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enema roams yn. Office Meme, pil Uli « UNITED writ GOVERNMENT . TO Ot OA. rele 1 ~ DATE: July 22, 1955 — i ~~ aA INS ; _ ase Ree a] yt Eee Albert Einstein, internationall matician and discoverer and exponent of t of relativity, born 3-14-70 in Germany. Director of f Theoret teal Fhysics, Kaiser WilheIn Institute and Professor, Prussian Academy of Sctences, both Germany, until 1933. Entered — UG S. 1935 and naturalized 1940; held life professorship, © Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton, Mew Jersey; and lived with housekeeper and secretary, Helen Dukas, accompanied him to U S. in 1935. Investigation of Finstetn instituted 1950 | based upon information that he was affiliated with over 30 Communiat-front organizations. Investigation reflected he sponsored entry into U. S. of numerous individuals with pro-Communist backgrounds. G-2 informed in 1950 aa follows: (1) From 1929 to 1933 his Berlin, Germany, office was used as cable address by Soviets; (2) messages were handled by hie sentor secretary (of 2 secretaries) and (3) he had ~ staff of typists and secretaries in Berlin. Ge2's informa- tion came from unidentified source. Extenstve investigation in &% S. reflected Einstein affiliated or his name extensive? ky associated with literally hundreds of pro-Communist groups. e No evidence of CP membership developed. Extensive investie ba gation in Germany conducted by G=-2 at our request with & negative results. Investigation reflected Helen Dukas was v his secretary during pertinent period, 1929-33. We inter- viewed her on 2-23-55. She was cooperative and stated Finatetn never had any other secretartes since 1929, and ae he never maintained an office staff or even an office in A QO Germany but worked J rom hia home. Dukae quest foned identities of individuals who, according to Gee, ‘allegedly 77 had knowledge of use of Finstein's office as mail drop. i“, These individuata are all now deceased or are in East . Germany or Soviet Unton. Dukas stated that she had no knowledge of any of the tndtuiduals Gnd p know OFF that any of them ever contacted Finete tr) £1 — (0 “/Opy - ECORDED * 61-7007, , 87 JUL 28 1955 My Bente, lag 4fJones : ; a SE uiE! 6 OAUG 2 1958