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"CONGENTIAL RUTH FISCHER As is known, RUTH FISCHER is a sister of GERHART and HANNS EISLER has been a political enemy of GERHART's for a mmber of years. During the anvwes af hater 44 eerrtawsA RIT PICCURR Is attantian wae Arawn +4 anertain tnfan— Neat Iai se Wi LAS. eh SD SL FOS atu 24) 2 or OS VE od Oe AE OW Oe dd rd mation she had given in an article in the "New York Journal American" relative to GERHART's having been in China. In reply, she stated that her information relative to GERHART's activities in China had been obtained primarily from HANNS, This would seem to definitely indicate knowledge of GERHART's activities on HANNS' pert. Continuing, RUTH FISCHER related that in the Spring of 1933 she had been living in Paris in the same apartment house with HANNS and was, in fact, being supported by him inasmuch as they were more or less on friendly terms at that time because they were both refugees from Germany, ‘She recalled that one night in June of 1933 she returned to her home with a friend, and HANNS came to the apartment and asked that she get ric of the friend as he had a great surprise for her. Accordingly, she continued, after a period of time, the woman friend left and thereupon, HANNS pulled aside a curtain at one end of the room and said, "Here is GERHART", RUTH stated that she was at first greatly surprised to see GERHART and did not immediately want to renew her longstanding feud withhim. Consequently, in the period of the next eight days to two weeks they were more or less on friendly terms, talking together for long periods of time. She said that during these conversations, GEHRHART told her of his Chinese experiences and bragged econ cerning his new assignment as a Comintern Agent to the United States. RUTH FISCHER also advised the interviewing agents that from HANNS EISLER and from other sources still active in Russia, she had learned that while in Moscow, GERHART EISLER was kept in seclusion at the Hotel Lux am! was not even allowed to read German papers. She also stated that HANNS EISLER!s trip to the United States in 1935, at the request of the School for Social Research in New York City, had been arranged by GERHART who was then in the United States. RUTH FISCHER also concurred in the aforementioned opinion of HEDWIG MASSING as to HANNS EISLER's political wiews, mumely, that he was easily swayed and was definitely not strong in his political convictions. With reference to the aforementioned article which appeared in the "New York Journal American" RUTH FISCHER wrote for this paper a series of six articles on her brother GEKHART which appeared in the issues of November 18 to November 23, 1946 inclusive. Copies of these articles have already been fur- nished the Bureau. However, a perusal of same reflects the following references to HANNS EISUSR: i ie -_ CONBBENTIAL