◆ SpookStack

Othice Menzoraidiune + unitep states GOVERNMENT a“ ra +“ 2 Irn , : TO : 1 nr =CTOR TR: ra oO . to Pa addy 2b . . ~ Poleon_ vai FROM 1 TFN BXECUTIVES CONFERENCE : hes Z\ oo C [ie anand — t SUBJECT: INTERNATIONAL CRIMIWAL POLICE CO:MISSION cp, ea Rosen, The Executives Conference on 6/21/50, Messre. Glavin, Tracy, Tolsonjam Uavbo, Belmont, Ladd, Carlson, Nease, Hargett, HeGuire and Clege being . vont | cs ren “ent, considered the Hureau's status as & member of the International Tele, Rocm___ a N The Bureau is the United States member of this commission. The TY Criminal Police Commission, . * Director is a Vice President of the Commission. ‘The annucl dues are $3,000, paid on a celendar-year basis, but the payments for a calendar year are nade shortly after July 1 when the appropriations become available. There is \ specific phraseology in the appropriations for this membership and [Se funde to’: pay the duese Ly com 77, \ \ sy, N 1. It permits the Bureau to kmow whit is going on inthe orgenization. . 2, It serves as a clearing house-for a number of European police agencies cosmunicate with the Bureau and reouest investigetions to be made locally or -yeauest information which is obtained by local police-end the Bureau serves as a clearing house for euch action and the transnitting azent for the information. If some other agency became a member, such as the Secret Service, it would . establish a liaison between the Secret Service and these police agencies and would give added significance and status to the Secret Service in the minds of foreign police officials who ara members of this organization, a 3. Bureau representatives attend as an observer and representative of the “_1CPC at United Nations conferences dealing with such matters as delinquency and similar subjects, Since the FBI is the clearing house for police agencies in the United States in so many other ways, it should continue to serve as a clearing house .., TAPS 2. in the international exchange of information through the ICPC to the exclusion of any other Federal or local police agency. ry DISADVANTACES OF LOMBERSHTP: coe 1. No material advantage is know to have accrued to tha Bureau because of this mendership and no valuable information has been obtained thereby. 2. It has caused a compicte waste of time at the United Nations headouarters when representatives attended and the experienced United Nations staff who participated apparently did not want to reach a decision as this might terminate their positions. Therefore, no action was taken that was worthwhile and no action was taken that was valuable due to this participation, -¢ aS vo : ox et - _ econ ‘ , i wo. my - a oS Se HC: HD Vrain a dey C at a a ~