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Y es Burear of Inuesrie, noe Untied States Department of Justice Los Angeles 13, California f+. re 1 Tes niet Gye 3. a nm atcctel 1 Kay slitits "1 an 4 Re: BERTOLT EUGEN FRIEDRICH BRECET, sal a INTERNAL SECURITY (KR) a : REFER 6 IS a 4 Bureau File #100-190707 eee Dear Sir: - 5. a Ce “on March 29, 19496 1 National Defense Informant 7 gpm Special Agents chat B RECHT, prominent in the movenent in Luk >» 160 attended _ @ farewell gathering given for BILL LDER of Hollywood, sho it will be re- called was selected by OWI to handle American motion pictures in Gernany after the war. Informant advised that this meeting had been arranged for PRECET who had previously expressed a desire. to talk ‘to WILDER. During the course of the gathering, BRECHT discussed with - WILDER the ‘names of various individuals in _cormany affiliated with the staze and movie industry. Informant’ was unable,to name the persons mentioned by BRECHT with ona exception, namely HERBER ING, @ very well known dramatic critic in Berlin, Germany.. Informant stated that BRECRT was uncertain abcut the anti-Nazi character of IHERING and said that he was one individual when "we" would have to check, According to informant, the names suggested by BRECHT to WILDER referred to individuals considered by BRECHT to be *reliable”. During the course this gathering, informant also overheard BRECHT remark to somecne that 0 TZ, alleged OGPU agent in Mexico, had no official connection and was of no bolitical importance. Informant believes that this is another indication of BRECHT's individuality in thinking which «=. renders him incapable of being disciplined and hence the type of persan whon , the Soviete would not want in Russia. 7 . r “2?ear Confidential National Defense Informant ° that BRECHT had remarked on another occasion that he had recently seen ROBSET ivi ie a RISKIN of OW]. Informant described RISKIW as being BILLY WILDER's superior ie _ and expressed the belief that BRECHT may have discussed with RISEIN the possi- < © bility of getting a “job with OWI in order to return Europe. This meeting, "po doubt, occurred four to aa weoks ago when ROBE SKIN was in los Angeles... ; ax <e pan indicated Op aa ee swestigationthas indicated 5 Vitals oy who entered. _ the United States with BRECHT and who f@sided at tne LE de "168° Maybery. Road, Santa Monica, - has eoted in the capacity of a secre BERT BERCET <<! Ee is know to visit her almost daily at the VIERTEL resident ad