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Federal Bureas of Investigation United States Department of Justice New York, 7, New Tork fn or thao te . STRICTLY OOF: ores eae Classified by € Mr Ron , Sencast . —ae . Declassify on: OADR)| 20 | OR RE:_ ANTONIO IRALS Jac = (Bureau File 97-1793) UW ATT: Mr. C, H, Carson fey fhe above entitled ANTONIO IRALA is the Secretary to President ' 4 JOSE ANTONIQYAGUIRRE of the Basque Government, in exile, He is at 30 Mfth Avenue, New ‘York, and devotes his full time to business of the Basques, act- ing for President ACUIERE who 1s occupied as a professor at Columbia Univer- aity. Mr. IRALA is said to have been a lawyer in Spain and is regaréed as a highly intelligent person. He, under Dr, AGUIRRE, is the person who Basque \k people throughout the world look to for directions peeiy et : \; x _ ‘ . on Poa / L Fle Ine on ficial business, Mr. IRALA was interviewed by Special Agent f thie office, and he advised this agent », that be made « tour of the Basque agencies in South America last fail in a connection with a survey of Communism, mate for President Aguirre, © TRALA 5 advised that in South America he made contacts with "FBI agents* or “Legal ~ Attaches of the American Consulates". He said that Basque intelligence agentes in South American countries were cooperating with these Consulate Attaches 1 connection with Fasciem. \\ a 5 t Special Agent in Charge Prerone Doyle was contacted in this regard and confirmed the fact that the Basques have been cooperative and could be considerably more helpful if certain jurisdictional difficuities were droned, out, Mr. Doyle said he would phone the Bureau on the Subject and advised y € that further contact with Mr. IRALA should be delayed pending Bureau actlotey) L Aw During the interview with Mr. IRALA, Agent | Ae the following information: AN ¢ “a\ ; -a)riyy peo} - ek-7!""" CONFIDENTIAL e823 2% COPTRS DESTROYED | ¢ of 7? fhe Ji 0 4#a SEM sy n 6 1 F eae 1944 rom 145, ry Aa . Dec, on Indefinite