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LTANDARO FORM NO. 64 Uff LVCIHOV ANAL + UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 4 i, To ; MR. LADD - 2 paTE: JULY 18, we . — qb ah FROM : A. H. BEIC our (0% a PF —_ Cc? . ’ Gee] ere suRJECT; INTER NATICHAL CREAT POLIGE GCi SMISSION f* OG chin # Rregota me Nm a cee crm me ee rm nee ee, ewan wine? : i Q a 7 . Aetna La Exsonutive Conference memorandum dated June 21, 1950, recomme * Gye wig that the Bureau terxinate its meubership in the In‘. wational Criminal Polics Comission on December 31, 1950, at the expiration of our eurrent [rn Gandy pnid-op membership unless Legal Attache Wast advances good reasons for our continuing membership. Si) Mr. Wast!s letter has now been recaived and ha substantiates his He recwancndation that the Bureau terwi nats its membership in the Commissio Attached hereto is a detailed nemorandum regarding Mr. West's analysis of tye situstion, together with observations mads from the inforsation evailabls at the fy Seat of Government. SN Grays ey a eens . \) According to West, H. Soderman of Sweden, who is a menber of the Executiva Committe: of the TOPs, is very anti-Bureau. N+ was prooably responsi- Lt. 2... 2 ot aan Ae: Amn, | maAdtane awe UAne.rawy Canal tante bla fox the Bppoln Viens of Carrol SUGAR wri Janes} Hanting QS monoreny vonstlu tahve to the Gonmission without the Bireauts approval’ Sodezmuan requested West to advise the Director that the proposed appointments were to ba made the day the ICPC Con- ference began, which, of course, was not adequate tino for a proper answer. It is believed that the Bureau should terminate its membership in the ICPG for the following reasons: 2 ' - Panel The Comission is under the control of the French, Ma at ” (1) (2) Goddard and Manning were appointed without the Bureau's approval. (3) The ICPC has been used by the Czechoslovakian Police for distribution of Wanted Notices of a political nature, (4) Many of the ICPC officials are ambitious and self~serving, (5) The ICPC is not an important organization in international police relations, . ct ’ - . RECOMMENDATION : Sa It 4s recommended that the Bureau get out of the ICPC and appropriately advise the interested agencles and individuals, Attachment 1 . oy / —~ j-i- Cl D2 NLUF :mis pe he \ QQ { ee for y ’ “ J ‘ be os f wR -- cara aire aie aer eae so ' - 4 t oS an wee ee fis x re