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JOHN EDGAR HOOVER /f = DIRECTOR . ‘ . pe ane r ' . “geoderal Bureang of Luurstiqation es Unitech Staten Departircut of Justice Teas ; . Mashingtorn, H. a. ; ‘ NILP/AEK . hee . ; January 5, 1937. Be . . a ; a ™ ae ‘ MEMORANDUM FOR MR. JOSEPH ee f ‘ . Re international Criminal Police Commission t.. . t rr co oa) or Prior to the Greet. War it wes felt thet some sort of cooperation between law enforcement :pencies of different foreign countries would bring ebout a repression in the activities of international criminals and with these ends in view various international conferences were held, notably ut Buenos Aires in 1905, Madrid in 1909, San Peolo in 1912, and in Washington in 1913. These conferences eimed at facilitation of international arrest, identification, information, and extradition in the case of criminals acting internationally. The progress in forming the Commission wus slow, but in 1923 the Viennese Police President, Dr. Schober, a former Austrian Chancellor, brought representatives of European police. agencies. to Vienna,J who dealt-with the insuring of direct contect betsieen national police authorities, simplification of extradition police communication ‘processes, the introduction of an internztional ; code; the repression of the drug traffic, the furtherance of criminulistic studies, and the "International Criminal Police - Gorzaission" came into being, with headquarters at Viennag Ever since the foundetion of the Commission it has had its headquarters * te ed te nee o in Vienna, Austria. The Commission consists of « Presidcut, who is always = the President of the Vienna Police, Vice Presidents, permanent reporters, ordinary reporters, ordinary members, and honorary members (individuals with specicl personal qualificetions). The erpenses . / of the Commission, which are stated to be small, «re taken care of by contributions from the countries' representatives on the busis of one Swiss Franc (about 25¢) for every 10,000 inhabitints of the country representéd. : f— oh IECORDED | IC j Lf. . OO ‘o -> | . |! ; INDEXED ay bane fp. ats m i ae i el \- ake he HH ' me x . wl) Dag thr & ate. a re