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pebacn cc = ir. Ladd TARR Ga 8 / Tee Attorney dencral sngest 17, 1948 Direstar, Fat gf e MEETDIG OF INTSANATIONAL GRDEINAL POLICE COMMISS 10m AT PRAGUB, CuBCHOSLOVAKIA ©” ” a ; oePTEMBER 6, 1948 a“ . a 4s you know, the Pederal Dureau of Investization is the official representative of the U. S. Government in the International Criminal 2alice Jomaission which has its headquarters in Paris, France. In that capacity the Federal Bureau of Investigation was invited to send a delegate to the next ceneral Assembly of the Commission which will take place in -rague, Csechoslovakia, on Septenber 6, 1948. Information has been received by this Bureau to the effect that the delegates to the Assembly in Praae in September af this year mizht be shadowed and even harassed and arrested. In view of this information and in view of the farther tension wich exists between Sissia and the ~nited States, with particular attention te the recent episode concerning the twssian school teachers, this Bureau has instructed its representative in Paris, France, not to attend the meeting of the Assembly which will be held behind the Irom curtain in csechoslovakia. It has recently cose to ihe attention of this Durem that ir. Guy opasan, Secret Service i ent presently assigned to Paria, has bean requested =y his head- quarters in Washin;ton +o attend the deneral Assembly teeting to be held in Prace. The Secrwytary General of the International Criminal Police Commission has assured this Buresu's representative in Paris that no invitation, either orally or written, has been extended by the Commission to the Secret Service or any other law enforce- ment acency in the United states except the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This Bureau is declining to send @ representative to the >ra,ue meeting as elt that in lisht of all the circunstances it world be presenting the tus th a chance to embarrass toils jJovernaet, even toough a representative of the FSI at such a neeting would be io an official sapacity as a member. It is felt that for the secret -ervice to send an unofficial representative to suah & mesting wonld be most provocative and the pesesgibility exists that such a zesture would result in embarrasszent to this cauntry. » ta b * Tt is my thouzht that vou may wish to call this situstion to the attention of the Secretary of the Treasury. Wr. Fletcher .