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Qa*® . 4@ 1a 100-1612 By teletype dated Novauber 2Q, 1947, Wew York Office advised that BRECHT had left. New York City bound for Paris, France, on October 32, 197%, ° via AIR FRANCE AIRLINSS and that a customs stop had been placed by Ks York City for the subject's return. a nie nk Source B on November 5, 1947, furnished the followin; inforaation relative to the subject: : "The day before yesterday the writer BERTHOLD BRICHT appeared before the Committes on Un-dmerican Activities Dm stoved that he never wrote comunistic literature but wrote only against Hitler. In reality, BRSCOT has always acted and written as a pr ist of Coammisn and Sovietism. In 1919 he was editorialist of the "note Fahne! {hed Flag) in Aug: e As a first reader of an well-knom Garman Publishing House “Wored Kesken Verlag) I have follow-T'BRScal's carroor froa that tine che BRACAT was an unswer- aivocate of Soviet policy in Gerzany; nz rrote __, several cutris communistic plays; among then "Die ilassnanne? ('The Amaasan! ) ‘Die heilige Johanna der Schlachthocfe', 1932 X'st. Joan Gf_the slbughter <houses'). The latter play is located in ‘mrica and BRECHT is tO prove tho necessity of the domifall of capitelis: and free enterprisee In 1932, the Democratic (Pre-Hitlerian) Govarnmment of Hesse (Darmstadt) forbade the perforacnce of 'St. Joan of the slovupater— houses' because of its conrmmistic tendency, (One of the shorter stare of BRICHT (I forgot the title) is written in praise of the secret societies dn all countries which work for Soviet - Russia. Bolii0io SRiLo Moscow several times; he was co-editor of the Russtan Wasazine’ ‘Las Gort! (4t appeared in Loscow during the Nazi-Regine in German Tan-uace)e I re- wenber distinctly to have read in one of the issues a diatribe cf BROCHT against America, I happen to be in contact with friends of BRiCUT ant therefore I know that he has not deviated a bit fron the official Russian party line. Several weeks ago he said something like that: ho ond his like are now obliged to palm thomselves off ‘as democrats’, £5 far as Zt know, BRECHT plang to travel to Europe very soon via Syitzcrlani and TI am convinced that he will try to move in the astern Zone of Gercany in order to work for his commmistic ideas, The above nao works of BRICHT are svailable in the library of Congress. Nobody rho reacs thes will doubt that they are coammistic literature.” On November 20, 1917, a copy of a document sent by RUTE £.RLAU to nop Sarcm, a film producer whose officos are locotod at 1513 North Las Palees Avenue, was furnished by a highly confidential source, From the context of this Gocument it was apparently true that GEIGER and BRECHT had been negotiating 1 for nonths relative to the Galileo film contract, BiRLAU was ectrasaly up 27+ that the contract had not yet been signed because she stated that sue did not have ang money axl as a romult was trying to sell her furmiiure, “ny qpartwnt, and everything." BERLAD went on to say that BAACIT was writing to ire ge ae