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oa ‘ Petree. ne Sa ar ey at TA 1000-18112 Woniea incsmuch us sho wanted definite assuranco tiut shu could live at tho Chalet Motor Hotol, In fact, pointod out that this ves the only purpose for BERLAU'S visit to thom and it was the only time BERIAU - hed reevisited thom sinco hor doparture for tho hospital, us abovo rcloted, - Qn March 31, 1945, BERT BRECHT'S cor was again obscrvod at tho SALKA VIERTEL residonco at 10:15 A.K. BRECHT, howovor, wos not thorc on this occusion. RUTH BERLAU was observed by Spocizl agent aad reporting agent to load BRECHT'S car with various boxos, papors, Ott. after delivcring tho bulk of this material to a packing service in Santa iionican, BERLAU proceedod to BRECHT'S residonce whcro sho deposited tivo or throo boxcs of books, papors, etc., ond what appoared to bc files. BIRT BRECHT assistod BERLAU in unloading this mtcricl ct his rosiduncc. Sourco H advised that on March 30, 1945, RUT= ETRLT had shippod cight or nine boxes of mturicl, principally photographic mtcricl, vio Railway Expross, to hersolf ot 124 East 57th Stroot, Now York City. Those boxos contained complota photographic oquipmnt, includin; vquipment for photographic laboratory work. amongst the matcriul thore was included a Kidascopo tiodol C projector, light reflector stands, a splicing sot, paper outtcr, devoloping tank, film winder und innumerable other itcms such as trays, funtiols, masuring glassus, lomaps, batturivs, cxtension cords, frcmos, otc, This source advised that BRECHT had stated she would be back in Box.ti Monics in about thrvc months. lator in the sam doy BERT BRECHT and RUTH BURLLU were observed at tho VIERTEL rosidence loading suitcosos into the Packard convertible cf 6aLKi VICRTEL, licenss 12 D 422, at 4 P., BRECHT and BERL.U loft tne VIERIZL rosidenco in the samc Packard and drove to tho Eastman Kodak Stors ct 202 Santa Monice Boulovard, Santa Monica, California, It wos lator cscerteiacd from f the Bostman Kodak Storo, and thot RUTH BORLAU had just brought in sevcral porson:.1 snapshots, howover, they advisod t BERLATv hos beon doing busincse with their store for dvproximetoly the last six months. GREP sdviscd thst BIMLG told hin that sho wos ongaged in copying cortain uwnuscripts end ho stotcd thut ho, himself, had assisted hor on ono occasion cnd mew of his om knowledge that sho was doing this type of work. Ho advisud thet she wos tcking 35 mm. no;utives of the manuscript and thon blowing thom up into 4x5 sizc in order that she could gvt two prints from cacii 6x10 shoot of dovuloping papur. Ho undorstood that these monusoripts consisted of various plays in Gormn which wors in tho n..turo of sctires on the Nazis. ond ogrood thet BERL.U has bucn doing from 38.00 to $10.00 worth of Dusinoss a wock with thoir Btoru, Sand tact nino-tonths of tho time sho pays in cash with o $20.00 bill. They sdvised shat sho hos purchased ut lecst two, ond possibly throc, boxcs of papur, cagh hex containing 500 shoots, during the past throo months. During tho sono tine. sho has purchasod ot lcaost 200 -foot of 35 m. filn. ,