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¥ ope or . a a C © onforéesent agencies the world ever a prime mecessity. Vithout it, warfare The Identification Pivislen of the Feteral Buren of Inventigetioa serves at a medium ef sooperation with police agencies throughout the world. Ite regular exchange ef fingerprints with the Ldent ification poresus of — foreign countries has eontributed materially to the cause of more effective lew exforcement. Whe International Rashange ef Fingerprints not ealy provides a means ef furnishing a subject's complete eriminal history for the sasistance ef proseenting attorneys, juizes and parole officers in their respect ive activities, Wat aleo is of the utmost importance as ao mediun whereby persons who gre wanted tz a country ether than that in which they were arrested, mey de identified as fugitives. — Peacetine conditions ahould enable us te increase the soope of our international exchange ef flagerprints. During the period from duly 1, 1945, te duly 1, 1946, seventy-eix foreign eountries, Territories ani Possessions of the Daiter Btates, were gcoperating fa the International ‘ Erchange: Daring the yeer, S05 sete ef flaserprintes were transmitted to foreign countries for pessible identifieation. Of these, seventy-five or 12.61 per sent were identifiel. Vor this same peried, 45,031 prints vere Feceived from foreign countries ef which 9,377 er 20.82 per cent were identified. | At present there are more than 102 000,000 fingerprint cards in the FEI eollection at Washingten, D. ©. In eidition, files are kept of palm prints, footpriats, nicknazes and general appearance date. Approximately 60,600 000 &ifferent people are represented dy the total RaeReRS re ts remit te SU eee or eee