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ETANGAND Forth NO. 64 Office Memor. dui UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Mie Det LALD., DATE: L- Py FROM : vp. ima Y! wre ace SUBJECT: or emiarronAn ¢ TMINAL POLTCE » COMMISSION convenrton “Ee enn - ee ee a ee eo A me wr, Egan Mr. GUrnee, At 4:10 vest. day afternoon, Mr. Pray Fommond's office of the if iine—— Federal Reserve Board t lephonically contacted Supervisor.Nathan L. be Shine tam — Forris on the Foreirn i,.a4son Desk to inquire if the Bureau had received « Mr Haine an invitation to atterm. the Tnternational Criminal Police Commission Mies Gandy Rene Conference to be held i: The Hague this summer regarding counterfeit currency. The Federal “:serve Board has receivec an invitation to attend this Conference and way :equested to submit specimens of forged currency for The Hague exhibit spon:.rved by the’ ITCPC. Mr. Hammond's secretary advised that they did not know whether tha SecFét Service or the Bureau had been invited to this Conference or requested to submit exhibits. When advised that the Eureau was in veceipt of such an invitation, she stated that ur. Haue.ond would probably vant to discuss the matter today and, if so, he would contact the Bureau by telephone. It will be recalled that my memorandum of April 18 last recommended - that the invitation fron J. A. Adler, Chief of the Documentation Service for Counterfeits end Forgeries of The Hague Office of the ICPC te referred to tha Training and Inspection Division for consideration of the desirability of the Rureau's sending a representative to attend this Conference and that it be subsequently returned to the Foreign Liaison Desk in orcar that a request for submission of counterfeit and forgery specimens might be discussed with the Secret Service inasmuch as the Euraau acts in a liaison capacity between the ICFC and the other branches of the U.S. Government. In view of the fact that the Bureau is the only U.S. membsr of the ICPC and, as such, maintains contact with that organization for the other branches of the U.S. Government, it is believed that we should be kept advised of the invitations issued by the ICPC to other branches of this Government to attend the various Conferences sponsored by that organization, RECOMMENDATION s There is attached a sugrested letter to the Bureau's Legal Attache in Paris, France, requesting him to contact the ICPC and endeavor to make arrangenents so that in the future he will be advised of any invitations to _ attend ICPC Conferences which may be issued to other branches of the U.S. fa Govornmant. ae ox tar) on * - oe 7 a et Attachment r Verh ub , in | . HLF shke _ | Sr |e Cc [26d oY oe wwe EN ae 1} WAY 23 itd \ . ae