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CONFUANTIAL oe rated at this Bureau investigation docs not reflect that the Eislers are se (100~195220~-9,16) Colleteral Information Hans Eisler appeared on May 12, 1947, before the Sub-Committee ef} the House Committee on Un-American Activities in its session at the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel. ht has been reported that Hans Eisler evaded questions and was so unsatisfactory as a witness that the Committee summ On é him to appear before a complete Committee investigation in Washington, D.C. on June 16,1947. This appearance before the Committee was subsequently canceled; however, it has been indicated that Eisler will be requested to appear before the entire Committee on September 23,1947, According tc the records of the State Department, Hans Eisler, on June 19, 1947, made appli- cation for an exit permit in order to proceed to Paris, France. Gn this pplication Eisler listed aa references Clitferd Odets, previously identific. in ‘this memorandum, and Salka Viertel, who is the subject of a Bureau Ioter- nal Security - R investigation. Salka has been active in the Free German Movement and has associated with many known Communist sympathizers, including Charles Chaplir, Bertolt Brecht, Clifford Odets, and others. The House Un-American Activities Committee requested the State Department to withhold any action on Eisler's application for an exit permit and further = = nee Thos requested that he not be allowed to leave the United States. The State Depart- ment records reflect that ac action has been taken on Ejsler’s application and that officially it is in a ‘‘pending*’ status. ‘ GE ——————— pe CONigenns -~15-