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5 an oo TLE ME Put? Giles otuseat Curergl Hi, Mec ela Causseles - Pore I.C.P.C. NO3II/SG . Poris, 3rd February, 1949. The Seerctary General of tha Intcr- national Criminal Police Conmmisuin to The Chiefs nf the National Centres Barca, | * subject : Deseription of international criminals and file of intorni- tional spectAliste. , . It Trequently harpens that during the course of an in- vestigation after the commission of a crime that a fairly pre- cise description of the author can be obtained without it. bed: - possible te determine the exact identity of the individual,. Under these conditions, success in the search for tho individual would be assured if the identity (family name, christian name, place of birth) could be determined after aw plo glance at the intormation furnished regarding the anonym individual. It is with the intention of arriving at this result tf. the files of the international criminals and specialists at Intcrnational Burcu will be organized on a new basis. Henecforth, the notices of criminnls which are viresc in these files will carry A description corresponding to va- rious fuAtures and elements of personal deseription, It will therefore be possible by means of n soleetive device to lac the idcntifiention ecard and thus establish the identity of +t: unknowneindividual. , However to sot up this system, the International Rare: is obliged to rely on the information furnished by the invus- tigntors in charge of the ense who have personally exomined the criminal and who alone will be eapnble of avlecting, the clementa of personnl identification which are to be applied | that ease, To facilitate the adoption of this syotem specinl eee