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‘. we a) ; ALL INFORRATIEN CONTAINED ; = HEREIN IS UNGQASSIFIED OFFICE OF THE CIVIL ATTACHE EXCEPT WHERE \SHOWN EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA y Ww CTHERWISE mexico city Ns “od 7 August 18, 1944 — Asis Reference is made to Bureau letter dated July 14, 1944, enclosing a letter from Special Agent in Charge E. E. Conroy of the New York Field Division dated July 23, 1944, [concerning ¢ one organization and closure to be reg to This is to advise that the handling of the Basque organi-- zation has been assigned to Specjal Agent Qing: s been in.regular contact for the past two weeks Ww. heads‘of the or- ganization here and “ho out an arrangement for their. coopere- It will be rechlled from my letter to the B tion with this. office. {fro — ureau’ dated June 1, 1944, reporting the several conversations had with Mr. IRALA on his recent trip through Mexico City that no satisfactory agreem¢r was reached at that time for a working arrangement with the Basques and this office, The difficulties preventing such an agreement ap- p ital eons to stem from the refusal of ¢ fiat sum c sag ereerneaeei eilidelicinitinidintin, ww urn to request t the Basques furntsif five me Oo be used Gs full-time investigators by this office at a monthly salary of approximately 300 pesos ach and all expenses. The appare failure of Mr. IRALA to work out-a-possible compromise arrangement . dr. agreeable to the local Basque organization before his departure indi ed cated that he may have encountered difficulties with + [.; cerning the proposed arrangement and method of payment. +t: 3 Ss been substantiated in subsequent conversation wit wt at which time he sala ited strong desire to continue y> “ Le j oO receive the $750 monthl. _— Upon receipt of referenced letter fro e Bureau, the en- 4— > closure from President AGUIRRE was delivered ‘iia requeste He seemed very much impressed by the letter and appeared to fully realize the importance of a eomplete and wholehearted cooperation wi this office. Following several preliminary conversations wit concerning his organization. and the possibil operations, he was asked to submit a detaile the absolute minim ‘or which his organization | + - RDED & INDEXED,