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INTERPOL EXPOSED A PRIVATE GROUP ABOVE THE LAW AND ANSWERABLE TO NO-ONE! PRIVATE GROUP ABOVE THE LAW AND NO-ONE! To most of us. the name Interpol conjures up images of an international police organisation working with James Bond type characters using the most modern means to track down the world s worst criminals. However , those who delve Into who and what Interpol really is know just how fictitious fhaJ picture really is. “(the lis of presidents and executile members of Interpol reads like I Nazi ‘Who’s Who’, during, as well as after the war. [And if you then place a Nazi in charge of a fascist organisation like Interpol, the result of sch a crossbreed is dreadful to con - template. Unn T Want Mam se Efforts to establish a European central police force were made by the French police as early as 1904, when cri ninals were tak- ing full advantage of the mobility offered by the new speed of rail travel. A crime might occur in France and a short time later the criminal responsible could be safely across R border in Germany. By 1914, the French efforts led to the irst International Congress of Criminal Police, which was held in Monaco. All efforts at centralisation were interrupted by WWI, after which the balance of European power changed, and lenna became the cene of much of Europe’s cooperative police activity. In 1923, approximately 130 representatives m over 20coun- tries attended an ternational Police Congress, held in Vienna on September 3rd. It was at this congress that agreement was reached to create the forerunner Intemational Criminal Police Commission, which had a cable designation of Interpol. Since the Austrian police had convened the Congress, it was decided that the head of the Austrian police would automatical- ly be the president of Interpol. Austria continued to dominate Interpol up until WWIL, and provided most of the eecutive per- sonnel, and virtually all of the funding. Prior to WWIL, Interpol acted as a forum for informaon and ideas exchange, with cooperation among its member police forces being informal. It is doubtful that any had the authority to bind their governments to any aangements ey might make. But, cooperation did occur, and as general of Interpol, Andre Bossard stated in 1985, “For a long time we operated as a sort of ‘professional club’n. At 8am, on March 12th, 1938, Nazi Germany invaded Austria. By 12 noon on the same day, Heinrich Himmler had removed the President of Interpol, Dr. Michael Skubl, and replaced him Otto Steinhausl. Steinhausl who had just been released from prison in Austria by Himmler, was now head of the Austrian Police and the new Interpol Prsident. The cover of Interpol’s publication, the nternational Criminal Police eview (July 10, 1040 issue) shows Steinhaus! in his full uniforrn as a Gestapo Colonel. During the war, Interpol aided the Nazis to round up Jews and Gypsies, who were then sent to camps. Interpol’s files were used NEXUS - 9 JULY/AUGUST 1991 + YEAR BOOK HISTORY OF INTERPOL Hon. Lewis Kent Member of Parlirnent DOMINATION BY NAZIS