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my % Lilie well enough, and when the situation of the persons changed he the services, and above all, the reports declined. : Beaty ho: Caceres oe" “We now receive "orders “to intensify. our op Laboration = th ‘your Organization. Reasons of aistipfhaet * atid pérsonal ve conyiction oblige ps to.‘think ‘sarigusly ‘of a plan which: aftarde us ‘adequate means for efficiently and ch oe. obliges us to secept responsibility for its results. t i : | | | “CONFIDEATIAE Es ae : We have previously “consulted with ‘your’ Gigtnleatton’ as to whether the volume of specific reports which you may re- =~ quest is such as to justify using persons giving all their time to this work. Calculating on such a basis and also on matters which will arise from our initiative in disposing of persons. = entirely given to these activities and living in their atmos- _phere, we do not hesitate in binding ourselves as we feel sure | ‘, that their results will not lessen esteem for the collaboration ‘of the ‘Basque Broup in Venezuela. DS iq L a A. DELEGATION OF THE BASE GOVERNMENT IN VENEZUELA = —_ Before explaining it we wish to point out the situ- ~~" ation and influence which the Delegation of Basque Govern- ment has in connection with these services.. sor ss" The Delegations are the moral and semi-official rep-.- resentation of the Basque Government and President Aguiree -. mong the various Basque groups in America, exercising over ~ “all an authority which though not recognized in official or c , Government circles, 1s not less effective, as has always been } ..- shown when the collaboration of a compatriot has been requireds In these cases it 1s always the Delegate, as representative of President Aguirre, who supported by his mthority and - resentation addresses himself to the person concerned. The Basque Delegation in Venezuela has been function= ing since the arrival of the Basque groups in this country in 1939, paying attention to its political and propaganda missio , and giving its compatriots support and protection in a semi ofrietal manner, but _not ws an accredited diplomatic repres entation could ‘do. “It settles their difficulties about docu- ments, the entry of relatives, inmigrants,. Labor, exchange social aid, etc. The Chief of the Venemelan Delegation . Os g@peated our present Organization, of which he 4s the born : leader, though for special reasons he delegates his authority ' to other persons in whom he has confidence. These a A are responsible to him, as he is to President Aguirre. -2- "CONNDENTIAN no)