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A ee ae < fhe American Enbassy 4 Caracas, Jmeruels. 7. ee : dob s ger Hoover - "Directory Fe ~ “punjeoti Basque ‘Drgand eathony Yenesuele s Adnintateative ela ia aires Co ar Sahm oo ome me me a , Reference is made to your Letter ‘of Sune 3, You, setting forth the results” - of your conferences with the representatives of the Basque Organisation in oti on « a with the plan submitted by. thet ¥ organisation. for. their operations in Venemela. iC % . pFo- oy : oN + 4 Your obdervativne’j in’ ‘connection with the plans ' subnd teed by the Babque Organi satica have been carefully noted, and it appears that for the wost part your: - observations have been well taken, fic owever, the Bureau is not in complete acressent |: * ' with your idea that the ques can be of little service to your office except as | a "outlined in your letter.\y © “ve! For your information, the Bureau has made no agreenents with the Basque Orgenization in New York concerning payments to be made for the services of the -local Basques. fhe Bureau is of the opinion ¢t that the Basque Organisation can be ~~ developed into a valuable adjunct to your office in covering intelligence activities. Yor this reason, it is believed that you should seriously endeavor to arrive ata ,, Writable financial agreement with the Basque organization and to develop this orgajis ‘ ¢ion into a valuable inforsant group, ’as you know the Basques ih Yeneruela have in, the past rendered some qaluable services and ere ndombtedly in a Position hed sont fam - aaa oe “The Buresa desires that you tive your » persoial “attention to this matted and sdvise the Bureau as to the results of your negotiations with the Besque — in Venesuela, particulerl, aD: sreeerd to the financial arrangenent ae. ae een eee