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mo oe Ge. - noann cone no, 6 Office Memorandum ¢ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT J ‘ . 3 FireDs pare: aa . 3 TO: TUE DIRECTOR fo“: FROM + Fay, 4. To | August 25, 1945 F SUBJECT: — » __ —_ ——— aes _ = A | Sed a re . called at my office, ace. phot companted Dy ; ruise unidentified. « and the : qitTaz Major are working on theCvar Crimes Commission, . tated 2, rom —— that he had talked to hts CVonmanding General and hac proposed ~ ss mp that the War Departnent refer to us for "evaluation" all 1). a tnformation indicating that any of thesir_crimi were hiding/\ in the Latin American countries. I told cmsremriite the A Bureau would not evaluate any tnformation o ts kind -= that the Bureau was an investigative agency and that we would conduct investigations of such matters as the ¥ar Department referred to LS which were within our investigative Jurisdiction, but that we positively would not attempt to “evaluate” informa which was not the subject of investigation by the 3ureau. Gia stated that there was a variety of information appecring from various sources alleging that Hitler and aany of his associates were hiding out tn’ the argentine and the War Department needed someone to evalucte ite I told ererrrriverd that the, /ilitary Attache st Buenos Aires, General Long, had established himself as the suprene authority upon all mundane matters; that he recognized no delimitation agreenent and thet consequently the Tar Department might constder calling upon hin for such evaluation. a wanted to know whether the ~ureau had any . “"probeble cause" for belteving thatimitler or any of his associates wore hiding in the Argentine and I stadt¢ed:that the Bureau had no tangible evidence of any such hiding but that Generale had withheld considerable infornatton from us, over a period/more than I: year, concerning an alleged hactenca in the Argentine which was reported to be a hideout for German subversives allegedly coming *. to the Argentine by clandestine means, particularly submarines yD 2:5 wanted to know whether the 3ureau would distrtbdut for the Yar Crimes Commission through the Bureau's international oe exchange, ctrculars printed for the apprehension of wanted persons ; - wh r nsion was sought by the Yar Crimes Commisston. JI tnquired of apiiiaiiin whether fingerprints would be available upon these people and he stated they would not, but in some instances they might. Fie Pie eS with have photographs of the wanted persons. I advised SS: <2 +I would refer this guestton to you for your considerat . ecohaend Fe ceoupen « BO G2. TERK. “7 / . . oy oe ‘S2 sep 10 45 aan — ? wee ee a —§a0