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+ Bederal Bureau of Investigation United States Bepartment of Justice Les Angeles 13, California September 13, 1943 #5 Director, FBI Re: HANES. “EISLER, with es, Hand £isler, Johanne sler ALIEN ENEMY CONTROL = G bear Sir: : 67¢e Reference is made to the report of Special icon dated May 18, 1943, at Les Angeles, in the above entitled matter, which set out a lead to present the facts in this case to the United States Attorney at Los Angeles with a view toward obtaining subject's . internment as a dangerous alien enemy. The above report, as well es a prior investigation, also suggests the possibility that the subject may have left himself open to prosecution by failing to register as an alien enemy. —_ Information set out in the several reports in this case has been for the most part restricted to that which might be presented to an alien enemy hearing board without danger of disclosing that an ine vestigation is being conducted by this office into the subject's posa- ible Comintern connections, his connections with the Free Germany Move— went, and his connections with known Commnists in this area. tom tion regarding the latter is reported in the case entitled "0 ' was, SECURITY MATTER - R", since subject's activities interlock those of the persons under investigation in that case. The information presently available against the subject in in- 7 stant matter, although undoubtedly indicative of revolutionary tenden- bok ies, is about the same as that developed in the case entitled, "BERTOLD 5: HT, was, ALIEN ENENY CONTROL - G",. BRECHT and the subject have been Liaborators for years. A short time ago, with the Bureau's approval, the BRECHT case was presented to the United States Attorney in Ios Ange~ les, who referred it to the Department for an epinion, The Department, at _ that time, declined authorization of a Presidential warrant for BRECHT's arrest as a dangerous alien enemy, and there therefore appears to be no reason for referring a similar set of facts pertaining to EISLER to the United States Attorney at this tine, United States Attor RECORDED A he oo! puy COPIES DESTROYED — ance CONTAINED V 5 S ra ' je " BE SEP 18 i948 <> De bi - can vaca oh