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bald tte: RAE ire eae vera ce Office Memorandum ¢ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO f DATE: ane g none Troe ones rom oF ae? Pe er 9 uJ Nat Nad td iJ * . yn . 4 i =) i 3 8 f SUBJECT: The executive Conference of 12-11-47 considered the incuiry &- tere from Legal attache Telford of Paris for the Sureau's views on the request E: fmigEs of thé International vrininal Police vonais sion, which inquired 2s to the ft Bureau! s attinive +t DS. Secret Service and the larcotics curesu an invitation to “attend the umiual general assembly of the ITPC next year in Prague, Czechoslovakia. It was not the expressed intention off the ICPC to offer membership to these organizations but to encouraze treir interest and cooperation in the subecomeission on counterieiting and forgery and upon the international control and suprression of narcotics. It was sugzsested that an American representative of each of these services be invited to attend, either 3s observers or as members of the .merican delegation, with the "FBI as the head Messrs. Tolson, Mohr, McGuire, Ladd, hease, Rosen, and Clesz recommend that the Sureau inform ur, Telford that it understands that the *BI is the American revresentative in this organisation and that if there is any information which they desire to relay to or receive from officials of other rolice azencies in the U. 5S. that they should make knovm their requests for esaci information and make their contacts throuch the FBI, it wes thought nossible that the ICPC misht be Laying the groundwork for eventually collecting a membersnip Tee from sgm other police agencies in the JSa, if the -BI is to be the representative from the U. 5. on this Commission, it would seem umvise for other agencies, not varticipating in paring the fee or assuming the responsibilities, to designate delegates to attend the conventicas and conferences. Messrs. Glavin, darbo and Tamm were of the opinion that ve should write to welford, indicating that the Bureau has no desire to express any opinion as to they invite any other police agency in the United States and ‘nat this would * A letter ill be prepared for agent Telférd in keeping with the decision reached in is matter. Respestiily, ror the Conference “ 4 > oof Y a Heel en oad , ae ey 2a ‘Vy. A oe nat - “LR — a eenain Mr, Moar iets f 1 os as Uy oa hig 7 27S adB e o