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° eee . . - wwe te Dats cc’. 1 oa : In Septender, 1941, it was reported the Palangist or, thonal > strength in Tampa, Florida, was approximately 1200 and consisted o: : Spanish and part Italian. <it mas reported at the sane tine, meetings ef 4 this Pelangist group had been discontinnsd. ; In the spring of 1942, it was reported the Spanish Melange hed . : decome international fn scope and bad epread particularly to the Western home p acc /b, Wenlephere. It was glao reported the general headquarters for the Party i: in the United States me located at Washington, De Ce, Sad Lor Coba, Mexi: and Central America, She headquarters was in Ouatemla Gity and for South dperica in Buenos” pa & The Party fp allegedly aivided into. upe of one andrea, known as a centoria, and each is headed by a chief. Each centuria ie divided into sub-groups of ten individuals and the identity of the persons in charge 1s mot know to the individual neabers, sccording to the information received, ah “Yan Puerto Rico, it is reported ‘former active nenbers of the Spanish ~ falange formed a group apart frou the Spanish colony in Puerto Rico, io that they scorned both the followers of the Republican Government of Spain and the © fo) gwers of the Se Oe 7 Fe seal, an enpport of te Blaney.’ ees , Principles and sins. /' }- 7 yond aos on y3 : “Jt ab also ‘reported severe) menkers of the Hlange in Pasrts ‘Rico ea “have made statenents to the effect that they obtained American citisenship for the protection of their business interests and their immediate fanilies.- Several of the loyal Spanish citizens in Puerto Rico have withdrawn from their positions in civilian defense, because of the fact that members of the Falange were serving on the same committee as they. During August, 1942, it was reported tha ‘were centered in and controlled from certain instances, consular officials re in their parker . ; also reported at that that it was act belisved there ety organisation in this country, in the sense that there 16%.” ‘an organised group with regular mectings, written Feporte, and Organisation © che . a