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re aries ees ee EAMES or ade et cla aaa eg aimee nd magne thea Toe a sRinwriadb at STANDARD FORM Wo. 64 S Office Memorandum ; In accordance with uest from Mr. Tolson there is being s out below a summery of information on the Int ernational (1 Criminal Police : Commission and the present sta retations with that organfza tan DETAILS: The International Criminal Police Commission had its beginning prior to ‘World War IJ when it was felt that it.was necessary to have cooperation among the law enforcement agencies in the world to curb the activity of international crimingls. Various conferences were held in Buenos Aires in 1905, in Madrid in 1909 and in other European capitals. It was not until 1923 that the organization was actuelly founded when Dr. Scholer, # former Austrian Chancelior and President of the Viennese Police ‘Department, brought representatives of various European police depertments to Vienne to consider extradition of persons, et cetera, The Commission consisted of a President (usually the President of the Vienne Police Department), Vice President, permanent recorders, ordinary recorders, ordinary and honorary members. The expenses of the or.anization were borne by contributions from the various member countries. . The assessment was made on the basis of one Swiss franc (about 25 cents), per 10,000 _ inhabitants of the country represented. In 1937 a meeting was held in g~ondon, England. The Bureau, through the State Department, received invitStions from the British Ambassador and from the Austrian Minister to attend. FormerInspector h. H. Drane Lester attended and upon his return to the United States, expressed the opinion ‘that the United States should secure 4 permanent place in this organization, - “On July 10, 1938, conerese appropriated a sum not to exceed €1500 annuelly to accept and maintain a membership in the International Criminel Police Commission. br. Oskar Dressler, the Secretary General of the organization, communicated with the Bureau on January 25, 1939, concerning the Bureau's contribution toward the general upkeep of the Commission and suggested that a maximum contribution of €2500 by the United States be given. After an exchange of correspondence, it was agreed _ that the annuel contribution of the United States would be $1500. During the summer of 1939, the Bureau received, through the State Department, a formal invitation on behalf of the German Government to participete in e conference at Berlin, Germany, to be held from August 29 to September 7 of that year. Due to world conditions, the invitation was declined. om oF pf ' 1 i - _ On August 24, 1940, the Bureau #8¢eived a estaremtian from the Chief of the German Security Police which indicated that he had accepted thé office of President of the International Criminal Police Commission and that "headdudaters had been moved from Vienna to Berlin. On September 23, 1940, Dr. Dressler, Secretary Géneral, advised that he was about to close the Commission's accounts. On December 13, 1940, the Bureau communicated with Dr. Dressler and advised that matters beyond ore made it