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ee 3 . SATION CONTAINED CBE SSSIL v0 DECLASSIFIED no PE Sp ONas 1 f hy t & PON PARISHRANCE i- CIV 4 April 9,1945 CONF MENTIAL Ur a VIA AREY voucE y TPROTOR , ¥BI : RETENTION:SIS EUROPEAN DESK RE: BASQUE INTELLIGERCE SERVICE els Dear Sir, ane Keferenae is made to your letter dated January 25,1945 in the above-entitled matter which advised me that Jose antdénio yao Aguirre and Antonig-de/rala would shortly be coming to «range, fe 49 is to advise that un April 7 de irale called upon me. nad eavisea that both of them had arrived in #rance a few days before and that they had been furnished with my address and tel- 6phone number by Special Agent verome Voyle in New York City. Irala told me that Aguirre was handling mainly political matters here and in London concerning the Basque pecple and that at the conclusién of his mission,which he dii not expect to last for very . long,he would return to the united "tates. lrala,on the other hanid,will be staying here in Paris and after about two weeks will @ to the south of #rance where he will sta, about two months and then return to the Western Hemisphere. intelligence and realted matters will be wholly within his jurieaiction We had a long talk concerning the basque people and avout the problems of #asoism and Yonmunism which confronted them. As is already known to you he.is strongly opposed to communism and feels that if the Alliea do not back the truly democratic elements both in Sapin and in France that the majority of the people may,out of dissatisfaction and discouragement turn to the Vommunist rarty. At the time of this interview he was also very enthusias¢tic concern- ing the pureau and the way of life in the United States. lay At this time he also furnished to me information concerning one TEs: 10h Gata i have alzeady made the subject of ® fernaraté Gommuniscation to the Suresu. When irala leaves for the South he is going to put me in touch with the man who is head of the pasque Services here in raris who,he assures me,will work with me in the same way that Aguirre and lrala have previously worked with the sureau. Upon his return J) from the South,and prior to his departure for the United States, / we will have another Beries of conferenses wherein he will give me a the result of his findings on the communist situation here end in Spain, the conments which he has made on this situation up to the 111 be made the subjest of Separate communications, RECORDED & mere Wd PUN LZ Fo : GAR ential. "82 truly your | ome 7 Serene Oras