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YAY as . ’ . 4 . IA 100=16 112 ioniea incsmuch us sho wanted definite aseuranco thut shy could live at tho Chalet Moter Botol, In fact: enti, «05202 out that this wes the -_- ee A dk id —= aS SF yu only purpose for BERLAU'S wisit to thom and it was the only time BERIAU - hed revisited thom sinco hor departure for tho hospital, ss abovo rcloted, ~ On March 31, 1945, BERT BRECHT'S cor was again obscrvod at tho SALKA VIERTEL residonco at 10:15 A.E. BRECHT, hovwovor, was not thorc on this occusion. RUTH BERLAU was observed by Spociul agent aad reporting agent to load BRECHT'S car with various boxos, papors, otC. aéftor delivering tho bulk of this material to a packing scrvico in Senta vionica, BERLAU proceeded to BRECIT'S residonee whero she dopositod tue or threo boxes of books, popors, etc., and what appoared to be files. BIRT BRECUT assisted BERLAU in unloading this metcrial et hia residuncc, Sourco H advised that on March 30, 1945, RUTH ECRLUT had shippod eight or nine boxes of mturicl, principally photo, graphic motericl, vio Roilway Expross, to hersolf at 124 East S7th Stroot, Now York City. These boxos contained complcto photographic oquipmnt, includin; vquipmnt for photogrephic laboratory work, amongst the matcriul thore was includod a Kidascopo isodol C projector, light reflector etands, a2 splicing set; paper cutter, “devoloping tank, fiin winder and innumerable other itoms such as trays, funnels, masuring glassus, loaps, batturics, cxtunsion corde, fromos, cote, This source advised thet BRECHT had stated she would be back in Santi Monics in about three months. Lator in the som doy BERT BRUCHT and RUTH BORL,U were observed at tho VIERTEL rosidence loading suitcasos inte tho Packard convertiple cf 6aLKi VICRTEL, licensy 12 D 422, at 4 Ph, BRECHT and BETILU loft tne VIERITZL Fosidenco in the aome Fuekard and drav. te the Enetoon Kedck Stores ct 202 Sar ae ae oe er ee ee ee ee was shee ete Santa Monicc Boulovard, Santa Monica, California, It wos lator cscerteined from f the Gastman Kodak Storo, and Qyyym that RUTE BERLAU had just brought in sevcral porson:.1 snapshots, however, they advisod th.t BERLAU hos beon doing busincse with their store for aaproximetoly the lest six months. QP -dvisced toast BIL. veld hin that sho wos ongaged in copying curtain -causcripts cnd ho statcd thut ho, himself, had assisted hor on one occasion cond knw of his om knowlicdge that she was doing this type of work. le advisud thet she wos tcoking 55 mm. no.utives of thu manuscript and than blowing thom up into 4x5 sizes in order that ahe eaould gvt two prints from cach @xl0 s shoot of doveloping papur. Ho understood th=t these manuscripts consistod of vsrious ploys in Gormin Which wor: in tho n..turo of sctires on the Nazis, YE ond agreed thot BERL.U hos bucn doing from $8.00 to $10.00 worta of Dusinoss o wock with thuir story, and taat nine-tonths of thu time sho pays in cash with a §20.,00 bill. Thcy -dvised chat sho hos purchased at lecst two, and possibly thro., boxcs of napur, oagh hex containing 500 shouts, during the past throo months, During the sou ting. sho has purohasod at Icost 200 -foot. of 35 m. filn. fo0 ahs ~16~