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This office is in @ vcsition to point out other instarces = in which the Basque Service has been delinguent and inefficient; | nowever, it is beileved that for the ourpose of this letter, the 5S instances noted are sufficient. Close supervision has been csiven all) the activities and investigations requested of the basque orjani- zation and whenever it was “believed thet difficulty micnt te encountered in obtaining certain types of information, sugeestions were freely mace in order to facilitate their work. although the Basques have proven, on many occasions, to be inaccurate, lacking in readily accessible Comrunist sources in Chile, prone to eecent as true certain resorts given ther without making anv confirsetion of same and lacking in investigative experience, they co have Parry +b on contacts witbin the Snanisn Republican circles in eantlaro and x have suomityed fairly accurate in vetion from time to time | concerning yKoanish sal sap ee nettons Wy od accordingly, it is believed that their nonthly rernunsra- bata tion should be reduced to esout £599 Chilean vesos, beginning e4 avout mnugust 1, 1940. it is believed by this office tnat the 4 oasgue re oresentatiye in Santisso Lnows very well that the ine ~ f sutmittin not ¥, i them. c for least _ pooa This matter is n&t toing ciseaussed with the sas que representative vt oresent anc no action will c+ teken until tis office nes been etvised pr the suresu in tris matter. Very truly yours, r {