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L A 1200-28112 they wrote togevher with HETNRICHNGAN @3 an appeal to the German people “te , force Hitler to abdicate and thus accomplish in this eleventh hour the only ~~ thing you are free to do and the only thing which can save Germany.“ The | =: caption below this picture goes on to state that the manifesto will be broad-. cast by short wave and dropped in leaflets from planes over Germany. © ~ . It might bg noted here in connection with this manifesto that ac-' cording to Source .» mentioned above, this early manifesto of lisrch 1942,” prepared by BRECHT, FRUCHTHANGER, and itANN, is quite identical with the lioscow manifesto published by ths Free Comittee in Noscow during July 2945, as will be seen leter. Source Q uufurther points out that it is nearly identical with a radio speech of one itr. PRANKENFELD, a war prisoner in Moscow also made later during August 1943. ne SOURCE €3 According to this source, HANNS EISLER was in telephonic contact with BERT BRECET during the period from April to August 1942. - = “sourcel __ : : This source advised that on August 13, 1942, BERT BRECET wes written a letter by! " scam ant Mexico, D. F., which is known to this office as the address of El Libro Libre, the publishing house operated by the Free Gernan Comittee in Kexico. Fis known to be an officer of thie Comittee. In this letter(_ advises BRECHT that an antieKazi book fund eslled "The Free Book” has been started in texico, ani that EKISCH was the author of the first book pudlished.Jg requested BRECHT to help them in getting people interested, especially in Hollywood and New York. Shs also desires E2=CHT to collaborate with thea and send an anti-Nari pley that he wrote, called "Kinety-nine,” as well as sone of his newer works. Ts Va \ 4 This source also edvised that on August 16, 3952, BERT BRECAT was mentioned in a letter fron (Tin Mexico to E72, Senta Konica, California. This letter reflects thet El Libro Libre has published a book entitled "Nasi Terror.” This book is indicated to be composed of . chapters each of which 4s written by a different author. BERT BRECIT contribu- ted the chapter entitled “Gestapo.” . a source (Ee -14- a