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Wee Me ee cata Cath Dia ke eet ee eat rea 2 Cl ct AO ad Baie shee es ~ JOHM EDGAR HOOVER . . oindcror ~ 4 u Federal Bureau of Investigation Hnited States Department of Justice Washington 25, B. €. It REPLY. PLEASE REFER TO - American Embas sy MLE We, London, England April 12, 1946 ATTENTION: SIS BUROPEAN DESK VIA AIR POUCH Director, FBI Washington, D. C. “RE: | IWTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL MLE * POLICE COMMISSION Dear Sir: 5 ) a oe ia mada o Bureau cable dated March 23, 1946, and my reply dated March 25, 46, concerning Viadeta Milicevic, former Yugallavian Min er now in London, and who is presently campaigning to h the International Criminal Police Commission attached Q in New York. Reference is made t In addition to the information contain in my reply of March 25, 1946, this is to advise that Ronald Nowe, Deputy Commissioner of New Scotland Yard, stated that the International Criminal Police Commission has baan in axistanrcea for the past thirty-years-or more. -This commission, according to Howe, is represented by high police officials of practically every police department in all the countries on the Continent. The comis- sion has been meeting yearly and was principally inaugurated for the purpose of having direct liaison with each other in order to stinulate investigations and, generally, to make certain that matters in which the police departments of one country ere inter- ested and which have some connection with individuals in other countries, will be investigated by the police in that country without the usual 6r customary delay, and also that they might not possibly be ignored entirely. Mr. Howe also stated that since all official matters Vy, ' are handled directly by the various members of the commission, (-“/ no large staff is required and since it 1s composed of high ranking officials, replies to inquiries and requests for inves- tigations are certain to be handled. He also stated that the commission plans on holding a meeting on June 3, 1946, in ¢ nf . (~09 be be 49 STN FF beg q r- s- b an : / 3O) ‘Aa¥ Lanne telieder ements: os