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ape CO Tpr aes ageeet woe Pervere er re rds ede 7 Attention: RE: THE BASQUE ORGANIZATION - - - mS MEXICO - —_ a Boasgo db hajonac devne ~ Reference is made to letter of the Civil Attache at Mexico City ot dated June 1, 1944 in the above oaptioned matter in whioh the Civil Attache : advised the Bureau as to the results of soveral conferences between repre- . = - sentatives of the Civil Attache's office in Mexico, D.F. and Mr. ANTONIO . ; “MIRALA, _Beoretary to the President of the Basque Delegation in New York City. — : / This is to advise that on June 8, 14 and 20, 1944, Mr. Jerome Doyle of the New York SIS office had further agnferences with Mr. IRALA following Mr. ITRALA's return from Mexico City. . # Mr. TRALA outlined to Mr. Doyle substantially the oonversations he had had in his three meetings in Mexico City with Bureau representatives. He stated that the request of the Bureau's representative that the Basques furnish five investigators who would be paid from 250 to $00 pesos a month was almost impossible to be met by the Basques in Mexico, D.F. He pointed out that the Civil Attache desired the exclusive use of these investigators . which would perforce prevent them from carrying on any other business activity to augment their income. Mr. IRALA pointed out that any Basques in Mexico who he would recomend as an investigator would have to have the proper GF mentel acumen and moral stability. He pointed out that all of the Basques . who would fit these qualifications are presently employed in private enter- prise making incomes of from 500 to 1000 pesos a month. He added that = President AGUIRRE of the Basque Delegation did not feel that these Basques should be ordered out of their present business to work for half or less than half of their monthly salary in vi the fact that they nad milies to support and other fixed a ohh ep ids a3 19- 3a RECOR rc ; - Mr. IRALA, upon the seootd“ocoasion he conferred with Mp as edvieed that he had gone into the Mexican matter in great de “it. oy AGUIRRE and that it was their combined conclusion that the: sf09 Ag ig 2&0 Basques was of minor importance and that {t was the desire of the Basque ; , Delegation that the Basques in Mexico City work with the an Statives. Mr. IRALA stated that the Basque Delegation was ai frerence between the amount paid by the wae ct . toes pramoven Pee BRAPNOV 2 1961