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| r ae E we ak 2 _. : JD: EMC S [- Si ALL INFORMATIO ‘tay. Director, FBI | HERE: IS Usct; RCEPT ¥5 S, Attention: Vo Ps KEAY OTHERWI REs” BASQUE INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION a —= : aasirten bY — Pursuant to the telephonic request of a gun. we suly 8B, 1944, Jerome Doyle of the New York SIS office discusses ANTONIO > Secretary of the Basque Delegation, the possibility of the Basques furnishing~sourler service in and out_of. Argentina in the event of a break of relations between that country and the United States of America. Mr. TRALA ._ stated that he felt there wore many Basques presently in Chile who could very . easily be used as couriers between Chile and Argentina. He advised that many of the Basques in Chile had Chilean citizenship which entitled them to freedom of movement between Chile and Argentina with little or no immigra- tion requirements needed. He stated that i -..:: be used in courier work. In addition, ther many Hasques in Chil ‘bin 8 a. worked very successfully with the Bureau representative in Venezuela over a period of time and that he might be used either as an intelligence operator in Argentina or as a liaison man between the Bureau representative in Chile and the Basques and any other undercover operators the Bureau might heve in bw ¢ *y Argentina. This individual's name aT «2: in addition to being 670 $e loyal Basque, Say, For the Bureau's information this subject matter was NSivasea 270m OP > xy with Mr. IRALA in addition to other matters and he was given no indication Dag that any such break of relations between Argentina and the United States was , Amsmediately imminent. It was merely disoussed with hin as sort of a hypo- . ;thetical situation which migh a in the Sere CORD ED plans should be | / made in advance of the event. mY | ¢-43119- 30 The foregoing information was cerepnont ERB ot ‘tomupervifor on July 20, 1944 and is being confirmed rates this letter. eet nn ee Na a EE