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Hy deer Hr. Attorney General:

There is transmitted herewithcopyof e note, dated April li§

1935, from the Hinister of Austria, inviting this Government to designate delegates to attend the eleventh regular meetin5 of the International Criminal Police Commission which will take place at Copenhagen, Denmark, from June 17 to 20, 1935.

I would Bppreciate receiving your views as to the desirability

' your recommendationsas to suitable delegateswhowouldbe willing

to attend the meeting without expense to this Department.

In connection with the forthcoming meeting, your attention

is invited to my note of larch 26, 1935, transmitting a stetenent concerning the purpose and activities of the International Criminal

Police Uommission,together with a copy of the resolutionh passed

at the tenth meeting of the Commission which was held at Vienna in September, 1934.

There isno record of this Government hiring been represented " tenth or previous meetings of the onnission.

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- hilbur J. Carr Assistant Secretary. Enclosure:y» _ from Austrian Hinister,

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AUSTRIAN LEGLTIUI

Washington, D. G-

The Austrian Minister presents his compliments to His Excellency

the Secretary of State, and at the instance of the Federel Police

Directorate of Vienna has the honor to state that the eleventh. ii

regular meeting of the International Criminal Police Commission

will take place at Copenhagen, Denmark, from the 17th to the 29th

of June, 1935- The conferences will be held in the building of the

Rigedsg, Castle of Christiansborg.

In conformity with instructions received the Austrian hinister

has the honor to request His Excellency, the Secretary of State, to

kindly have this meeting brought to the attention of the sppropriete

authorities of the United States Government with the invitation ta

designate delegates to the forthcoming meeting of said Commission.

The Austrian Hinister has the honor to express in advance his

best thanks to His Excellency, the Secretary of State for his kind

intermediary in this matter.

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' I have your latter of larch 26, 1935, relative no n um-

Imiation i-ocoivad from the Iiniaterof luprlu concerning the

International Criminal Pollen Cnnnislian-, four file PC 51$-5 E 1 A

I iuve called sh oulnmiatlaa in the attention of

Ir. John ldgnr Ioovar, Director of the Iodorql Bureau of lunati-

gltian, U. 8. Bcplri-lent of Justice, I210 ll already familiar with

the work of tbs International Crllillll Pulic-0 Commission.-

I light luggut that in N91; to the Iininter of Austria

yum Indicate that his commutation has boon brought to the attentioxa

in iiqqvor, n, Lgaddition to his capacity as iii:-actor, in an

___ honorary number bf the Intnrnctioml Association of Chiefs of Police, In out-ltn.nd.Ln¢orguaiution of 1n mforeonunt officials, and that

r also I luv: cnninod with interest. the statement. concerning the ob-

Joct and nativity of t-ha Int-oraatiunal Criainal Pollen Oonninian.

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letiuual Orllinal Police Oonnleelon Ihtch etnteaeizt hue been taker.

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txeellenoy, the leoretery of ltete,_tu ttaaly eeuee that thv

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task or the 0-overnnenee nctjet repreeented in the Oomia-non

ho-pee an it any eeunt upon their eelloboretlcm tn the Gonna

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In re! International CriminalPolice Commie

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eligibleappointee and probably one who wouldbe re-

ceived with great interestby the representatives of other

countries. Chief August Vollmer of Berkley is perhaps

regarded as the outstanding police chief ofthis country by authorities in this field throughoutthe world,but I am sure that he would notbe able to make the trip be~

cause, as you know,he suffered a heart attack vhilehe

was in Washington recently andI am informed that he will

be living under hospital discipline for sev.ra1 months.

Colonel Arthur D. code of NewYork, Mr. Arthur Dunham __;

of NewYork, Mr. Bruce Smith of NewYork and Mr. Leonard

Harrison of the same city are all outstanding authorities.

in the police field and each ofthem might appreciate

receiving a designation at yxur hands. ,

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Criminal Police Commission meeting. I returned the

file to the Attorney General at that time.

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The Executives Conference considered the contents of

a letter brought up by Er; Schilder dated April 10, 1935,

from the International Bureau at Vienna containing an offer

to distribute for the Bureau in the1 International Public?

Safety", the periodical issued by the Internetionel,Bureau, information concerningbadly wantedBureau fugitiwes.

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and possibly advantageous to the Bureau to accept

bffer, even though the Bureau itself has forwarded

copies of the 1dentification Orders to the principal bureaus

reached by the said oublication.

The suggestion was made by Ir. Schilder-that possibly

some financial assessment or other obligation might be attached

at a later date to this activity.

The Conference,however, felt that this problem could

be solved when it arose; that even though some cost might be

involved later in connection with this activity it would be

advantageous for the Bureauto have its fugitives listed in

the International Public Safety orgen._

in the event you concur, there is attached a memorandum

addressed to Hr. Ldwards advising the offer should be accepted.

