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af 4 . + ‘ na vat Federal Bureau of Investigation Rnited States Bepartment of Justice — Los Angeles, California x Eovembsr 21,1942 rn a eas Laces ot ae we a ae 3#. "ate! nla ih Se cae Fedwrel Bureau of Investigation o . we Mashington, B. Ce. aes , * . ee ‘* ae _ . : ce . Deer. Biss et Bey ‘mitted to ‘thie office by the Office of evel abeligence ¢ at San Diegos _ a ; 2 . "confidential ‘informant, who recently attended a private meeting of Bund leaders in Los Angeles reports as follows, ‘VIERECK is the paymaster, who disburses — the monies furnished by the German Bnbas sy to the AMERICA _ FIRST COMMITTEE - he is in olose touch with GOEBBELS, Nasi . propaganda minister and writes much the matter used in _ the addresses delivered by ¢, NDBERGH 4'the recent ~~ “Jew baiting" speech of LINDBERGH came directly from ; VIERECK'S pen, the local group admitted this last speech was a mistexe in strategy and they are writing a letter of Protest to the AMERICA FIRST COMMITTEE and threatening withdrawal of financial support - VIERECK receives twelve thousand dollars per yeer from the German Government for his efforts, He is spending seyeral-hundred thousand each year on propaganda. He owns thé "Flandere Haji" press . and wrote many of the speeches for the late Senator LUNQEEN, ' At this meeting it was agreed that LINDBERGH was the best , propagandist operating for the Germans in the United States ~ and full support, finenciel and otherwise, would’de éan- tinued to the AMERICA FIRST COMMITTEE who are Med icing the services of LINDBERGH." iy = lw Inasmuch as thie appears to be importéht spformation, if it can be substantiated, and in view of the presert péding prose- cution against the Subject, I communicated with Captain B. L, CANAGA, of the Naval Intelligence eat San Diego on November 3, 1941, advising him of the pending Prosecution and requested that arrangenents be made with this office or the San Diego Office to contact the informant to obtain full information about this mattoery: Hee - . 7 COPIES DESTROYED RECORDED cupeeuennanetemeeaneteemeeneneammeens 11 OAPR 3 i961 INDEXED ~3F . yan FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ~ NX, 8 JAN °6 1942 t an quoting hereinafter the contents of a . card sub- _— 4 a T i —