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Offic “Memorundum ¢ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO ah. He Relsont ‘a pate; “creck 25, ~ on e : f | t} be ‘ QW f4 - 2 ynom ¢ F. te ‘Brantg Pareens __- - . oc : Secs 7 # POBECT: BERTOL £ BUCEY FRIEDRIC! 2. ECET : . fee INTERYAL SEChITT © Re AA > allow — New York celetype 3-20-56 advised o,f Enfornston recetved STom INS that, according to a recent column by .al. wincheli, subject was to anvear at the Open Stage Theater on 3-27-56. in connec‘ 3on et" 2 ; the production of hts Pleyrivate Life of che Waser Fece.” Ive had no inferna ten subject ts in the United Sur tes anc aestres te inter- view him if hc appearec. he 3ureau in-erpose: ne on. Tish 9 we in'erview and the few York Office was tnstrive os ts ne: CC. covucticines of subject if he is in the United States to dcternine tS ee. tu. ci .3 and contacts. Subject was born tn Gernony on 2010-58 He firs? ecne te the (mited St.tes in 1935 for o veriod of ocbout sir mon w2ey be ber ulhiek he returned to Furope. He entered the itnited Ststes arcti. On wot eil, He became associated with ‘he german refugee ersun ix foe on: cles, most of whom had sone connection uwita tre mot ionericcure Sheu try. During the tine Ae resided in the I[nitec Stctas he we. cowise+ce by Sovutet oj fietals and aessoctatcd with known coirnumistc cad cc uu ist ey pathtzers. | Subject testified before “te House Connztivee ci: t Un-American Activities in Octoher, 1927, stating ‘has he wae at ¢ ' communist but acknowledging contac*s with Soucet officicis, Gerkhar- | Fisler aid other comnunista. Subject departed from Hew Yorz on 1 10-31-47. In 1949 he was reported to be resicinc in ‘he Sevte: Lone i } ‘of Germanie NED aa™ Le we New York teletyve 3-22-56 aduised Vhct IZ in Sect ctteutec a "by invitation ondy" presen“ation of subject's nbel, Gu, "ortve-e fife > of the Master Tece." Subject wes not obscrved by ther.. hearing remarks auch as, ".e ezvnected “o see hordes of iBT wien here,‘ and "ve certainly fooled the FPI thie tine." ~ Physical survetiloace by Burcau Agents to observe subject was negative. ric Dentley, who wrote Inglish version of subject's play, told cudience tict sudjee: was not there and he las 3aw subject itn 1950 in Lunich, Ger;any. fe New York Office mas instructed telephonically on 3-22-L€ i i mhat awh s ond ta nlay fe awhant ant tdAanti fu veda iment dow in _wrew w eueny ee a rw wa ee Sieh: Pw re ¥ J: 1.# yer: = FPP “se FS, i Rufiles reflect: Eric Russell Bentley sroduccé che sa of subjecttg in 1949 in Now York Cily. Bentle,s was born S-lé~ England ond has been enployed in the Untted States at Black “ountele “College, Bleek ‘fountain, North Carolina, and the Universic+ of JtHnadeso-c, Minneapoly Ifinnesota. He has been associates with sone insiviercis who ott plies tachA communists end who were engaged ta censunict actiut¢i ‘hee . aces org: dy Reon he A-% aun b HBT. (gj "°°