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» ; Office Men, © lum ¢ UNITED ? 3 GOVERNMENT a\ TO Director, FBI DATE: 8/5/53 FROM : SAC, NY (100-20982) ‘a "ONG te gi 1 gait ete vo Aa SUBJECT: "BASQUE DELEGATION A | _ INTERNAL SECURITY —- BASQUE Re: Bureau letter to State Department dated April 7, 1953 and State Department letter to the Bureau no date, re captioned matter. ° NY 507-s who received compensation from the Bureau for information as early as 1944 and who has been a paid informant of the New York Office - since January 1950, is the Basque Delegate in New York. This informant is presently furnishing valuable information to the New York Office, It is believed that an investigation in this matter might jeopardize the informant's value. ; ; This being the case, Bureau permission is being requested to allow the agent who ordinarily contacts the informant to contact him and interview ki him regarding the allegations made a Y , Le It is believed that by handling it in this manner, the Bureau will not run the risk of losing a valuable informant. prvaiias . i se fy Te ge BURL BLES 354