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=> * Office Meni. wens . unire” jansos GOVERNMENT 6s” s Director, PBI (100-190707) Dats: January 25, 1952 A rou 1 SAC,. New York (100-67077) . , WMC. BERTOLT EUGEN YRIEDRICH BRECHT Ae Aws7 t* Ten x \ -INTERKAL SECURITY - R " Poe 4 14; eee i former Comintern representative in f the United States dur ne te years 1928 to 1938, was inter- } viewed in Faris, France uring January 195: ry vss sent = 7) — rT by = a Comintern representative who was head of the G I k @werkers International Relief, s duties in the Uniteti’.!-it.: ‘States were tg reorganize the W.I.Re branch in this country and while doing so he also engaged in other relief organizations for the benefit of the Communist Party, USA and elso for the W.I.R. in Berlin, Germany, ie..: expelled . om the Communist Party of Germany in 1939; therefore, : th a likewise severed his connection with the Commnist ib. . ‘Party at that tine. i in relating the backgr of individuals om he knew as Communists, advised that as a pleywright in the 1920's in Germany of remarkable talent. BRECHT was a member of the Communist ty of Germany. He, together withrPISCATOR and JOHANNES » Were members of the same cultural front and did mich to raise the Communist Party's preatige among writers and artists. BRECHT came to the United States during the 1930's and proceeded to Hollywood, California, He travelled in the same circles aa OTT TZ and RANS\ZISLER on the west coast, Tovever, game Ata not know how, long BRECHT stayed in Hollywood, se Neh at sos °"e CARRE stated he had an inkling BRECHT was also in Mexico end thought BRECHT was now one of the leaders of the Deutscher Kultur Bund which is organized on the cultural front by the 5.Z.D. MP said that BRECHT was a member of the Covmmunist Party of Germany since the 1920's, He thought that BRECHT came to the United States mainly because he desired to sell his manuscripts in Hollywood. ee ste BRECHT was not a Communist Party A official, However, he is a good Party member and lives on his f earnings as a playwright end writer. thought thet he came to the United States with the approval of the Party. ze ce: Lom Angeles (100216112) Eh LY 105-1261 pee Rico Mah 23 CORpey tp IA ane 4 a PR