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L A 100-2812 of oe staging ® play’ Which he had written and which is based on a well know Grech novel entitled "Schwejk" by HASIK. This source also advised t accordinr Ae. sreczn } had consulted with one GUSTAY% ‘ACRATY on several ocoasions relative to life and conditions in Crechoslovakia, since this information was necessery to BRECRT in the writing of a play entitled "Schwejk." According to this in- formant, it was his understanding that BRECHT had obtained the rights to "Sohwe jk* through BSNES, nephew of EDUARD-oENES, Fresident of Crechoslovakie. The BUNES with whom JRECIT had contact is said to be the Czech Consul in San Francisco and a personal acquaintance of «ACHATY. CTIVITIFS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1944 nt A cd Py fe This source furnished information reflecting that as of January 1944 BERT BRECHT allowed the use of certain of his material to an unknowm individual associated with HANNS TISLER. It was kmow to this informant that on January 18, 1944, an unidentified man disoussed with “ISL®R 4 long distance telephone oall made to BET BRECHT in Hew York and advised EISL®R that BRECHT had agreed to allow the use of certain material. It appeared that EISLER and the iniden- tified man were planning some sort of stage production for which they would need 310,000. KLEMPFRRK, possibly OTTO KLEMFTRER, 1546 Calmar Court, was mentioned as having some “connection with this matter. This source also furnished information that during January 1944, one of BRECHTts plays wes apparently being rewritten by HANNS ZISLiR, BERTHOLD VIEHTEL, and FRITZ KORTNEX. EISLSK reaarked several times that the play was considered very good, true to life, and evidently pertinent to the current political and social situation. It was believed that BRECHT had given tenta- tive approval to the use of his material for the proposed play, although some agreament in written form would have to be arrived at later. It ie possible 3S oe feftrL that this relates to the matter mentioned in the previous paragraph. sconces This source reflects that on January,]7, 1944, BERT SRECET was re~ siding at the apartment of KUT BEKLAU and I CH ‘ANN, 124 East 57th Street, New York City. It appears that BRECHT has sublet a part of this apartment ever since his arrival in New York in November 1945. On January 17, 1944, according to this source, GERHART-RISLER, an allezed Comintern agent anA brother of HANNS EISLER, visited “the apartment ocoupied by BRECHT and remained for approximately one hour and a quarter.