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OFFICE OF THE LEGAL ATTACHE THE AMERICAN EMBASSY ones fey BOGOTA, COLOMBIA cox ut HERE Che September 7, 1945 OTHERWISE Director, FBY” QO | ‘Res “BASQUE ORGANIZATION TINISTHATIVE - COLOMBIA. | Dear Sir: DECLASSIFIED B My pra} oo Le a: . ON...... Sf. *% LS Stef Reference 1s made to Bogota letter to the Bureau, dated April 18, 1945, and captioned as aboves pe co Through the efforts of menbers of this office and fe tonfidential informant = direct contact has been estab- 44; . lished between representatives of the Bureau in Medellin and | Cali, Colombia. In Medellin ne maintained be- _ ama Confident- # < Stal ftunfawoar S ° No direct contact has yet been established in Barran- quilla between a reliable Basque informant and the Bureau's 17 bre foe representative due to the fact that the only man deemed suit- : able by the Basques in the pas to be entirely un- . Sati This man 4 buh f ’ / * Confidential informant iS. ned: tha wad, addition™ to the regulesr payment of $256°0TS. to theSBasqme orgknization and of 250 pesos (c.$143.25 U.S.) to hinigfoe-pigtyzBution to. Easque informants, that another fifty pesos (cte328e65 U.S.) be granted in order that 100 pesos ($57.30) of this total of 300 Keene war ha saantk wane n ao 4 Pesos may oO Sent mon thly to son tame 0 of Bilin, who is now we oy SrceePAen cae ce Tr FR devoting more than twice as much time to g@xerating with this office as in the past. eine are adcérdingly being paid an additional fifty pesos. \, Ly RK” «(Opto Confidentisl informant SMBss also indicated a desir@ ae ., to vork full-time for the Bureau renresenta S Bedellin. S.