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. ALL IPFER HEPE Phek, i CT AL net STATES OF AMERICA _ HABANA, CUBA | rt fv 32, 12, 194g, a | BASQE ORGANIZATION _ a ee be CUBA = ADMINISTRATIVE D 7 ; ° s aN = ear Sir: . . ane peso: OHO OADR Reference is made to Bureau radiogram dated . May S1, 1944, granting authority to the Office of the Legal Attaché at Habana, Cuba to employ the services of the Basque organization for a trial period of three — rs months and authorizi payments to the extent or not more a than $1,000 monthly. a f 1 ‘a 44 8 plan was put into effect whereby | he Basque delegate, would each be paid @ sum o per month in return for their full time services, In addition, each of the above-named individuals was to receive up to $100 to be used by them for expenses incurred while conducting in- vestigations for this office. Contact with the Bas organ- ization ae the past had been maintained solel —— ad it was agreed thet continue in this capacity. Besides emp two other assistants, GED -r- also employed, upon a ach. advised me personally & great deal more work and a tremendous increase in coverage, all of which would be most beneficial to this office, ; . As the\trial period of this project progressed it became” increasingly evident that the expansion in Basque aR coverage was not proportionate to the increase A Nal : wy y%S Ae elated