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MEMORANDUM RE: COLONEL CHARLES s, LIBDBERGH fee Ries, : eine tts 2 sale NE Fr fear ht TR ; f ° The first dete appearing in the Bureeu files concerning Charles 4. winddergh whch bears upon his nationalistic sympathies is the year 1935. In . February of 154) a signed statement was taken by an Agent of this Burean from . en informant wi2 gave detailed information concerning the activities of Mer- win EK: Hart, head of the Kew York State Economic Council and an alleged pro=- moter of an smerican Fascist movement. Connected with Merwin Hart in bis Tascist movezert was one Petrick-O'Zeefe who advised this informant that in 1935 or early 1936 bie group, which was kmown as thé Bationzalist Movement or as the World Yovenent, had chosen Lindbergh as their world leader because of hie youth, his prominercce and other characteristics. The informant went oa to state thet Lindbergh "had been approached, cortact made, and hadi beer con- verted to the Lav Worid viewpoint and since then had been actively working with ther. Az you know, Lindbergh is a close associate of DrCorrell, who is seii to be one of the co-leaders of the Fasciet group in France." This iuforment furtaer mentioned thet Kerwin Hart and his group were mutual sup- porters of the Christien Front and Pelley's-Silver Shirts bu: in response to a epecific question as to whether or not Mr. Hart had any contect with Mr. Pelley, tke informant stated that Mr. Hart's office was filled with literature which would be of interest to the Pelley group and further that “they #11 keep each other informed", tie 3 hi ay wee Tete . yt ut v + oy ae trae . : ptactes et 23 ‘ In this conzection, agein on Mep 11, 1940, this same confidential informant reported that Merwin K. Hart hac been holdicg a mumber of very secret conferences with one Williawde Krafft, some of which had apparently Deen stsred in by Charles A. Lindbergh since Hart hed preparec a long list ¢ questione whick were to be asked of Lindbergh with regard to this matter. Fhe informent did not know of the precise neture of the subjects discussed but mes- tioned that aviction equipment of the United States Army and Bavy was involved. «nia informant stated that she had no reasons to be suspicic.s of thece meet- ings if it werc not for their extreme secrecy. She also mentioned that de krefft had « reservation to go to Burope on the next clipper and vas to leave -. shortl:. an ee pret SF — PAG J-1S2 The public statements of Charles A. Lindbergh contain nunerous‘re- marks which bear upon his foreign or naticnalistic aympathies. Lindbergh's , first speech in which he set forth bis isoletionist stand/was thag delivere? on September 1€, 1929. In appealing to the United States to st logt/ of Buropeen entengiements, Lindbergh stated: "These wars in Europ 6 not wars in which our civilization is defending itself against some Asia rirnder. There is no Genghist Khon or Xerxes marching against our werte tions, This ta not a question o> banding together to defend the white/race cgainst foreign invasicn. This is simply one more of those age-olé quarreis withia . - Zee. our own family of nations—a quarrel arising from the errors of the lest war-- .. owe from the failure of the victors of that war to follow a consistent policy a af es ae a dpe + sabe ; : L , + a etther of fairness or o% force,*