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This same source of information gave the following facts concerning the Subject, BRECHT: g bom im Cormany oo Foor te 1698, isa thee well-knom He tecane famous when he wrote the "Dreigroschenoper* (Saree-Penny Opera), Pr revolutionary play which was very famous in Berlin ~ in pre-Hitler days, Recordings of the opera are available in this country, Other plays are "Baal", *Trommeln in Der Nacht" (Drums in the Right*),. ERECHT emigrated from Germany to the United States some years agd and settled in Los Angeles. During the winter, 1943-1944, he was in New York City and participated in the preliminary conferentes for the found=- ing of the New Council, The chairman of the Council, P, PAUg -TILLIGH, regards (a BRECHT as one of the "almost Communist " representatives, TILLICH said : literally °wWe have two one balf Communist representatives in the . Couneils the half is ‘BRECHT®, TILLICH also said that BRECHT haddfinite instrvctions from the Council to enlist as many famous writers as possible on the West Coast after he returned to Los Angeles in the spring cf 1944. Whether or not 2RECHT was technically a mesber of the German Communist Party in Germany could never be established, However, it was know that he was e member & various Communist-front organisations and participated in many affsirs sposored by the Gernan-Commnist Party. He was editor ef{"Des Wort", Moscow, Coast, has contacts with the'fisler family, with the actors OR THER, end PETERTORRE amd with the writers HEINRI! end BERTH TELe . . ‘a : &: