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Go @ om & La 100-18112 ding to Sourcc J, BERT BRECHT Oa april 9, 194%, ccc York City, or ° transmitted —tologrum to HuiS RICHTER, 134 s.st 60th Strict, KF advising him that BROCHT "WOULD LIKE 70 COiE .HD TORK LIDST OF inv". QBRons. GRRE advised thot HS. RICHTGR is <n old Communist of fuictic typ: who _ was Inom os such in proewar Grmny. He stoted thet RICHTUR hod bocn @ + movie dircctor in Russia for c long timo, prob:.bly from thrcs to five yeors. do advised he had recently reud thot HukS RICETER hed been placed in charge of th. Film Dupartucut of the City Collkge in Now York City. Qn wipril.11, 1945, BRECHT riccived c tclogr:m from RUTH, undoubtodly RUTH BERLAU, in ew York City. This tclogrom rood ce follows: “ALEXN EXCITSD BOUT YOUR SL.DER.UER BOON VIERTOL CCHSIDSR IT BEST CONTRIBUTION SE.D ORIGINAL SFECL.L DELIVERY 10 ke «USTR.IN NEWSP..PSR «SLED PERLLISSION TO PUBLISH IT I! SPOCL.L Issuz" a lctter postiacrkud april 15, 1945 wos rcecived by BERT BR&CiT from BERTHOLD VIZRTUL, 346 west 84th Stroct, Kow Yors City. On j.pril 16, 1945, according to Soures J, BRECHT rocoivod ao telegram from Minnccpolis, Minnvsot., signid BUNTIZY. This telogr-m rcud ca follows; "DO NOT UMDERSTGD BEALS SLT EFT THT YOU INTE TO BRING SUIT wG.INST it (id.T wn YOUR UISHES ND THY HVE YOU HOT ST.TED THEW TO mB I maVs GIVSE PERCISSIOV FOR TW PRODUCTIO“S GE IP C..LIFORML, OFE IN iy YORK 8 YOU ENG I UNDIRSTOD I HOLD ST.GD RIGHTS MY .DDRESS 519 SSSEX STREET SCUTHIUST M.WELPOLIS® It is bolicved thet BE: TLGY'S statement to the cffect tht ho hed given purmission for two productions, ono in Culifornic, un? one in Now York, rcletes to BROCHT'S play "The Privite Life of ths Mastor Raec™ because, Qs will be scun, this play ie b.iag produced in botk i. York sud Su litornis, C0; On april 19, 1945, IXPrT. ra BB-1 udvisod thot BERT BRICHT hed hea coaversations with scversl unkmo.~. individucls reflecting thet he wos to attond a diuncr in honor of .RCHIB.L: -acLEISH, Underscerctiury of State, ot 7:30 P.K., on Saturday, .pril 21, 194... «according to BB-1, it cppcurs thot BRSCAT attended this dimicr in the company of CH.RLOTTE Dizi=RLo, according to informant, Mrs. BRECHT doseribod this dinner <s « dull affair oc as a “sloppy-libcril cffair += just the ordinury how do you dows, uo daring, just livorcliam of the woakcat kind", also, on april 19, 1945, according to BB-i, BRECET mide og appointment vith onc MiX who, us will be lator shown, is ovlicvcd to bo 4 ani