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PRAHOAND Front 10, 4 -4)* UNITED STAT. __ JERNMENT The public announcements. ‘nade by the Bureau regardtiag termination of membership in the ICPC have been limited to the statement that we terminated our membership because it hud been fone that the benefits which we derived were not commensurate th the expenditure of tine and money involved in participating ‘in the Commission's activities. . The State Denartment, however, has been advised of the full reasons for which the Bureau termtnatecdc its membership and the Legal Attache in Peris has been authcrized to advise anyone inguiring of him thet the Bureau left the Ic¢PC for the reasons which were given to the IcPe itself: (1) The benefits derived by the Bureau were not commensurate with the expend diture of time and money tnvolved in belonging to the organization; (2) The IGPC did not need the Bureau's meabershin inasmuch as they apparently had adequate close contacts with other dnmerican agenctes and citizens; (3) The organization had issued 10 wanted notices for the alleged Czechoslovakian fugitives watch the Bureau censidered ‘to be a contravention of the organtz ation's statutes prohibiting. 2. the involvement in matters of a political, ractal, or religious e nature. eed se nt ka nutbatagr gagene “sph ~ item ¢ ta, of course, of 3 interest to scutside ne but it is felt that the South Afri tean Police should be advised of itens l and 2.. It is alto felt that all of the Legal Attaches shculd be advised that they might ‘liscuss the Bureau's termination of membership with their vartous contacts who nicht be interested and they should, upon ingytry,.advise ruse contacts of reasons — Pend Se TS RECORD Bg IES ogy / ” . , =o DATE: February KF, WSL Uy a