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OFFICE OF THE LEGAL ATTACHE THE AMERICAN EMBASSY MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY August 8, 1944 Director, FBI Rez_ Basque Organization _ URUGUAY ADMINISTRATIVE Dear Sir: By letter from ern”? ee to this Office dated June 7, 19+, it was ‘ learned that Dr. Jose arte, Chief of the Basque Intelligence Service in Buenos Aires, was planning ‘a trip to Montevideo and Santiago in the near future, The Buenos Aires Office informed this Office by cable dated July 10, 1944, that de Lasarte was proceeding to Montevideo within the next few days On July 12, 1944, Sr. de Lasarte was interviewed by the writer, He ad- vised that his Organization had in the past been in close collaboration with the Office of the Military Attache in Montevideo and that he was desirous of es- tablishing contact with the Office of the Legal attache with a view toward de- veloping close working relations in the future, Sr. de Lasarte advised that i” —_ for the present it was desirable that contact be maintained with the Military : ‘ag Attache but that he was hopeful that close,collaboration could be worked out | P ya g en his Organization and this Office, 4 ie Ax On the following date, Sr. de Lasarte introd Soe Bs inet aed cin te ot deel, es ce a a et sel es es In conversations with QMENLt was ascertained that he presently mumrous potential contacts in Wa which up to the present time have | not been fully exploited because. of lack of financial resources, “ RECORD ASWF me OG arrangements’ sp ill receive) 300 Uruguayan pesos approximately $155 U.8 er mo EX Si ererimental basis fdeinvdet igative purposes in connection with this “office. 1 abpokttoS , this sum to Basques who are in hie employ. This arrangement, whereby will receive 300 pesos per month, is on a temporary basis, however, subject to ?EOCT 5, 1944 y