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f TU BAS UE DELSG.TIC” OF Ws YOR. CITY 12/19/L2 ee eS Le ess EI aA Ep et cA: cen, In April, 192, the Basque Delecation of New York City was reportec to be possibly prowAxis in its sympathies. Thais grour was formerly pro-Loyalist according to tae iaforzation availables (651j1299—1;8-10 p Yt is reparted Jose Antonio Aguirre is in charge of this dele~. gation and that he is president of a world wide orga isation of Spanish . . ot , "USAR It is also reported by the sane source that sguirre directed a letter to an individual in South Axerica curing the early part of 1942, Wwherwe ' of tae aetes=: to aid t:e Basques in establiiehing Basques. It is stated Aguirre ie the former president of the Basque meee SE? . Republic and has been inaistert that the Basque organisation be used for (my 5 Co propaganda purposes by the United Hationse = 7 fee a oe: , \ 7 A strictly confidential source reports Aruirre as e Basque ||)” 7 “\. @extrenlat" whose views on Basque autonomy are repugnant to all the im oe ~ portant divisions of Spanis: political tuought, sl eee er ee in he allegedly indfeated that he wae endeavoring to secure all gary financial and Governmental assistan-e themselves as @ scparate part of Spain. x In thie letter Agcirre also encourazed the addressee to campaign <.. for funds anc to spread propacnanda not through the medium of a newspaper, mage “. but through personal contact, anc circeted that ell roney collectec siiould $ A be sent to vew York Clty to bc used for perchasitig airplancs euring the \ 4% present wars > “earn f 0 F ff f el 2 ' . sHEa- Saar 5h Zui Aguirre stated the money used to purchase these planes woude of — % returned to the Basques at the end of the war and thet by t.te gesture ‘ghey! %& would obtain the good will of this country. 7. NOV 25 sad =~ 4 Fa * + ro. 4 Lt | “ In this saue letter, Acuirre allegedly referred tfeeAlunstieon 07/7; , Clegg -¥¢ de further stated Aguirre in his letter . Glavin necessity of "Burkaci* (the world wide Basque ofcard 3 . tation) to break away > | Ladd “Troz Dpsin am to establish a sovereign @tate waich will be neither Fascist " Nichol dO? Semocratic. Aguirre also alleredly directed the addressee, throurh his Rosen Smarts, to form Latin and Hispenic-American piubs with all different titi - Booe)_see-with the same purpose anc political theory, This theory was reported), ’ Garson Oe Of auch a nature that it would Reutralise & $riuapbant Germany eRe 2 . Coffey ee me time avoid the "repugnant, contagious, Gemocratio at " . Hendon -_ . Kramer ; \ em pecans to Classified ty’ Mr. MeGuire rp , ; On: ones // 7, Q Mr. Quinn Tamm ___ , XO pototes Yo ce pehepec O€ 7-4 (c Mr. Neese___s po pf . Seana Ceara YT \, } ———_—_—— Uprtr inee