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INFORMATION CONTAINED | RERE' 1S USGRASSIFIED OFFICE OF THE CIVIL ATTACHE EXCEPT WHE@c SHOWN EMBASSY DF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA MEXICO CITY |, August 18, 1944 Perch, we * Reference is made to Bureau letter dated July 14, 1944, enclosing a letter from Special Agent in Charge E. E. Conroy of the New York Field Division dated July 23, 1944, [concerning t one organization and a closure to be. r to This is to advise that the handling of the Basoue organi-- zation has been assigned to Specjal Acont QR has been in.regular contact for the past two weeks w heads ‘of the or- ganization here and has;worked sut an arrangement for their coopere- tion with eng ottiee wo It will be recklled from my letter to the Bureau’ dated June 1, 1944, reporting the several conversations had with Mr. IRALS on his recent trip through Mexico City that no satisfactory agreemér was reached at that time for a working arrangement with the Basques and this office, The difficulties preventing such an agreement ap-= Be. eared to stem from the refusal of ¢ fiat sum c ; br| 750 to ; U urn to request t the Basques furntsi five me so o be use S full-time investigators by this office at a monthly salary of approximately 300 pesos @ach and all expenses. The appare failure of Mr. IRALA to work out-a-possible compromise arrangement ‘@, agreeable to the local Basque organization before his departure indi ae ES cated that he may have encountered difficulties with rere -o[.2 cerning the proposed arrangehent and method of payment. s - S been substantlated in subsequent conversation wit at which time he indicated a strong desire to continue ve the $750 monthly? ™ 7 . y a aa Upon receipt of referenced letter fro e Bureau, the en- 4- ? closure from President AGUIRRE was delivered i: requeste He seemed very much impressed by the lettér and appeared to fully realize the importance of a eomplete and wholehearted cooperation wi this office. Following several preliminary conversations wit concerning his organization. and the possibil i operations, he was asked to submit a detaile the absolute minim or which his organization | A RDED & INDBXED, 4: :: to recei BNOY 2