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rors | tad ates ve many! wh F 7) LA 200-18112 -. . DMIGHATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE oe Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 7 BERT BRECRET registered ag an alien enemy in February 1942 and was assigned Registration #7624464. In his application for a registration oer- tificate he gave the same information as mentioned above concerning his birth date, arrival in the United States, and intention to become a United States citizen. He also stated that he was last a citizen of Germany, though he had been expatriated by that country. He asserted menbership in an authors’ organization known as the Pen Club, and he gave the names of tr. and firs. WILLIAK : DIETERLE as persons who could vouch for his loyalty. He gave his residence address at that tine as 817 25th Street, Santa Monica, California, but subse- _.. quently gave notice of moving to 1065 26th Street, Santa Yonica. It is to be noted that while the application for a registration certificete is made out in the name of EUGEN BEXTHOLD FRIEDRICH BRECHT, he signed the oath in conection therewith as BERTOLT EUGEN FRIEDRICH SRECHT. Through thia source it was learned that on May 17, 1940, BRECHT, who was then in Helsingfors, Finland, entered the nanes of the mesbers of his family on the American quota waiting list in Copenhagen, Denmark. He indicated the members of his family as follows; “(BER)TOLT-BRECHT, born February 10, 1898, in Augsburg, German paseport, written in New York 1938, valid until January 1941. “(HEL)ENEYORECHT, nee\WEIGL, born May 12, 1900, in Vienna. Danish refugee papers written i: Copenhagen, walid “until August 1940. “(STEFAN)? BRECHT, born November 3, 1924, in Berlin. Darish refugee certificate written in Copenhagen, walid until August 1940. "BARBARA BRECHT, bern October 28, 1930, in Berlin. Danish refugee certificate written in Copenhagen, walid until August 1940. "My collaborator for many years, sARGARETEUULSSTEFFIN, bers March 21, 1908, in Berlin (Danish citizen through marriage). Danish passport written in 1956 in Copenhagen, valid until August, 1941.* According to this source, BERT SRECHT is believed to be the coasts of one FRITZ » & know German espionage agent in Lisbon, Portugal, 1940 end 104]. This source claimed that LANG made such a statement to merge Si