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|. that he had been ao busy with his privet siness that he bed <. mot, bhad.the time te Anveatigace the lead. Nvshess Bos COYABENTIAL While this office feels that all the contacts of the Basque Orgenization presently in hotels should be used, it is not believed practical to put in effect such an elaborate _ Scheme as set out in the Basque proposals, the effect and use ‘of which is entirely problematical and could be considered as method to increase the business of & Basque Hotel-omer, ss the exp Basque ‘agent and of use to the Bureau representatives in Caraca Be Ycanacas - PRINCIPAL ORGANIZATION |): The duties of the greup of ten persons forming the principal intelligence committee in Caracas have been, in the past, to discuss the leads furnished them by the Bureau rep~ resentatives and that individual on said committee who knew the subject of the investigation had the duty to investigate the ‘same. This committee met once a week for the above pur~ ~ ~ pose. The past experience of this office with’ this method of procedure has st disappointing. On receipt of a lead by Informan’ he would, if he had sufficient time after the handling o 3 personal affairs, call a meeting of the committee as above set out and assign the lead to one of its members. Two or three weeks later, this committes member would be asked for a report. Almost invariably he would state 5 so ™“ 0 e er calling the matter ‘to tn attention of Infor- - man Meveral times,.eventually after three to four . wonths, ® report containing tnformation ofa type that gould be obtained from a city directory or from a credit report was -4-