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* Office Mere wnlum « onrte’ Jasco GOVERNMENT ro + Director, PBI (100-190707) patz: January 25, 192 Arrow 1 SACs, Wow York (10067077) " somach. BERTOLY vce yRIepRIca“srecer {er Ai 7 tee cheap abir 2, : -INTERKAL SECURITY - R a toca, Nef Py G PPP : " ‘ a ry - : ' Pe es ed Rat ia de Fe pe, Cee ee ae a 1 2 Serer ars rage former Comintern representétive in the United States during the years 1928 to 1936, was inter- | ER '3-G.. viewed in Paris, France by SE us ing Januery 195): OP wes sort e United States by a “pee oe a Comintern representative who was head of the G Lk Le Re. eet -kS.' rkersa International Relief, s duties in the Unit States were tq reorganize the W.I.R, branch in this country _ and while doing so he also engaged in other relief organizations ~ ‘for the benefit of the Communist Party, USA and elso for the . W.I.R. in Berlin, Germany, .: expelled __ +" £rom the Communist Party of Germany 1n 1939; therefore, SD Lev ce severed his connection with the Commmnist Party at that time. ae Gp in relating the hat SERIes of individuals . whom he knew as Communists, advised that asa. pleywright in the 1920's in Germany of remarkable talent. _ BRECHT was a member of the Comumist ty of Germany. He, together with’PISCATOR and JOHANNES » Were members of the same cultural front and did mich to raise the Communist Party's preatige among writers and artists. BRECHT came to the United States during the 1930's and proceeded to Hollywood, * California, He travelled in the same circles as OTTO-KATZ _ and RANS4ZISLER on the west coast, fovever, gaaaas Oia not know how,long BRECHT stayed in Hollywood, Pot CaN stated he had an inkling BRECHT was also * in Mexico end t BRECHT was now one of the leaders of the Deutscher Kultur Bund which is organized on the cultural front by the 5.2.D. a said that BRECHT was a member of the Covmunist Party of Germany since the 1920!s,. He thought that BRECHT came to the United States mainly because he desired to sell his manuscripts in Hollywood. Se 2012 BRECHT was not a Communist Party owe 2 paved ge ety ate ea, Gp tt bean oP ed ; official, ver, he is a good Party member and lives on his , earnings as a playwright end writer. thought that he came to the United States with the epproval of the Party. Ee . SM § ses Loe Angeles (100-16112) | eH. ae NYT 105-1261 brn | ac 4 canna ae Mpg igh 24 ai om AR - . - « - z . e _~ a7 * : Ks oat | ARS#EO Cen: £0. 169 ool _ oe ’ . 3 4 * [yy : . i,