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> and he slyly ebserved that the Director expected his Agents to be paragons of virtue or downright "Goody-geodies." He implied that the FBI ts «@ political police and hinted that there was rivalry between the Bureau and the New York Pelice Depart- ment. West's efforts to correct Soderman's erroneous impressions were apparently unsuccessful and Vest advises that Soderman ts “irrevocably conmitted” te the New York Police Department. In thia connection it is pointed out that Soderman received considerable assistance from that Department in the preparation of hia book and it is possible that through hia cennections with the Mew York Pelice he may have . developed false ideas cencerning the Bureau. In view of Sodernaon's new antagonism toward the Bureas and hts tmportant position with the International Criminal Police, it is difficult to see how harmonious and effective relations could be maintained through the Bureau's continued membership in the Commission, (9) Use of ICPC by Satellite Countries it will be recalled that at the ICPC Assembly in Prague in 1948 the Constitution of the ICPC was amended specifically to limtt the Commission's activittes to matters of a criminal nature prohibiting mattera of a political, racial, or religious nature. in spite of that fact in June, 1950, the Commission tssued 10 wanted notices relative to persons whe kad fied from Czechoslovakia aboard Czechoalovakian air- Planes on _Morch 2), 1950, arriving in American occupied Germany. MWThisa case recéived considerable publicity when the individuals involved took ever control of the commercial aircraft in which they were flying and escaped from Czechoslovakia to the Western Zone of Germany. The planes were later returned to the _ Czechosiovakian Gevernment and Fest advises that the Czechoslovaktan protests were met by the Untted States State Department with the contention that these individuals were political refugees and net subject te extradition. og SOK ~ 24 adie? de ——