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og 8 . eS il Ay van The nob: c: appears to be struggling to juathy ts existence. ee — ah claims 57 menber States but only 27 sent delegates to the Conference, + eS = None of the Latin American momber States was represented. 1.:C.P.C. statistics: are not impressive. The Secrétary Ueneral in his last ‘annual report stated °. =: _ that the I.C.P.C, had “intervened™ in 950 individual cases, made 207 Anters | “ " Tae > Be Ye “VALUE oF 1.6. P.C. eae cy Eee - “eriminals of which number Yabout 2) individuals, were arrested owing to *.2° 25° 1.C.P.C. interventions, and 7 others have been identified through the Pisigery 7 ~* “print files.“ In the drug category 52 cases of drugs traffic were reported, * and the > descript fons of 26 habitual traffickers were circulated, _. ee Be é: . + a4, _ Be €, * re lew O07 — The t. , "P. Cc. Secretariat General would ‘Like to becom a “central an repository of information on international criminals, lt would also like to ““"" monopolize the right of liaison between police departments in the member, «.. countries and have information between member countries clear through Interriol: . Paris, I know that the Jureau prefers to contact foreign police agencies direct for information rather than send its inquiries through the central offices of the I.C.P.C., and that the Bureau also wants other countries te . ~ make their inquiries direct rather than for them to clear through the I 1.0.0.0: a headquarters. DUCLOUX has long been aware of our policy in this regard. . hal oe Car reception on the ‘evening of June 19, 1950, at The Hague, during a conversation with General keporter W. MULLER of Switzerland, 1 mentioned that. : l had been in Herne on another matter recently and had called at his office to pay my respects but found him out. 1 left my card and a note for him on that occasion. Mr. A. AMSTEIN, of the Swiss delegation, who was present _ suggested that I write them in advance of any future trip so that nek mt would be made to receive me. MULLER told AMSTEIN in French that he would PEs. like the correspondence to be forwarded by Mr, DUCLOUX. AMSTXIN looked at - MULLER in amazement and asked in French the reason for that procedure. VOLLER and AMSTEIN exchanged a few other words on the subject after which the con-° a, versation took another tack. & = rf . * Soy \ orn ee 7 ae he sgh, | oT} 4s possible ‘that DUCLOUK is irritated by our insistence that “at cdrrespondence to police agencies in the States be cleared through ‘the 7 : Bureau, and is attempting to exercise the, same sort of control over our. ee contacts with I.C.P.C. members. Or he may simply be endeavoring to extend the influence of the I.C.P.C. In any event, the attempt to force the FBI : to work through a non-governmental organization such as the I.C.P.c. represents ” a threat to its freedom of action and efficiency. ~~ 12 - cS ame & ¥ national circulariszations, indexed the names of 92 notorious international ae -