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N = =| ee coma secuastinign WOR - ePate pig ae 1945 ar 1) m0 2674 RE ; Bentiago, Chile & { Frou John Edgar Hoover - Director, Federal Bureau of fnvestigation Bubjects BASQUE ORGANIZATION [Dre Jose Maria de le Sarte | Reference is made to your letter of July 6, 1045(goncerning a suggested reduction in payments to be made to the Basque organisation in Chile by your office. As you know the original instructions for the handling of the Basque organization in the various latin American countries provided for an amount to be paid to thos for their services, which amount was to depend entirely upon their present worth and future potential value in line of future developments. It was entirely left up to you as to the sum to be paid to the local Basque group with your deoision being based on their value to your office as revealed by inf fon submitted to your office or in consideration of services performed. . Tn considering this matter you shokld realise that the Baaque's prescnt worth should be viewed along with thelr potential value which would dnolude your having available the aervioes of an orgeniration which oan be Called upon should the occasion arise, Another fact to consider fe that the Services of the Basque's have been coordinated throughout the entire Nestori Heniephere through the cooperation of the Hasque headquarters in New York. {¢) In view of the above it is desired that you be cognizant of the fact that you will be solely responsible for the proper handling of the Basque representative and the orgdaization in your jurisdiction fram a confidential informant etandpointe\d ) a, yo " of the Basque's services in Chile as it Pelieved that the adjustaent of the sun to sation’should de left to your disorction, However, in get ‘you for the proper handling of this cH that a ocrlference be bad with Dr. Joze do le Sarte sd Suake may rrived at in r with