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ry pared thasath, efeneanyligge tain activities and associations and in the writings of Brecht. It has been ‘2 ly alleged that in Gamsany Brecht hed the reputation of being © ¢ cal and.an asecciate of persons with Communist inclinations, and .- fn the United States Brecht continued to be @ radical and an eneay © * - BSabject is the author of numerous plays, articles and songs extolling Communism and the workers’ movement. Hans Eisler, who testified Septeaber 24, 1947 before the Comittee on Un-American Activities, House . -@f Representatives, regarding his Conaunist connections and who is presently . out om bond awalting a deportation hearing, collaborated with Brecht and “wrote, misic to many of his songs ané plays. . In the latter part of 1943 Brecht traveled to New Yor: City where he resided at an apartaent located at 124 Zast 57th Street, few York City, which was then occupied by Ruth Berlau, «@ Danish writer allezed to have been active as a meander of the Communist Party and es a writer for @ Comaanist paper while living in Copenhagen, Denmark, end Ida Bachmann. It 1s alleged that on January 17, 1944, Gerhart Eisler visited this apart- ment. It was reported that during the first half of 1944 activities of * Pree German Movement in New York increased considerably and that there ms “a strong coalition at vork to estebtlish a Free Gernan organization in that city, Bert Brecht was said to be active in attempting to orgsnise this comaittes, ee Daring 1944 Ruth Berlau, aesocinte of Frecht in Zurove vho | Camm to the United States on the same boat with Brecht and allezed mistress ‘of Brecht, resided at the residence of Salka Viertel and reportedly en- we gaged in photographic work for Brecht which took the forn of making 35 mu. 4 * © photographic copies of a German language sanuscript prepared by Brecht. .: + @his manuscript reportedly was for education of the German people after the war and on another occasion was reported for the purpose of educating Corman, Prisoners of War in the Thited states," - : a ocnfidential couree, believed reliable, advised the Bureas “on Fovember 5, 1947 that Brecht planned tp travel to Europe; vould visit “7 Switserland, and might try to move lato the Rastern Zone of Germany in “ order to work for his Commnistic ideas. $n ve Please furnish any information you receive or develop on the ‘aabject’s activities in Burope of a Soviet intelligence nature, snd any indications bad his return sad the United States.