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Aa <, . ban BY a > n pets at le! 2 n>: aa, if A: age aes lane a io rie ates ae e PAE Ta esis aa Br a Mia kinttes re Sika ae id pea 1d ens oe OE A Se ER ae gids Meet Be aie * STANDARD Form nb. @f ofce 4 Memoran , UNITED. > Sire “Goyennient _ } rg fFROM ; Ce Be Carsos . e — og “ SUBJECT: Reoords of International Police Commission P= fora ; ; ; need Y A newspaper release dated August 2, 1948 appearing iia ‘ite York Daily Fa! Fi" referred to the finding of records ‘ecorda of the Inter , JERS > Police Commission by United States oi ray authoritias in Berlines & letter a | MP Quinn 3 wag directed-te the Bureau's Office im Germany for information concerning “"~) w. team Ny these records. The reply is attacheds. = _ ~ _ ise ones The ‘files spparontly are wont incomplete because 12 nost instances — 4 neither photographs vor fingarprinta areinaluded. As a matter of fact accdrding - 5% Special Azent John I. Condon who examined these files, thare sre only approxi- i! mately 2,000 alleged oOriminals 9 are positively identified by means of. fingerprinted and ghotographs. As indicated, the Deputy Direotor of Publio Safety Division, USGCC» ia responsible for the ultimate disposition of thess records. He haw indicated — % that his pressnt plan is to maintain these resords ip their presqnt location pen ding % the proposed establishment of | antral Tdentifiontion, Rureau. for, Germany. He i added that when such a bureau {fs established, these reoords would prebably be- available to.ths Bureaus. In any event the records will be preserved from destructic Formerly the criminal police of thirty-six different countries were. s of the International Criminal Police Commission. The Commission. serypd ee learsncs house for intarnatio se Accordingly when a criminal - 4 ted in a certala coumtry, the oriminal police of that country forwarded idantifying information to the Commission in an effort to sffect the orlminal's apprehension. -Sron furnishing a neme to the Commission to be placed om a wanted list, the centrihuting agency was supposed to furnish a desoription of the wanted individual, together with his fingerprints and piotures Upon the receipt of this informatian a number was- desigsated for the wanted person apd a sunAary of the identifying material was printed and clroulated to all countries that were mombers of the International Criminal Polioe Commissions. The headquarters of the Inter~ . rational Criminal Police Commission were in Vienna, Austria until April, 1941 when they were moved to Berline - ~_— v7 RECCMMENDATI ONs- It is recomended that this material be referred to the Tdentification. Diviai ito and the Traising and d Inspection D Division for examinations Speciar ot i. Agent Condon, who exaained t the records in 3 Sermany, has expressed tho belief Ne that’ these récords would’ fe of littl value to the Bureau, and that.in his opinion _. it would be impractical to ship. them to Washington, De Ge Ee suggests, however, ; 4 that if any further information is desired oconcerning pom. a request be d i) to the Berlin Offices a ing eongs ne -asconnes. | \Zha/agd oe . Bat of : OF