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* 4 Ahhh ne nian nian inna’ een - sith a sd ikeihin Shen ee So pte ean rena ce Crete innarnninti aN a ER Rete aes was & problem which was causing her no and of trouble because of the vas} sums pentggwesveh ot involved. > _ a mee ‘Sources A stated further that GABIN, during the course of her close contact u with him, had advised that RENE' CLATRE and as well as himself, had been (AO asked to return to France and make Pictures for the Vichy government; that thig ‘ intercession had been made through the French Ambassador Mar fe yo: telephonically advised yt? mae of British citizenship, who sourcag@MPGaid is of unquestioned Americaniem. (KORDA'S (<> address, General Service Studios, HOllywoad, telephone GRanite 5212.) KORDA told Se that the French Ambassador through the local Franch Consul, hadprecently ae RENE! CLATHE, to go back to France and make plctines, wa o pointing out .iet they conid de se in either occupied or unoccupied Fran#e, It pe Ee a was indicated, however) that none of the men intended to comply. oe, source Maleo stated that one _ } a director @ yw yhad made pictures in France ana BoUuLd probably imow the people i - sre that DIETRICH imew. Since GABIN'S picture at 20th Century Fox had been 2 Such @ auccess and he had refused to go back to France, SourceA stated it was . her conclusion that DIETRICH'S attentions had become even more persevering) and she felt she was after him to retumn, However, Source A stated GARIN had never told her thet this was the casa, Therefore, it was this informantts conclusion that because DIETRICH was ao interested in GABIN, she COULD BE o conduit through which the French govermment could be working in this country, She felt that the Continental Films and ite distribution coula work Fifth Column activities; that GAIN could be told certain things by DIETRICH to utter in his pictures which could be a code for the passing out of information. It is to be noted here also that Source A was of tha opinion that DYETRICH was a citizen of Germany. ~ Tn this connection on pecer agent thet @ , Source A said that even after coming back to Los angeles, DIETRICH was continuously calling her on the ‘phone and telling thig source how to handle the affair of GABIN with the State Department. it was subsequently learmed that this sources also directed a letter to DIETRICH at her Birchwood Drive home, . Which arrived on June 2, 1942, 7 _ FRANCES MARION, authoress, who lives in thie city, according to Source A, a is snother woman who she felt would know DIETRICH'S background, although she sid not indicate that any of the individuals mentioned felt that DIETRICH was engaged in espionage activities. oo *he Bureau's attention is directed again to Los angeles file 100-6792, in the case entitled: 8JRan Gani » UWERNAL SECURITY-~G", and the report of the writer dated at Los Angeles Decenber 6, i941. This sets out on interview tl’ With GABIN, and it is noted thags | ie mentioned therein as { having he ar ers ton CAD to cone to this country —_ © Eile bagh g acraepE pin HMR EN Toe FR haga an