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boa & boye Bet ARISTOTLE SOCkAZES : OMASSTS. Boor Bry ere Bead ca ee ree ae a Reference is nade to your Letter dated Decenber 1, ‘43; in which rm asked that the Buresu ebtain any information concerning shit individaal that - aight we in the possession of the State ‘Departnent. et ere Ae a - ad eT ge em. . + a a the State Departaent has advised that on ‘January n, “yaa, “Onasete mate “application for a non~inal gration. vies, at which tine he est wt the following © 7 , We ‘alleged inet he was torn “at Selontcs, Gresce, ‘ septenver ai, | 2 oer “Mts nationality was given ae Argentine. At the tine of the making of the = application he was fin possession of a valid Argentine passport Bo. 7010M, 9 2... fesaued June 9, 1942, by the police derartuent of Buenos Alres, Argentinas, valié for two years. He listed his adédreas as: legal - Zeconquiesta 356, Buenos Aires, Argentina; United States address - Fits Towers Fotel, 57 Park Avenue, Sew Tork City. He said that bis business wae shipping ané indicated that he. intended to stay in the United States frem five to aix months. He stated in oo his epplication that he had previously visited the United States on July 10, 1940" | and on April 17, 1942. With reference to his shipoing wusiness, it Le noted that the State Lepartment received word from the War Shipping Aceinistration, Vashington, D.G., that that agency was negotiating with the subject to purchase two tankers == 4n which he had interest. These were the S. 8. Caliiroy and Anticpe. On. wi 3 aa = = -—_ = = Hay 8, 1942, the State Department authorised the Mabasay in Busnes Aires to issue Onaesis a non-fmsigration visa. By @ispatch dated Novenbder 13, 1942, the Tnited — % States Enbasay in Buenos Aires stated that they had information that Onaests ~~ possessed Fasciat idens and was considered shrewd ané unscrupulous. The eudject's status in the United States is that of «a private individval. He ie not entitled te diplozetic tamalty and is not considered an official of the Argentine | = /.. Vga Goveranest. _ . we te a a 72 Oe SP RNG, am ; . te -; J 3 . . s i oF - z poo Za your letter you also requested data ‘concerning the nature of ‘the atetenonts allegedly ma anAa wy the sgabject. it was believed ‘m@vieable that am. - effert be made to obtain these allegations from the Office pf Raval. Intelligence. [Im eansver to a request, the Office #f Naval. Intelligence quinitted td the. Bureas Ci a merorandua, copies of which are t sppended hereto. a ladda a con ; Hisim—— | CONUNICATIONS SECTION] “Cs. Weny truly an oop Ty te Avera ae 6? we yt : 5 se re carcoh- “ ay ) John Fégar Hoover Ane 4) f] bed tes Seat oy Director, _ [v7 y Lotter {- 4-77 fe