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an Lite id 4 $ { fod . * a Special Research Section Buenos Aires, agentina July 20, 194 7 ep tee aH qc a a. oc porns oe MINED rowite oy ee as yf ©F. EREM IS Le ' : QADRS ? POET WHERE ~~ aN Directcr, FBI Declassiy on fot @ s TS ERWISE a ar Ret “SasQuE INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATICN ADMINISTRATIVE roe Dear Sir: iy, ( This is to advise that JOSE EAR DE! LASARTE, the head of the Basque Intelligence Organization in Argentina, will leave Buenos Aires on July 23, enroute to France. In his journey he will etsan in New Varl far what ka indirated was a nerind of two W4 ok hh c=] wt bY waedl a ve ae et OE ee 4st Ww a hd ee rre aes to three weeks AY She question of the work being perfcrmed by the Basque Intelligence Organization has been discussed several times recently with Mr, LASARTE. It will be noted that this office is paying this organization $2,000.00 U.S. per month and it has been felt that the volume of information which has been submitted by this group, while valuable, has not been sufficient tc justify this large monthly payment. Mr. LASARTE has said that he realizes this fact and that one of the principal reasons for his visit to New York is te discuss this matter with his superiors and te formulate a plan for the reorganization of their service in Argentina. He says that during the past year they have never known whether or not their services were going to be continued and they have hesitated to make a complete reorganization, bringing in additional personnel, because of the fact that the Bureau might at any minute dispense with their services. He also said that during the war the contacts which the agents they presently have in Argentina made were primari concerned with German activities ané with political activitie