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_ ‘y E*. 60470 FORM NO. 64 . . . - 4 Office Mero, andum « UNITED ‘GOVERNMENT 1 TO : MR, BELNGN ff, DATE: May le, 1950 - FROM v.UP. epyp ls v4 re Ee a2. om mTATD ime . CAA nse v josie * SSCRET SERVIGR PARTIOIPATICN IN H 7h , Olevin ve TOPG GCIFURNES | Re fens} wei A { _oeen, AS You are aware, the tnternattonal Criminal Police Commission othr — is sponsoring a conference on counterfeiting to be held at The Hague fron Mi eae the 15th to the 17th of Junc, 1950, and that subsequently the ICPO's 19th oench General Assembly wilt te held in the same city from June 19th to 22nd, Kaegnat Mr. ack West, the Bureau's Legal Attache in Paris, France, will represent the Bureau at the 19th General Assembly, tut no representative is being sent ie teat to the counterfeiting conference in view of the Bureau's lack of Anterest in iA thet field, -C Tne ICFC, however, has invited Ir, Baughman of the Secret Service to attend the Tore sponsored conferences at The Eague, . The Legal Attache in Paris has advised that, according to information he had received from iessieurs Ducloux and Tevote of the Toro, hr. Gay Spaman, the tC. 5. freasury represontative in Paris, requested then to extend en invitation to Nr, Eaughman to attend the ICPC meetings at The Hague in June, That invitation, therefore, was annarently sent cirectly to Mr, Paugnmen by ee the I¢Pa several months ago. The Legal Attache in Paris exolained the Bureau's position to the Tore officials, but Ur, Vepote confidentially advised that the IOPU has been given to understand, vrobably ty Spanan, that Baughman prefers to have the . dnavitetion sent to him directly by the ICP, According to Mr. Vest, the ICFO apparently considered thie matter to be an extrencly delicate one, There can be no doubt as to the fundamental interest of the Secret Service in counterfeiting mattere, one of the vrine ficlds of activity of the IcPC, It might be noted that Bovghren' 8 name, i - together with thet of Fepote's, avnears on the agenda of the counterfeiting coufcrence under "Police Action in Counterfeit Currency," Annoarently Mr, Baughman intends to teke an active part in this conference which is, of course, of legitimate interest to his agency, It 1s not noted what nert, Iss ann, he intends to take in the Generel IPC Assembly following the counter- feitin, confererce, The very active interest of the TCPS in doth counterfeiting onc narcotics natters is probably tne basis for the ICC's obvious efforts to stay in the good gruces of the Treasury Department as excmplified by tun Cirect transmittal of an invitation to Zaugtman in snite of the fact “9 the wwe ; Poy officials ure aware oF the Gureaa's position, Lee x) * j [re a 195t 4 Attachrent toe, _ RECORDED - % a