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. \ - ié SS t . . ti eink ak, nant cnntmnsemund balan chatnetesas mits _ Sr seh ahi Sine ste «Sie en ohn api dew Pdi de nite a . A * C) : . » _' and she explained that the mney in this ing_ance came from the Chase National ~~ - much as this office had been advised that she might have information indicating ; coastline. VON STERNBERG was observed being in the house before it was fin~ a ished and explained to informant that he went there to "get inspiration fom heey the view", This matter was brought. to the attention of this office for possible pee In Los Angeles file 100-4880, entitled: INTERNAL SECURITY", _ reference is made to report of the writer dated at Los Angeles June 13, 4941, ieee ‘wherein on page 3 interview with MARLENE DIETRICH is set forth. At thigtime = . = ~. she was living at the Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills. It had been alleged Goce 2 director and producer, was being financed by Nazi funds, and — it was that DIETRICH had been acquainted with him. (ill oo ar ae Mile: DIETHICH stated that she was posi Lvel Prasgot- pro-Nazi ‘because he had never associated with any o1 them when living in France, ~ Bank in New York. She mentioned, too, that RENE' CLAIRE. the director, was of .. {| the same opinion-as herself with reference cane re of particular interest here, is page 4 of that report, wherein DIETRICH, | - fee in the general discussion which followed the interview,set forth her theories : concerning HITLER. “She stated that in 1936 she was in Paris and that YOM . RIBBENTROP was trying to get her to go back to Germany to make a picture. tHe told her that HITLER wanted her to come back to be a German actress and also do @ play. These overtures were being made at the very time that she was ° to get a passport to this country. Upon telling the German official that ahe Showed! had contracts in America, he told her that if ahe would come and visit HITIER ~~ %!: for several days, she would get her passport. She excused and got out of this = = = by stating that the German press had been against her and that she had to go to America. For the sake of her political beliefs and getting even with HITLER, — DIETRICH stated that for two hours she debated calling HITLER directly on the telephone telling him that she would come and visit him and when she got there she planned to kill him. She described HITLER as being 'not a normal human ‘ being mentally’ and described his evinient feeling for her as the has a tick = for met. ; . Se NE rege "Continuing, Miss DIETRICH stated that she had been informed that HITLER - had made. some French diplomats sit for four hours through the re-ruming of ‘one: of her pictures and these diplomats told her that they nearly died because they could not smoke or even talk while he was watching her act. This picture had’ been made by LUBITSCH, a Jew, and so had not been shown generally in Germany at all.*® eo on, ee At the time DIETRICH contacted agent with reference to VON STERNBERG, _. namely, on Jamary 5, 1942, she also inquired as to whether there was any in- formation available from the los Angeles office files regarding the pro-Nazi — sentiments of ae as aa ’ _ EES Mics DINTHICH was advised that the files of this o were confidential and that no information therein with reference to him was’ available to her. It was recalled to her that she had been interviewed, inas- tha as pro-Nazi, She admitted that she had none; in fact, that he