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rey te aS DIRECTOR, FBI July 17, 1952.5" thi leanings. The informant advised that ; has indicated that BRECHT was the thirteenth smong ths top Hollywood Communists investigated the House Unamerican Activities Committee. hae further stated that while the play has no open Communist features it does tend to be strongly socialistic and for this reason the film has never been produced commercially either as a stage play or as a wovie in this country, although it is considered by the Grama critics to be an outstanding work of art. The film in question is the only known production 330 work and was made in Germany sotetime in 1949 end 1 e _ The informant advised that ery expressed - some doubt as to the validity to 8 statements since originally stated in a long distance call from Chicago to that Warner Brothers was involved in sone litigation and could prove their point only by ence con- tained in this particular copy of this fila. reported that subsequently when personally interviewed him in Urbana concerning the fiim no mention was ea of a litigation referred to in the telephone conversation, reportedly told hat the special character~ istics in this particular copy of the film were extra words "dubbed in" to the sound tract, which taken separately mean / nothing but when considered as a group comprise some sort cf: secret message. @UMENENB inferred that this film had been — |, uged in some sort of international espionage situation many ‘ years ago. He did not specify what the exact words were or how Warner Brothera became aware of the changes, but stated that because of these changes 1t was company policy to "never* loan that fila out. The informant who le generally familiar with subversive and ‘- disloyal activities among atudent and faculty personnel at the University of Tllino vised that he knows of no such activity by a of the Speech Department. The informant stated that the circumstances surrounding the _ showing of ids film were that because of the art valu . the f41 was Gesirous of securing a co .. th§@ film for the festival of contemporary arta inl held at the University, but inasmuch as she was unable . se@eure the copy in time for the festival a separate showing of this fila was arranged under the auspiceses of the Speech Departaent at the University,