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+). rege Se eee, O a.) pe -3- . ; eee BTIFETE atated that he, personally, would head the Intel- gence orgénization and that he believed it would be most effective if all our contacts were made through him. He further stated that approximétely six people will be regularly employed in the work and that from time to time other members | of the en can be called upon to furnish specific bIv pap 1 mpegs ee et Vee rl vt uf wf information. Regarding financial arrangements, MD stated that the agent who will be engaged in furnishing the type of informs- tion set out in points I and II above, should have a fixed ' Yenmneration of 50 Colombian pesos (approximatel er month. Point III will be covered recelve any xed salary but will be re- nbursed from time to time for expenses incurred in the work.. ee tee “the ‘ple So in EPO ERE suggested that fo ‘ oO ( °) monthiy, wilip-:...: be ‘obtained.. n this letter. There wil salary for the persons covering the remaining three points mentioned above. However, from time to time it will be necess to remunerate them for any extraordinary expenses incurred. ee: «v: --< that through May, 1944, the local group had receiving a draft for $150 (U.S.) each month from the Basque epati ew York City. During the firat part of June, woote a letter to Mr. IRALA in New York, request- s monthly allotment be raised to $250 per month. said that he understands from a ietter of instruce- ved from President AGUIRRE in New York that in the future this amount, which is used for the maintenance and acti- vities of the Basque organization in Colombia, wi a to them by the representatives of the Bureau 1so atated that the cost of his recent trip tq Caracas was Colombian pesos (approximately $315 v8.) ) On July 2, 1944, a radlogram from Bogota to Washington advised the Bureau of preliminary arrangements made with and also requested authorization to pay an cover the expense of his trip to Caracas and iske 6 Bureau to advise Bogota if any gyreement had been made with Mr. IRALA to the effect that the Bogota office would pay the local Basque organization the .. fmount of $250, which was not received during June from Basque “headquarters in New York ine / A ANT