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e New York, B. Ye. a July 14, 1944 ~ bie ALL INFORH HERE 1 t ¥ Attention: y. Pe mea GXCEPT ML - ; BE: ” BASQUE INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION . _ _ fren BY! Ne! Dear Sir: sek ove Pursuant to the telephonic request of oe _ ee STE py 8, 1944, Jerome Doyle of the New York SIS office discusse’ ANTOKIO if FRALA, Secretary of the Basque Delegation, the possibility of the Basques furnishingwoourler service in and out of Argentina in the event of a break of relations between that country and the United States of America. Mr. TRALA . ‘ stated that he felt there were many Basques presently in Chile who could very | easily be used as couriers between Chile and Argentina. He advised that many of the Basques in Chile hed Chilean citizenship which entitled them to freedom of movement between Chile and Argentina with little or no immigra- ‘ hi D tion requirements needed. He stated thet a :..: be used in courier work. In addition, ther jasques in co 8 ry worked very successfully with the Bureau representative in Venezuela over a period of time and that he might be used either as an intelligence operator in Argentina or as a liaison man between the Bureau representative in Chile _ and the Basques and any other undercover operators the Bureau might heve in lw ¢ ; ¥ Argentina. This individual's name i: and in addition to being 670 : $8 loyal cece gr ee - Sey, %%, For the Bureau's information this subject matter was Taawea Or xy with Mr. IRALA in addition to other matters and he was given no indication Ripe that any such break of relations between Argentina and the United States was _ : immediately imminent. It was merely discussed with him as sort of a hypo- thetical situation which migh€ pxist in the sere BN mp plens should be ‘made in advance of the event. > Ly -23.119- 30 pe -ae een The foregoing information was eerepnons peat to PupervIper on July 10, 1944 and is being ountiraed | thro: ee me Fr of this letter. \ JUL19 ery truly]yours, .