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OFFICE OF THE LEGAL ATTACHE 4 frat é cipyAT August 10, 1944 . BREATION CONTAINED, we Ae es GAGE ASSIFIED We EXCEPT WHE OTHERWISE Director, FBI : . a Reg__ BASQUE ORGANIZATION * CHILE - ADMINISTRATIVE HOWN g Reference is made to the Santiago letter of July 25, 1944 } in connection with the above-captioned matter, This isto advise a that the writer has been in conference with e7 and it has been decided that since the Basque Organization during June and July had been expecting to receive its quota of $400.00 per month, this sum be paid for those two months. The amount: to be paid inf the future will be determined on the basis of a trip which a mem-. ber of the Office of the Legal Attaché wil e in the company of a Basque Agent throughout the South of Cnile Se Dear Sire ble iv — During this trip the various Basque local representatives will be contacted and the value and performance of each such repre= sentative will be estimated. It is felt that after this trip is com pleted a new figure can be arrived at which will be a fair reimburse- ment to this organization for ite intelligence activities, At pre= sent since no member of the Office of the Legal Attaché has ever made @ comprehensive survey of Basque Intelligence coverage, it is most s* difficult to state whether or not the funds heretofore utilized by . $+ the organization have been > aa and efficiently used in the {i } / intelligence coverage or not. { Very trul ours bu LU Je ‘) \ - % — ’ Aas by ; £2207 =f4 Deciassify on: 0, RECORDED = $2. Avs 80; ‘ & KEY INDEXED