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oo aul eee Office of the Legal Attache Al : UHOLASS pERSIN 3S os Aires, Arge: EXCEPT NHELB SHOW WA November 23, 1944 OSHERCISE \' PERSONAL AND CONFID: DIPLOMATIC AIR QOURIER POUCH " Ss / Deciassity oF ae >") 946 g t~ Director, FBI y 5 Re Shasaun ORGANIZATION IN ARGENTINA f Administrative Dear Sir: @ Shortly after receipt of the Bureau's radiogram tter of reduction of the amount was discussed with sarte, local head of the organization. He was told that “reduction of $500 per month was going to be made, bringing the monthly amount down to $1,500. Although he remonstrated that this amount is insufficient for his organization, he was told that the cut would be placed in effect beginning with the friyvét : payment in November, made on the 8th. It now appears that / r De Lasarte did not understand this and thought that the re- duction had been postponed indefinitely. He does not deny that he was told the reduction would go into ‘ . but states that he diduwnot whenever it has been discussed since, the that the reduction is being made in an effo amount paid them equal approximately the value of the infor. mation received from them plus the value of the information that we can reasonably expect to receiva-from them in the future. They have been told that no strict evaluation has been placed on each paragraph of written information they - have submitted us, but that an overall estimate is being made and that the amount to be paid them must correspond to this estimate. Thay have not been told that this cut of $500 per month is the only reduction to be made nor ha: tter of further reductions been discussed with them.