD, DIRECTOR 7017 BRITTON AVENUE CINCINNATI 27,OHIO MISCELLANEOUS-INFORMATION CONCERNING Reurlet April 12, 1957, captioned as above. Bufiles reflect that Eva Reich is the daughter of Dr.Wilhelm Reich, M.D.,Director of the wilhelm Reich Institute, aka.,The Orgone Institute Research Laboratories, Inc., at Rangeley, Maine. Dr. Wilhelm Reich, following extensive investigation by the Food and Drug Administration, United States Department of Health,Education and Welfare,inMay1956,was found guilty of contempt of court following the issuance of an injunction harring interstate shipment of devices, literature and promotional material regarding treatments by Reich of cancer and other serious diseases,said devices having been described as worthless by the Food and Drug Administration.Following unsuccessful appeal efforts,Reich was imprisoned on March 12,1957.Since early 1957as well as previous thereto, Wilhelm Reich, Eva Reich, william Moise and other members of Reich's staff have directed voluminous correspondence to the Bureau, to various Bureau divisions, and other United States Government agencies and officials. None of the material reviewed at the Bureau has indicated any violations within the investigative jurisdiction of this Bureau. It is noted that Dr.Eva Reich Mrs.William S. Moise) was recently interviewed by Special Agents of the Richmond Office assigned to the Alexandria. Virginia, Resident Agency at which time she furnished information in essence comparable with that set forth in her letter to Stringfield.She also indicated at that time that she had addressed similar information to the office of United States Senator Margaret Chase Smith and had contacted Assistant United States Attorney General william Tompkins.At that time Eva Reich, a naturalized citizen of the United States,also made certain derogatory comments relating tojustice TolsgnC--Richmond, with enClosure (SEND BY REGISTERED MAIL) Nichols W Boa@n Norfolk (SEND BY REGISTERED MAIL) Belmont Mohr Parsons Rosen CFM:1vp Tamm COMMFBI Trotter (6) Nease Tele. F50 APR23.1957 Hollon 3APR301957 MAILED31 Gandy