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aml ahi c cepeaieet tt aaa sled ripe ey are ton eos 1 + oS { ‘ Memo, for Mr. Tolson 5/15/35 -Brussels, and one from Vienna, and ten Ordinary Reports fran varicus countries represented on the Commission, The expenses of the Commission, which are stated to be small, are taken care of by contributions from the countries represented, on the basis of one Swiss frane (about 25 cents} for every ten thousand inhabitants of the country represented. A memorandum to you from the Director, under date of September £6, 1932, records a telephone call which the Director re- ceived from hr. Barron Collier at New York, inviting the Director to attend the annual meeting of the Commission to be held in Rome, Italy, October 15 to 20, 1932, which the Director declined. On January 3, 1929, the Bureau received through the Attorney % Gensral, notice of the annual convention which was held at Berne, Switzerland, during September, 1928, I have studied the progrem of this particular meting, {which is set out in deteil, and it impresses me that the discussions and activities of the Commission deal almost entirely with the technical and scientifie phases of crime detection. Severel foreign publications dealing with these subjects are set out in the progra, it is my idea, after a review of the entire file, tnat the organization, while probably not very practical in its activities, nevertheless is a good one, and that it might be worth the while of the Director to attend the Copenhagen, Denmark meeting in person. _ In this connection, I suggest that the Director might desire to communicate directly with lir. Barron Collier at New York for more Getailed information concerning the Commission, since Mr. Collier's recently orcanized organization, known as the International Worlé Police, 15 apparently the american representative. of the International Criminal Police Commission, Respectfully, ae “Tester.