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1A 100-18112 “AURCELL, Radio Station EFI, los wpgeles, who related sane to VIADIITR“POSSICR. SHER was requested to appear on this program. It is to ce noted novever U that BRECET did not participate in the open forun. a as \ en are a eo RS Mat ne According to Source 3%, on April 2, 1945, RUTA BIRLA addresse a letter to BERT BRECRT while she was enroute to New York. The ietter was postimrked Salt Lake City, Utah, Portions of this letter are bein, quoted below, “Bertolt, — z I have opened your letter. o you. I became so quiet. I am Fre happy. I thank you. thank you. I will become just like you wish. at this moment I know thet I have reached that point, and yet, I know that I will be worried again now and then, it is mostly fear, that you might become unfaithful. but thet is only a viny tackslide. nor: I am happy. o, bertolt, your letter} if you only coulu imow, how much good it nas done. again this time you understood everything. again this tine you have boen so very kinc. and to tnink,tn.+ I zas afraid, thet you wight have thought it terrible to find thet I had a round-trip ticket. bertolt, iy dear bertolt. many thanks..ecoee You can understand how it was, I thought that you «ould be thinking "glad that she finall; left, a good ridcance', and then you told me ‘cons back as soon ac you can, perhaps elreacy wits Steffi (STDra¥ BRECET). 'I do love youstsseose I often think of your 4-line poem, when I look at those 16 year old soldiers here '(the war) in thich they are sendi:.¢ you non', please, send me your now 4-lixe poems for the Warprimer. the one with the German lass, and tell me whether the picturc was ox the cover, or where else, anc what it looked like, I will try to jet it ané will photograph it with the one for which there is no illustration yet. which on do cou need for that; tucrcris.. is Poland? I am looking for illustrations and will send ~2m te you to make a selection. but sead ne your new 4-liac posm at once, I mean tho onc eaddrossed to the german loss. I have put up my typowriter here in the ‘restroom in order to proparo myself «@ bit for tho interviows with Foucht.anger and Charles L. of course, you wore right again, when you told mc that my photos are still 'dilletanto' work. whit you have ora contact-prints only. but I rcally havo mide somo progress. of courso I can uso on: (ether- wiso I havo to usc Florenco's) writo 1x which oncs you think I ceuld . tako for the intorviow, it is a good thing thet you arc so s tr: . with ac, in such caso it is the moro waluable if you sey thzt s -21-