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_— en... 2 ae Washington 0.0 . Sth November 1947. z Federal-Bureau * " Javestigation wy Dear Mr. Hoover : I should like to naké a confident report. The day before yesterday the writer Berthold“Brecht appeared before the Committees on Un-American Activities Ent stated that he never vro communistic literature but wrote anlu.againct Hitler. In reality cbt gandist of Coammism aod ‘Sovictian. te Fahne * (-Red Flag.) in 4ucs- I have followed Brecht's carreer from wna 3 asht was an unswering advocate of “ovict pug in Germany; he ,wrots severg) - outright commnistic plays;among then "\Qie Massnalme," ( The neasur= ) and "Die hailige Johanna der Schlachthoefe *, 1952 ("St. Joan of” the sloughter - houses’). The latter play is located in America and Brecht ‘tries to prove the necessity of the downfall of canit»lism and free enterprise. Jn 1952, the Democratic ( Pre- Hitierian )Govcrnsznt of Resse ( Darastadt ) forbade the performance of "st. Joan of the slourghter—heusar ‘ because of its conmunistic tendency. One of the shorter riays of Brecht ( I forgot the title ) is written in praise of the secrat societies in all countries which work for Soviet — Russia. Berthold Brecht «as in Méacow several times; he was co-editor of the Russian Nagrzine * Das Wort * { it appeared in Moscow during the Nasi- Regime in fsrmn language). I remember distinctly to have read in one of the issues a dintribde of Brecht against A merica. I happen to be in contact with friends of Brecht and therefore I know that he has Botiiieviated « bit from the officini.. .. Russian party line. Several ve he aiid something like that Ff ra: and his like are now obliged to palm themselves off " as Gesocrats “.. “7” —~—~Ws faf I know, Brecht plans to travel to Furope very soon via Switzerland and I as convinced that he will try to move in the Fastern Zom of Ger- ary in order to work for his commmnistic ideas. The above nasod works of Bypcht are available in the library of 3. Nobody who reads then (_ ate Mowe tat they are communistic literature (dr SECTiuN MAILEO 11 “a Stetenee ad