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Mydear Sir:

I beg to aeknowleige the rrceipt of your letter of April 10,

1955, your Int.B.l2/55, wherein you refer to the eese¢of Volney Davis

and three other individuals whose fingerprints were-dispatched to you..

recently by the Bureau. I desire to thank you for the infgrmgtion you

have furnished relative to these metters.

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your kind offer to gublish the descriitions nith the jhotogrcphs nd

fingvrgrinti of these persons in your pcri3iicel,'"International Public

Safety". In complance with the sug cation contained ii your letter,

I am trrnsmitting to you under separate cover 43 rdditionel ihotour=dxs

my deep sp-reciation for

of William J. Harrison, Harry Sawyer ani Harry Campbell, DnViS now being

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our fugitive ericuler orldentific tio Order concerning these nercons

in the beTief that the glossy finish of these hotogr chic co ie pos-

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of our fugitivr circular would be required in zhe future to =neble the

publi :tin of their fingerprints. photogrrphs rnd descriative det in

your periodical. I defi itley concur in the imprcssion the: it is *i" 1

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re-maawvearian MR-eor IQIBON

Re:5!International Criminal Police

Comission..

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The entire file in connection wit this organization is

attached hereto.

• -It will be observed from the tickler copy of your memorandum

from the Director to the Attorney General, under date of May 13,

1935, that on that'daythe Director suggested either Mr. Bruce Smith

or Mr. Leonard Harrison, both of New York City, as gentlemen who

might be considered qualified to represent the Department of Justice

at the eleventh annual meeting of the Commission to be held at Copen-

hagen, Denmark, from June 17 to 20, 1955.

The history, purposes and functions of this organization, i

according to a statement enclosed with a letter from the Deparnnent of

State, addressed to the Attorney General under date of March26, 1955,

shows: " »

• »The International Criminal Police Commission was founded on

the occasion of the International Police Congress which convened at

Vienna in l%25, and has for its object the furnishing of a practical basis for the organization of international cooperation of police

authorities with a view to suppress international crime and to curb

the activities of international criminals. The Commission is described

as a permanent working comittee composed of representatives of the

States countries! interested in the work of the Commission. -

The following countries are represented on the Commission by

official delegates: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, the Czecho-

slovak Republic, the Free City of Dantzig, Denmark, Finland, France,

Gennany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the

Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Spain, Sweden, Switzer-

land» Turkey»andYugoslavia.. 1,O O E 1'I ; 7 ,' l- J __ ;_ A numberof prominentcriminalisticexpertsoifltheseneciuntries y .ahI. ' I I

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participate in the work of the Commission as extraordinary members, and

these experts are supposed to work with the offices of the International

World Police with headquarters in New York. The Comission, without

citing examples, claims to have enjoyed many successes, and states that

they have been especially successful in the suppression of counterfeiting.

The Commission states that many of the countries belonging to

the Commission have established officeswhich are in close relation with

the International Central Offices in Vienna at the seat of the Federal

Police Directorate of Vienna, which is apparently maintained asa Federal

criminal clearing house of criminal data by the Austrian Federal Police,

Some of the branches of the Federal Police Directorate include the '-*

International Central Office for the Suppression of Counterfeiting

Currency, Cheques and Papers of Monetary Value; the Information Service

concerning International Criminals; the Service of International Research;

the International Register of Persons Detrimentalto Society; the Inter-

national Bureau for the Transmission of Fingerprints and Photographs of

International Criminals, and the International Central Office for the

Suppression of Forging Passports. By exchanging criminalistic material

concerning international criminals, the central offices are said to do

very useful work. Two sreciel publications, one in Fnqiisb and one in

Gexnmn, are sponsored by the Commission, the title of the English-

publication being "International Public Safety". 9-~

Two International Police Congresses were sponsored by the

Commission,_the first in Berlin in 1926, and the second in Antwerp in

}93O. Ten additional meetings have been held as follows: Vienna

1924, 1926 and1930; Berlin- 1926; Amsterdam- 1927; Borne, Switzer- land - 1928; Antwerp, Belgium 1930; Paris 1931; Rome- 1952; and Vienna- 1934.

The Commission states that the League of Nations is also

interested in the work of the International Commission, but does not

claim that the International Cormission has any connection with the

League. '

Ever since the foundation of the Comission, as set forth

above, it has had its headquarters in Vienna, Austria. The pre ent

Police President of Vienna is the President of the Comission. He

is Dr. ilichael Sicubl, Police President and Director of Public Safety,

Vienna, Austria. He is at present assisted by seven Vice-Presidents,

who are the representatives of Denmark, France, Germany, Holland,

Hungary, Rumania and Yugoslavia. In addition, he is assisted by an

administrative committee composed of two Permanent Reporters, one from

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