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Federal Rureay of Investigation ns Rnited States Department of Justice oe _ | Loe Angeles 15, California oe - February 21, 1945 rs a 4 een : - ° re Director, FBI Te A . ] / Re: BERTOLT EUGEN FRIEDRICH BRECHT, wes. INTERNAL SECURITY = RB (: wife” REFER 6 I8 1: Jnr Dear Sir; Larne . Authority is hereby requested for the installation of a technical surveillance of BERT “BRECHT, LO6S-Z6th Street, Senta “Lonica, California, telephone Santa Monica 5-4945. If the authority is granted this surveillance will be maintained at the central plant and will be designated by the symbol BB-1, BERT BRECHT is the subject of a pending investigation concerning his activities with respect tc the Free German movenent, ; the aim of which is the development of a postwar German government friendly to Soviet Russia. BRECHT's activity in thie regard has been largely that of a propagandist in that he writes for the Free German mazazine in Mexico. He was also active in the organisational work resulting in the foundation of the Council for a Democratic Germany. In the investigation of BRECHT it has been ascertained that he is a regular contact of officials at the Russian Vice Consulate in los Angeles and was also « contact of GREGORI{KHEIFETS while the latter was the Soviet Vice Consul at San Francisco. It will be recalled that KHEIFETS was allegedly an NEVD man conducting @ politicel and military - duvestigation on the West Coast, and that it is known that KHEITETS was engaged in espionage on this Coast. The report of Special Agent QE coated February 1, 1945 in instant case sets forth the resulte of the check of f BERT BRECHT. It will be noted from a review thereof that contact was had with telephones listed to a great number of individuals of foreign background. Several of these individuals are mentioned in the Comrap investigation and several others are known to this office as Commnist Party members. Still others are known as Communist. ow, — hy . , COPIES DESTROYED —_——_ = re ‘ f- . (se Vs "Ye ers 2 iar a $e Pd * at, aN = | aati . oh? avy, dren a VN Cs Y S7MAR S018 "3 me