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beret Buren ot rare aige an ot United States Department of Sustice we 1 Los Angeles 13, California ao February 21, 1945 oe ‘° ; Director, FBI / Re: BERTOLT KUGEN FRIEDRICH BRECHT, was. INTERWAL SECURITY - R te: REFER 6 18 yi “yee ve Ze Dear Sirs ae ~ Authority is hergby requested for the installation of a technical surveillance of BERT "BRECHT, 1063-26th Street, Senta “onica, California, telephone Santa Monica 65-4945. If the authority is granted this surveillance will be maintained at the central plant and will be designated by the symbol BB-1l, BERT BRECHT is the subject of a pending investigation concerning his activities with respect to the Free Germar movenent, the aim of which is the development of a postwar German governrent friendly to Soviet Russia. BRECHT's activity in thie regard has been largely that of a propagandist in that he writes for the Free German magazine in Mexico. He was also active in the organisational work resulting in the foundation of the Council for a Democratic Germany. In the investigation of BRECHT it has been ascertained that he is a regular contact of officials at the Russian Vice Consulate in loa Angeles and was also « contact of GREGORI(EHEIFETS while the latter was the Soviet Vice Consul at San Francisco. It will be recalled that KHEIFETS was allegedly an NEVD man conducting @ political and military © duvestigation on the liest Coast, and that it is known that KHEITETS was engaged in espionage on this Coast. The report of Special Agent GS cated February 1, 1945 in instant case sets forth the resulte of the check of £ BERT BRECHT. It will be noted from @ review thereof that contact was had with telephones listed to a great number of individuals of foreign background. Several of these individuals are mentioned in the Comrap investigation and several others are known to this office as Commnist Party” members. Still others are know as mae al ‘aires Ra ovetes DesTaoven +" fen rehie th o! Cf es, or? Ye cpg 2¢ iar “* BUY ma ae é iia col z=) we BEE ae i iy cy ae ay