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OTe ome Office Memoraid LULHP2 « UNITED STATES COVERNY? ae Fe He ! . wT ~*~. Ta i To ’ MR. AL OH, secur DATE: January 16, 1958 PHOM MR. OR, R, og, we Sen Rete dat (7 al i oe SUBJECT: INDEENATIONAL OPCANIZATION OF 7 CRIMENAL POLICE (INTERPOL) CL pe — S <Tictar , uF Tele. Foom Attached memorandum from Frank Chambers of the ene Deparcent requests the Director's utews concerning two 14 aliernative legislative drafts which would Ferait the Treasury Rows : Department to seek offietal UR. Ss. membership in rFaterpol. on October 25, 1957, by memorandum to the Deputy Attorney General, ie agutsed, the Depaurtrent of Treasury "3 tnitenttion to seek offtict ad Yb. membershtp in Interpol, their proposal to amend the current a ie: AS ; § tatute to permit this, our reasens for withdrawing from Interpol / i tn 1950, and our position that any decision 68 to U. Ss membership _ by the Ue S. Treasury Department was purely up to thems a ss The current statute (Title 22, USC, Section 2630) uivertzes the Attorney General to acce pt and maintain, on behalf of the U. Se, memberstip in Interpol. Of tke two drafts proposed Y by ; in the Altorney General but would permit him to destgnate ocnother : yothe Treasury Denartment, alternattye rad woudd retain anthortty a he tf LPO nel e Vy ee a agency as the offictal U. S. member to Interpol. Alternative Mg” would place all of the authority and hembership in the Secretary of the Treasury. The Treasury Department prefers the first | alternative which would retain control by the Attorney General. | A r The Treasury Department, tn tts initial letter to the | ttorney General concerning this subject, October 2&, 1957, : ecognized that t4 was proper that the Attorney General? shou Id ‘ ww te ivi awe ee whe SEU ee Pe yy tre reo to ONG a ee retain superutsion over the fact of membership or nennex abershtp. Ss { nce all Federal law enforcenent agenctes and many local Amertean | | police cepartiunts utilize Interpol te some deyree, tt would seem P ‘ a) wW to U ad eee roper that the Attorney General, as the tliular head of law enforcement, retain some measure of control over Anerican partictpation | mn this tniernattional law enforcement bodys For Our Own purposes, | Ithough our experience with Interpol in the past proved unsatisfactory, e may at some future time cestre to participate th that organization | Od greater degree, Tn such an euent retanttan af nitral af--~ wi wos hie suc Lo a ee | feo verevewWia Uy COALTPTOL oss + Se memberatsp yf 5 aes tned ‘ney General would be cestrable. ™ ae ! wiv | SuTree ft t hie on EO oon eyo - anit yk (6) a . , ~ Pre Belmont 4 ~ Liatson Seutton aeeee awa a4 : . - Ilfr Nant eo i ’) (re. ew Pe GOUAL SENT JR ECTOU ? uN + . ‘ ‘ | POR APPLOY AL ‘| WW pa nid |