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Ge om € La 100-181i2 Oa april 9, 194§, accarding to Source J, BERT BRECHT transmitted <.dtclegrum to HAWS RICHTER, 154 dist 60th Struct, Hu. York City, advising him that BROCHT "WOULD LIKE v0 COLE .HD TORK LIDST OF izY". Q@Ronr. ix: ‘ GRRE cdviocd tact Wins RICHTER is cn old Communist of fuintic typs who . was inom cs such in pro-war Grmny. He steted that RICHTUR hod bocu B® + movie diructor in Russia for c long timo, prob:.bly from three to five yeors,. Ho advised he had recemtly reud that HutS RICSTER hed been plsecd in charg. of the Film Dupertamut of the City College in Now York City. On ipril. 11, 1945, BRECHT rvccived a tclogram from RUTH, undoubtedly RUTH BERLAU, in Hew York City. This tclogrom road cs follows: “,LEX.N EXCITSD .BOUT YOUR SL.DER.UER BOOK VIERTSL CCWSIDOR IT BEST CONTRIBCTION S#iD ORIGINAL SFECL.L DELIVERY [0 we wUSTR.IN NENSP..PSR SHED PERLISSION TO PUBLISH IT 12} SPOCL.L Issvus" « Ictter posticrkud wpril 15, 1945 wos rcecived by BER? BROCLT from BERTHOLD VIERTUL, 346 west 84th Strsct, Kow Yors City. On ,pril 16, 1945, cccording to Sources J, BSSCHT rocoived a telegram from Minnccpolis, Minnsotc., signed BENTLLEY. This telegram road ca follows; "DO NOT UNDIRST.UD BEALWS STATES? THT YOO INTESD TO BRING SUIT wG.INST ie UidaT are YOUR VISHES wND THY VE YOU Wor STuTED THEM TO ME I miVa GIVir PLICCISSIOv FOR TG PROLUCTIO“S GS IP G.LIFORSIL OFE IN i: YORK .S YOU ENG I UsDINSTab I HOLD SL.GO RIGHTS MY .DDRESS 519 ESSEX STREET SCUTETUST Mf. YSPOLIE" It is bolicved thet BE:rTLoY'S stutcment to the cffect tht he hed given purmission for two productions, onc in Culifornic, unt one in How York, relates to BRICHT'S play "The Privits Lifc of ths Mester Racc™ beeausc, Qs Will be scun, this play ie boisg procuced in both Iu-: York ind Cu litornis. , vO, INR. On .prii 19, 1945, CiiDI Li. BB-l udvised that BuRT BROCHT hed hea coavcersations with scveral unimo.. individucls ruflecting thet he wos to attend a disuncr in honor of .RCHIB.L: -mReLEISH, Underscerctury of Statc, at 7:30 P.K., on Saturdey, .pril 21, 194.. «secording to BB-1, it appears thc-t BRSCAT attended this dinicr in the company of CHMLOTTS DiziSRklo, according to informant, Mrs. BRECHT duseribod this dinner «s « dull affair od as 6 “sloppy-libcril cffair «= just th: ordinury how do you dos, no dcoring, just liporclism of the weakest kind", wlso, on april 19, 1945, according to BB-i, PRECET mudo oy appointacat with onc MX who, us will be lator shown, is ov. licvcd to be Zz a