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eee ote in tnternattonal coxnerce the CPC recorded the identittes of the — plarcand of all the crew members, Fe was of the optnion that 26.0% information of this type would he of value to the Surecu of Custons. Ne indicated that he had not yet deotded as ta what fi nal action 0 0.7 he wold ree ommend uoon hta retura to Washington relative to meonbe ‘Sitp in the ICPC, but he appeared to be. sonewhat partial to a irta Cnerdership ver ayear, | a re, * - a _ATth ough the. Fegal Alteche potated. out that the henafite Certucd from the Purecu's idnbershtp tn the CPC bere not co-unensurate € with” the pepensés Involved,” td $3 neberthe less. believed acyischle that tee uracy of Crs tons de nade cogngzant ‘of. the Bureau 3 ‘eepertéence” wtih” TOP? Leitich. ‘Involved “the veqguest of tat. organtzation by h who hod escaped fron €seek oalevekia. You will recall that these- “persons renortedly had fled from Czechoslovatta on board atreraft - which were Cconnandeered and landed in the western zone of paibalie ieee fhe.fePC tssued ten ctreular wanted notices indicating that the ~™Tpergons inyolved were being Sought by the Czech Government for. Roving acted or nat houtna aneted tn nartt rPawtde oa nf. = ile i he reve ee ected vie lee CEC gai Ly addAagerous CET Ct ina . stences, and for havi tng abducted persong and tapeded the Liberty _ of tadividuals,"” It was felt that the. ctreulartzation of these wanted notices vas an abuse of the functions of the ICFC because 4t onened the door to-hessible further use of that organtzatton by Russicn satellite aénbers for poltttcal ends, As you know, the Bureau cvoided the issuance of publte statenents with respect “te the reasons for the withdrcual from the TEPC whitch became effective December 312, 1950, After tha Ty ony Wa ad hatrg ty ue ay ter vit é elie ely 195], fase os the"Pathfinder" news magazine ntsrepresented the Bureau! § reasons for leaving the ICPC, a letter dated July 6, 1951, bes Cireeted to Mr, Wheeler Mervillen, the szditer tn Chief of the afere-Nenttoned publicatton, In thts letter tt was erolained that there were a nunber of factors conpelling the Burean to withdraw fron the ICPC which could be suunhed up tn the conclusion that - the benefits derived hed not Boon Commensurate with the tine and exponse involved, [bt was also explained tn this letter that one - ar the tT; aportar nt conaiderattons mode ’y the Burpevau in connection ; Suita. tts se eperatton from the “Tere had to do with a request of that: = orgentzctton for the placing of wanted Aottces on the ten indtutduals who had escaped fron Crechoslovakta, In the sane letter to Mr, Merillen tt was steted that etreularizatton of those wanted nutices wags congtdered to be an, ‘abuse of the Sunettong of the ICPe. « i by :Y r= eT Bah overnnent to pices. wanted, notfees concerning ten indvujduals, Rie EE re re ee it, ‘net Aa ee 1b omehe ested tal