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STANDAA oF Ont 2 64 —Office Memorandum + unis, = WERNMENT TO . Director, FBI _ DATE: January 22, 1918 SyXROM = SAC, NEW YORK - SUBJECT: HANS EI SLER INTERNAL SECURITY (R) REFER 5-18 forge (Bureau file 100"195220) “7.00 b IG For your information, ED «.: a Agents of the Immigration and Naturalization Service in New York City, called at this office on 1/20/,8' with reference to the above-captioned subject. poe DEEbRRES pee They advised that information had been received from their Los Angeles Office to;the effect that "sonfidential informant” had Btated that VICTORIZYSTONE and JULIU IMAN were former high function- aries of the Communit Party and had be close associates of the subject HANS EISLER. heir information was to the further effect that STONE supposed]|y; operated a dreas shop on 18th St., while HRIMAN was located in Yonkers, NY. It might be well to point out that according to the NY files, there hes never been any information previously received to the effect that VICTORIA STONE ever operated a dress shop or that elther she or HEIMAN were what could be classified as “high functionaries” of the Party. The contention of the Imnigrationts Los Angeles informant that HEIMAN is located in Yonkers, NY, indicates the extent somewhat of the informant's acguaintanceship with HEIMAN inasmuch as the latter has been living at the Esplanade Hotel since 9/2 though he formerly did live in Yonkers. acayreafale Bd ‘ continuing, QP reportea that he anc SD 59 Peer ted 4 to interview VICTORIA STONE at her jewelry store, 510 Madison Avenue, but she was extremely uncooperative and denied that she ever knew the subject HANS RFISLER. She did, however, advise them that she had known JULIUS SEIMAN for over twenty years and supplied hia‘residence address to thom, Le Their purpose in visiting the NY Office, they explained by stating that they were desirous of definitely determining the citizen- ship status of STONE to see if there were any discrepancies in connec~- FXP seis aex my /t<fhe faa ‘ 100.266),8 vey pen eoaTs, JEO- (FS I220-) 2. PIES DEsTRoED pe. oc (i Lon , a “ ece NC at RORiTON conte GOFEB10194g “" OO CHERERYS BRCLASSIFIED DATE eB Sons