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MEMORANDUM RE: COLOKEL CHARLES 4. LIRDBERGH The first dete appearing in the Bureen files concerning Charles 4. ainddergh whch bears upon his nationalistic sympathies is the year 1925. In - Februery of 1942 a sigred statement was taken by an Agent of this Burean from - a informant woo gave detailed informetion concerning the activities of Mer- win K> Hert, head of the Kew York State Economic Council and an alleged pro~ moter of an smericen Fascist movement. Connected with Merwin Hart in his Fascist movezext was one Petrick-O'Keefe who advised a informant that in 1935 or early 1936 his group, which was kmown as thé Nationalist Movement or as the World Movonent, hed chosen Lindbergh as their world leader because of his youth, hie prominerce and other characteristics. The informant went on to state thet Lindberg) "had been approached, cortact made, and had beer con- verted to the Yaw Worid viewpoint and since then had been actively working with ther. Az you mow, Lindbergh is a close associate of Dy-Correll, who is seta to be one of the co-leaders of the Fascist group in France." This infornent furtaer mentioned thet Kerwin Hart and his group were matuel sup- porters of tke Christien Front and Pelley's-Silver Shirts bu: in response to a specific question as to whether or not Mr. Hart had any contect with Mr. Pelley, tke informant stated that Mr. Hart's office was filled with literature which would be of interest to the Pelley group and further that “they all keep e@ach other informed", In this conzection, agein on Mey 11, 1940, this same confidential informant reported that Merwin K. Hart hac been holding a muxber of very secret conferences with one Williewde Krafft, sone of which had apparently deen stsred in by Charlos A. Lindbergh since Hart hed preparec a long list c questions whick were to be asked of Lindbergh with regard to this matter. The informant did not know of the procise nettre of the subjects discussed but mea- tione< that aviction equipment of the United States Army and Bavy wai iovolved. anie informant stated that she had no reasons to be suspicic.s of thece meet- inge 1f it were not for their extreme secrecy. She also pentioned that de Krefft had e reservation to go to Burope on the next clipper and was to leave .- hort: . 6S - WII F-1ISA The public statements of CharYos 1 ae Lintveres contain punerous, on marks which bear upon his foreign or naticnalistic aympathies. Lindber, first speech in which he set forth his isoletionist stand/was bees eared on September 1€, 1969. In appealing to the United States to st t/ of Buropeen entenglements, Lindbergh stated: ‘"fhese wars in Europ ey “not wars in which our civilization is defending itself against some Asia’ rirnder, fhere is no Genghist Khen or Xerxes marching against our werte: tions. This ts not a question o> banding together to defend the white/face egainst . foreign invasicn. This is simply one more of those age-old quarreis withia our own family of nations—a quarrel arising from the errors of the lest war— .. from the fatlure of the victors of that war to follow a consistent policy ‘ 4. Us Wyrer ins ay ej, wan oH yt 43 either of fairness or o% force,"