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* Office of the Legal Attac Buenos Aires, Argentina June 20, 1944 fetta) cont AED TR ESSITIED . - tee Wate v FALL NFOR os K LV pirector, Far HERES BS yere SHOND caste SR PMERWISE cE ae So ‘Doclasstty oF: OHA yo Dear Sirs Argentina Administrative :. wee 3 t ce xeeemmcmnceme ee? Reference is made to the Bureau's letter of Nay 3, 1944 regarding this organization and an agreement arrived at in the United States for its use by the Bureau in Latin America. In accordance with instructions therein, I contacted JOSE-MARIA DE LASARTE, representative in Argentina, and handed to him the two letters from Basque sgenenee which were forwarded to explain the new arrangement. ‘N . At the first meeting on May 26, the meaning of the b-} letters was discussed, such as the instructions of AGUIRRE that he Basques here should continue relationship with the office of ~ “Pp and their conduct with them v >¥ Should be same as in @ past, but that further investigation Ne in various fields was to be undertaken in cooperation with this hile ct office. It was specified that information which has in the past - ——a¢ ws een = ot ¢ 2 me shoul ontinue to be given them, cOpies also being given my I ¢ s office, but that information of any sort which we should give the + Basques or developed by the latter at our request would not be 3% A Do 2“ revealed to any other other office than t » These terms were ° P understood both from the lett ra,and awe°Sthveraation <3 e a 5 a NOts ey rh betas q—JI9 A} ~~ DE LASARTE advised at the rindt®™Heeting Le-Pelieve ‘ys effective work could be done in conjunction with th office; he 1 CAS \ seomed pleased at the prospect. After a few & ' JoeuBst 19% 4 iw “S the matter he advised that he assessed the needs of the Basques ~~ Rw “E would spend on work for this office exclusively and only in x country. He gave this, he said, as the best e ate he cou \. make at this time, although an appraisal made later after th arrangement had been working for some time might result in a different sum. DE LASARTE stated that he believed this sum would meet with AGUIRRE'S approval were he here to assess the needs of bis organization in Argentina in the light of their doing most effective work of the type contemplated. In discussing the way in which this money would be spent, he said that some woyld be sed for strengthening his organizational ties in Argentina, in this way increasing the number of people who might be used as informants by them and gaining stronger Basque allegiance, calculated to be of assistance to us int-intelligence work. This organizational work has not been carried on to the extent 5 a SE ey SMP oa 1, brelenyr PLES im a in Argentina at $2,000 (U.S.currency) per mont money pie e