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~) % “ TO: THE DIRECTOR — - er tay suBJECT: «© TIONAL CRIMINAL POLICE CQMOEISSION FROM : MR, D, My LADD BACKGROUND: | at foE, Lieutenant Colonel F. E somes, Inspector General of the Sta : Security Police of Belgium, has apparently been the moving spirit behind... Su ==_— efforts to reorganize and revitalize the International Criminal Police ~~~. Mise sea —— Commission which was dormant during the ware. He has written you on several” @= %«___— occasions and you will recall that in his last letter he mentioned the fact > that a convention of the ICPC had been called for Brussels, Belgium for - ~~ —_ a June 3, 1946. He indicated that invitations were being sent to various countries - via diplomatic channels and he expressed the opinion that the Bureau had probably. received one of these invitations. However, so far as is knom this § invitation - -|res never received by the Bureate = op. Pa a You instructed that in view of the briaf time remaining prior tee ie June 3 we should advise Colonel Louwage that there was not sufficient time te: ~ desijsnate and dispatch a representative of this Bureau to the convention. Deputy —~ Commissivaer Howe of New Scotland Yard, London told Legal Attache Cimperman that =s—s=s™- he intended to attend the convention and stated that he would be glad to see to :*. it that the Bureau recéived an invitation if we so desired. Agent Cimperman ~ was likewise instructed to orm Commissioner Hows that in view of the brief ee time remaining the Bureau fo it not possible to arrange for a ‘Tepresentative Jos to attend, ° "Ge / =" “At the’ same~time attache Set Re Telford at Paris, France; was instructed to confer with Colonel e for further datails concerning the IPG. Telford interviewed Colonel in Brussels, Belgium on Mey a 1916. DETAILS: — at ta A letter has just been received fr with Colonel Louwage pointing out that. he as pe had called the convention for June 3, and had members of the Commission. Italy, Spain, the and Russia were not invited, however. A mumber of\ the countries invited had - accepted invitations as of May 6, and it was expec that most of the remaining | countries would also participate. Colonel Louwage \indicated that he intended to nominate to the convention as the new president Mra -“Nelbaven, Norwegian Chief of - Police. The latter is the only vice president of the old ICPC who is still -.— - connected with police work. With regard to Russia \he explained that this country had never been a member of the Commission and that jshe-Had been refused membership in 1937. As for the other countries named above whe were not invited, he explained - that he did not feel that they were safficiently weil organized or ye OP enough to ) participate at this time, - oil Le et “24 Telford outlining his discussion ent Recorder of the ICPC ded invitations to former - _ Countries, the Baltic States - ee te ; Whe, Prue > ¢OMAY NY 2g sve Conia Lao ae eee axed Sovhacina a Sakis ok ee nt em ee ee i ce