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Feyton ford, Tuo Aseistant to the Attorney Gen= _ February 15, 1949 eral. AUCs Uk egme Cempboll, Auulotant Attornoy Goneral, 30832 Crininal Invision. Extradition Attentiong Mr. Feank Cianbera, With the attached memorandum of Jan ary 10, 1949, Federal Burecu of Investication transmni.tn chosostatic copics of the draft of Plan of General Acreasent on Extradition adoptad by the 17th (ioneral Assenbly of tha International Criminal Police Comission held in Frasuo, Czechotlovakia, September 6 to 10, 1°43, The Pian ras partly the result of studies thereto fore © riven this B Brbjeat by other intetaaLroral hofTes, Terpanirtions. pel eopieciona, Ite purpose is to establish a ‘wai tor “a exsradition lew and treaty agphicaiie to all natioiad, Li di CLA2T, alent ether things, that the present oxtr dition laws and treaties, especiully the procedure for provisional arrest, are outmoded and no loner adequate in thase days of rapid transportation and comrunication to cops with the international erini= naly that there is too great a delay between the timo of provisional arrest end ths receipt of the fornal extradition papors and that sone~ tines the pavers are not received within the prescribed period, with the result that the offender has to bea releassd to go unpunished. The Bureau requests our conients as to to tho practicability and feasipility a ee | re Se ee ne of the: @ signed i bed | Plava. It da noted that no representative from the United States was sent to the Convention hecause it was held in a Iussian satellite nation, What other countries, such as England and Franc3, were represented does not appear, Perhaps if American delcyates had bacn present a nore definite and workable plaa with less cbjectionnabl. feutures “rom the stundpoint of this Governizent would have resulted, the draft presents \\ many radical departures. f from our _present 4 extralition laws and treaticg. — ens ie me sr practi a at aF Rolerence Bill be mady to onthy BR 10a In the first placa, the Plan does not contain an enumerated list of extraditabla o:fens 105, as do our presurt treaticse Vaovher 3 an elfensa isa” rae tradi vaple sig@nendg on the 6en ten ce imposed or anposabls as fron 3Joenths toe your City 7K “Wiis will preatly widen the field. of extradita.bio offenses, decausethe preseat trea ica, for the nost — part, cover only major. erines or the more soricus osrcnso3_ Other offenses nob onitnarily covered by treaties arc included in Arts. 11 and 13 = oblisations under civil law and preceodin:s bezun at the request of the injured party. 3 RAY PAcCLoOneke