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cp trap eee bP , | : a: received the sum of $400,00monthly from the _. Basque Government in Exile with its offices in New York. (The - ‘source of this sum of $400,00 is set forth in the Bureau _ letter to the Legal Attaché, Havana, Cuba, dated May 3, 1944 and entitled "Basque Organization).. This-part.of the plan. | indicates the desire that the Bureau continue the a ae of sy tt) OP ot oe informant explained that the benefit res72:. L1D soived by the Legal Attaché's Office at Caracas from the pay- -. " gnent of this sum, would be that'the Chief of the Delgation .-. _ would sign any letters that might be written to any members of the intelligence service Located outside of the City of : Gaeracas. This delegate devotes his full time to the handling — of the affairs of the Basque Government, i.e., the care of . + the Basque citizens located in Yenezuela and depepds on the receipt of this aum for his expenses. Informant oe adopted the attitude that aince the Basque organization had. given up its source of incomes to be of assistance the =. Bureau, it is only just that this payment be mades We "4 dee, & _ . 7 al the benefit that would be received by the Bureau — from the expenditure of this sum would be negiigable. In the opinion of this office, the Basque Intelligence Service can be utilized without having the Chief of the Basque Dele- gation sign the letters to the representatives located in other cities as herein before set out... This office is not _ gognizant of the extent of the agreement made in New York .— : at the recent meting between the Bureau representatives . gnd the representatives of the Basque Government in Exiles Therefore it. is not known whether an arrangement was made or Eye pNwhether it was indicated that the sum of $400,00 would be ~ /. one paid the Chief Delegate in Venezuela for the purposes above set out. ; _ B. [ORGANIZATION IN THE INTERIOR OF VENEZUELAY ies... Ghis section ta devoted to the explanation of the set up of the Basque Intelligence Service outside of Caract 2 “Venezuela and the interior of the country. It states that ‘< there is a Basque representative in eleven towns wi thin ’th- << dntertor of Venezuela whose duty it is to make reports on Jeade furnished by Bureau Fepresentatives and furnish generel information of an intelligence naturse | , . oa et ae os, oo ow Bea