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fe ob vhadg ape wh, “Konorabie Florent 7, Lour o C3 a f AJ i] bt = “I oJ or the FBI coxrmnicates with the authorities {n each coanunity rhece thet tntivicual wes previously errestod in order tit the dicpocttton af eoch churse vey be asecrtsined ani reeuerded Iin-the records of our central fle. The Pederal Surcau of Invectization doea not heve tn ite files detatiled inforsation regurcing the action in occn ezte «here & perbon is arrested neither &lll we iuve tn our I ent ification Files the record of each arrest nude in this conntry Unless the verson | @ arrested is flicerorinted enc tast finger srint err! fer at to the Bureau for sgeerch througn our Plics. Fingerortnting o persons is not mendrtory in all ecctions of cur country an! in come Locsl furis- dictions the Lingersrinting of persons arrested is required in only at +, ; . tha more soricua tyocs of crfias. In national anc international erdainal police matiers, the FBI through its internuticnel exchen;e of fingeryrints wseiuteing central clearing house on idcntifiention dats. Un the beste of voluntery contributions of erisninal identification data received Pron the individusl states of the Union the ‘nternatioual exenene Teuture of the Identification Division of the Pederel Pureun of Inveetigstion serves as a central office under the control of tae United Ctutes 4 . De: per taent of dust fea shore records anc sorres on: Jenen deal’ as; ily vith ; trternational ¢finingl sattersa are ralntelned ihe FBI cerves Ge a central office, therefore’, to the extent that {te files contain erbainesl identific:. tion data-voluntarily tranesitted to the Fureau., fhenever the FBI recelves'6 requeet fron a foreign police authority for ‘nforantic regerding the arrest, conviction and eentence of s person tn this nation the Bureau 5 glad tu obtain the conslete date recuested not only fron {ta own flies but aleo fron the records of loccel lew erfore- sent agencies in order thut tho esaplete data ayy bo tranenittes to the forelan corremoondent. . Thia cervies is not lbaited to countries Toraing cert of the International Coasiesion of Criisinel Puiiee but tea ealender to ell duly conetituted and authorized ler enforcement agencies ond ve are pleayed to foriurd information tiat te as complete as gotsible, in- cludin, the noses, alinses, dates of birth, flogerorints, ochotonraphs end other {tems of intercet. In this connect on we Jo not refrein Prins deseribing sentences vhbien wey have hed the object of renuciiitstion, amnesty or grace. It voulc, of course, be difficult to hive a unifern fornula for transaitting inforration regarding the errect, convistion and sentence in esch individual csse due to the crest veriance In the criminal laws of ouch of the foreign nations, riicn in some instsnece would result {in one country congiiering an offense very cerious whtle- if committed in another nation, vould either Le no offense cthatssever, me ode - fe Coes eee ke ee a ee dR UR at