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- UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF jus TICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INYE :sTIG ATION i _Decemb 10, 1951 7, : Ia Reply, Plose Rafer to cem er 9 fy ye . Wy session ed: afr. el File Ne | : CVD. ee MEM ‘ORANDUM FOR ma, rouson | 13:53 _ : _ . ste 7 ie c LEGG - ara Mr. John S, Graham, “Assista: nt Secretary ‘in ° barge of Cu Tax Advi isory § Staff, and Dixiston of Savings Bonds of the Treasury Depart called me with reference to INFERPOL, the Internatioral Criminal Potice | Mr, Graham was desirous of discussing this matter with rae on an infer nal “and he fn ficated there ha rqiite aa upsurge in @farnond smuggling and that ff the Bureau had sent them seme very helpful feformation. He stated they were now irtercoted in trying to establish a closer working relati onship in Paris with INTER- POL and we had pointed ont to them the statetory langysge is that we u sed to represent the United States Goveriment but had found it expedient to wi hd egev. Mr. Gr aham stated they were not Interested In represe ting the U.S. Got: naieot ‘bul were Interested In a closer working relationship because of the ei. S% angle, I told Mr. Graham that we had hada very sorry experience vith this cy gunt~ eution aud that this was ainatter entirely for his own Judgment, Tecid Tpers- ally. felt the orgtnization was a niast unstable one and during our years of. sohes tio ‘ we had not found it productive In anyway bot, to the contrary, were being used in | many ways which I felt could be embarrassing to our Government if we continued - =. an ‘Mr, Graham ested if it would be convenient with me, he would like to |. come over and tell me the plen they would like to operate under sco that the Bureau, would koow what t they were ect ing. Itald Mr. Graham Iwauld be very glad t to talk a iia dead we ek to him, but as far as Lar concerned Iwas notina position to either object to what he proposed to do or to approve it because itis so jomething entirely within the Tr easury Pepartment!'s Jurisdiction, and was en irely vp to them and Tecould giv le feom“no advice on it, Tststcd I felt the o1 ganiza a, wag th oroughly unreliabl: naa from the FBI pdint of view, we would never be a party to Joining it again by reason of information on sirve eting ne aivevalt, a favorite racans of sinuggling fo 4) eS pet some Inforination from INTHE ee: could smuggler 3s, and they the, 1 vould be par ticularly beneficlal. I stated so far as the Bercau was concer: ned, AW whatever they wanted to do wovld ke entirely their » ‘erponsihility, that we would not he intere sted in it in: Br ny ws ay shage © or > form excegt | ‘hat we did fcel that we were 4 ! . Mays G of our experiences withit. Mr. Gréhara stated they were developing a gocd deal a . Te ad ¢ ¢ 4 ! ther eS é OB ee E ove Ttones thet were ores oe “7. y be ted Poh to Mr. >Fy Pram Woe f: f the I Cc ¢ eee) fa’ cyat 7% ? ee 2. ha fsck that e Yron Curtain coontrics Were inemiedts'’ arnt « thiaih phe Liew Sf abiny r + Pan in: caire to subversive es !i Tes pad aged thitetce rave been very ermbear * oe 7, “ye ana eats eee re ff 33 Oe, . i ert LIN an me af re a “NAG