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wen ee ere emcee - Sf fini nomen et ; - a + * b at ~— “Office Memohandum - ° UNITED ‘sti ES GOVERNMENT TO 80: “THE DIRECTOR | + Februery 15, 1950 FROM: UR. De i uaphe ae ad) SUBJECT: PROFESSOR ALBERT EINSTEIN Pursuant to your request, there is attached hereto a summary of the pertinent information contained in the Bureau files on the captioned aeons individual. This summary reflects the following high lights: ~ = ——————— BACKGROND: /7-gfessor AlbeathEn stein — Sumniary ule Binstein was born March 1), 2879, in Germany. In December, 947, he made the following statement: "I came to America because of th creat, great freedam which I heard existed in this country. I made a mistake in selecting America as a land of freedom, a mistake I cannot ad repair in the balance of my ife.* He is one of the most eminent scientists in the world today. He received his formal education in Germany and Switz Jand. In 1905, he stated that mass and energy were equivalent and suggest that proof of this equivalence might be found by the study of radio acti: ~-/ iJe/substances. In 1939, Alexander Sacks talked to President Roosevelt and 4 presented a letter from Einstein resulting in the original grant of $6,000 i _for the Army and Navy which money was later snowballed into §2,000,000,000 uli and the atomic bomb. He was offered an opportunity to go to Russia but did not do so. On February 13, 1950, the Atomic Energy Commission advised that Einstein has never been granted a formal clearance by the kanhattan Engineer District which means that he was never investigated by MED and that no formal Al clearance was ever granted to Einstein by the Atomic Energy Commission which means that the AEC has never requested the FBI to conduct an investigation as __s | required under the Atomic Energy Act. No Bureau investigation has ever been conducted on him. He is, and has been a professor of mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton University. ene je oe wee, ~ Te = \ Sa t Mi 4a: i _ eo: CLASS. & Irn. i oe t 80, 2.4.2 2G REA! 2 OF 14 ATE OF ORGANIZATIONS: A) The Bureau files reflect that Einstein is affiliated in some way ( ny ¥. = flor another with at least 33 organizations that have been cited by the Attorney re) General, the House Committee om Un-American Activities, or the California Yb House Committee on Un-American Activities. He is also affiliated in one way ¢ or another with approximately 50 miscellaneous organizations which have not been cited by any of the 3 above-mentioned. He is principally a pacifist and could be considered a liberal thinker as se ey his connections wo With the various organizations indicated \G /— - L097 - oe con \:V EKPRESSIONS OF IDEOLOGICAL SYPATHIES: A” xs wt . a [Log Einstein has made public statements wets, the hen ‘ic achieve- | || ments of Russia and has indicated that it aiff only country in which equality ys See. He has opposed wilitarism end versal military To BH ted Nye and. tis espowted world gov: mt. Th 19485 Attachgegt n wa’ oh Lie - JUN 2 Wan. ‘ ASF shb:rma:men HQKRAUMUUIUNE CSE SIRS RERUNS S were © ogee « . QE Oo ews ee oe