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COMMUNISM IN MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY 499
Mr. Bkecht. Yes, yes. In Hollywood 1 was invited, sometimes three or foui times, to the Soviet consulate with, of course, many other Avr iters.
Mr. Si'iui'ijxci. AA'hat otliers?
Mr. Bkeciit. AVith otlier writers and artists and actors who the}" gave some receptions at special Soviet [speaking in German]
Mr. BAUMO.MtDT. Festivities.
Mr. Bkecht. Festivities.
Mr. STKirLiNG. Did any of the officials of the Soviet Government ever come and visit you '.
Mr. Bkecht. I don' think so.
Mr. Stripling. Didn't Gregory Kheifets visit you on April 14, 1943, vice consul of the Soviet Government ? Yon know Gregory Kheifets, don't you %
Mr. Bkecht. (Gregory Kheifets?
The CiiAiHMAX. Watch out on this one.
Mr. Bkecht. I don't remember tliat name, but I might know him; yes. 1 don't remember
Mr. Striplixo. Did he come and visit you on April 14, 1913?
Mr. Bkecht. It is (juite possible.
Mr. Stkiplino. And again on A])ril 27, and again on June 16, 1944^
Mr. Bkecht. That is cjuite ])ossible, yes; that somebody — I don't know. I don't remember the name, but that somebody, some of the cultural attaches
Mr. Stkiplix(;. Cultuial attaches.
Mr. Bkecht. Yes.
The Chairman. Spell the name.
Mr. Stkiplix(;. (iregory, (j-r-e-g-o-r-y Kheifets, K-h-e-i-f-e-t-s. I will s})ell the last name again, K-h-e-i-f-e-t-s.
Mr. Bkecht. Kheifets?
Ml'. Striplixo. Yes. Do you remember Mr. Kheifets?
Mr. Bkecht. I don't remember the name, but it is quite possible. But I remember that from the — I think from the — yes, from the consulate, from the Russia^ consulate some people visited me, but not only this man, but also I think the consul once, but I don't remember his name either.
Mr. SrKiPEiX(;. What was the nature of his business?
Mr. Brecht. He — it must have been about my literary connections with German writers. Some of them are friends of mine.
Mr. Striplixt;. (xerman writers^
Mr. Brecht. Yes: in Moscow.
Mr. Striplin(;. In jMoscow?
Mr. Brecht. Yes. And there appeared in the Staats Verlag the Sergei Tretyakov translations of my jilays, for instance, this Private Life of the blaster Race. A Penny foi' the Poor, and poems, and so on.
Mr. Stkipmxc;. Did Gerhart Eisler ever visit you, not Hanns, but Gerhart ?
Mr. Brecht. Yes: I met Gerhart Eisler, too. He is a brother of Hanns and he visited me with Hanns and then three or four times without Hanns.
Mr. Strh'lixo. Could you tell us iu what year he visited you? Wasn't it the same year that Mr. Kheifets visited you?
Mr. Brech r. I do not know, but thei-e is no connection I can see.