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FS &. Bureau of Investig a Muited Htates Department of Justice ° Los Anceles (13) Califcrnia June 18, 1913. Director, FEI hs ° z RE: BERTHOLT EUGEN FRINDRICH BRECET, wease ’ ALIEN ENEMY CONTROL (G) Seses Dear Sir: ' Reference is made to Bureau letter dated May 22, 1943 (190+190707) _ in the above entitled matter, instructing this office to present the facts in instant case to the United States Attorney at Los angeles for his opinion as to whether or not subject shewld be apprehended as a dangerous alier. enery. Referenced letter requested that the Bureau be immediately advised regardinc the details of ths opinion of the United States Attorney in orcer thet the case mizht be promptly followed up with the Department at the Jcat of Sovernment. The facte ir. this case, as set out in the re, (Orts of Sooctel agent Ins ingeles, dated Larch 6, 1943, Mare: 35, 1943, and dine » 1943, were presented to Assistant United States éttorrey ATTiLIO dicIRcLane on June 14, 1943, upon his return to duty after a trip to Washinzten, iL. C. On the basis of the above mentioned reports, together with a translation of 4 play written by subject, know asDie Massnahme", which h23 also heen furnished to the Bureau, Assistant United States attorney diGInCLa!O decided to lar the question of sut‘ect's apprehension before the llepartvent withent pakir- any definite recommendations. In submittine copies of the above menticne? reports and trans=- lation to the Department, the United States attorney at Les ..: cles acvised the Department that subject, an alien enemy, appeared to he 4 proletarian, bordering on an anarchist, who, in his play “Die Hassenahme”, expounded "Com- i munism of the Soviet Kussian ideology". The United States attorney wert on 3 to state that subject is opposed to capitalism in any form; that he acvocates . 4 extrem violence to further the Communist cause as a whole rather than to relieve oppressed peoples. It therefore appeared that sutject right be apprehende’ in time of war on the grounds that he is an alien enemy whos. activities are dan- gerous to our national security. Vi REN . ’ 4! oo eee 2 ¥ , —_— Z The United States attorney also raised the. issue of ‘subject's BS 2 BeOS ote status as a leader type who advocates violence for @ cause oprosed to lazie: | . and which is compatible with the ideology of a governmert woich is an ally - of the United States, Therefore, if internment were based-solely chi ths ' ey . possibility of subject's giving eid and comfort to the enemies of this countrys ' & there would be no proper cavse for his internment, “un thé other hand," quctin’ rs the United States Attorney literally, “one canrot pars unsheenvad t the 5 fact tmt the subject in his literature justifies ‘any tenuse’ and he may deen it propitious to strike at a tife wher al}. efforte are directed toward winning the war." - See i og. Se es ces COPIES DESTRO pein