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D STATES OF AMERICA HABANA, CUBA ask 12, A944. - BASQJE ORGANIZATION ste CUBA ~ ADMINISTRATIVE ty Dear Sir: : Claes? soe Beclassi Reference is made to Bureau radiogram dated May Sl, 1944, granting authority to the Office of the Legal Attaché at Habana, Cuba to employ the services of the Basque organization for a trial period of three cs months and "none ie payments to the extent of not more than $1,000 monthly. 2, 1944 a plan was put into effect whereby’ bP @ Basque delegate, would each bé paid e@ sum 0 per month in return for thelr full time services. In addition, - each of the above-named individuals was to receive up to $100 to be used by them for expenses incurred while conducting in- vestigations for this office. Contact with the Bas organ= ization the past had been maintained solel: [oy GREE at ves cctced that continue in this capacity. p- two other assistants, Atte also employed, upon ache advised me personally Ce CO’ expect a great deal more work and a tremendous increase in coverage, all of which would be most beneficial to this office, As the\trial period of this project progressed it became’ increasingly evident that the expansion in Basque Aantelli ee was not proportionate to the increase