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FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD WASHINGTON ADDRESSOFFICIALCORRESPONDENCETO THEFEDERALRESERVEBOARD X-9147 March 15, 1955 Dear Sir: The Federal Reserve Board has received a request from the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States Department of Justice that the Board bring to the attention of all member banks a statement with regard to the procedure to be followed in communicating with the field offices of the Bureau in the event of a bank robbery. The Director has submitted a statement in sub stantially the following form as containing the information which it is desired to place before each member bank: "The Federal Bureau of Investigation of the U. S. Department of Justice is charged with the duty of investigating viola tions of the Act approved by the President on May 18, 1934, making the robbery of National Banks and member banks of the Federal Reserve System a Federal offense. Since the passage of this Act the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been handicapped in the investigation of a number of bank robberies due to the delay of the bank in notifying the Bureau’s field office of the robbery. "The Federal Bureau of Investigation requests that, in the event a robbery should occur in your bank, immediately after notifying the local authorities thereof, you communicate by telephone or telegraph, collect, with the nearest field office of the Bureau, giving that office at the earliest possible time all of the details of the robbery which are available, including a description of the participants in the robbery, the make, color and model of any automobiles which may have 233 X-9147 - 2 - ’•been used by the robbers in making their getaway, together with the license numbers of such automobiles and the direc tion taken by the robbers in fleeing from the bank. In the event it has been observed that the robbers touched any ob jects in the bank or placed their hands on any furniture or other articles, such places should be carefully guarded until an opportunity is afforded some competent person to endeavor to develop latent fingerprints which might be thereon. Arti cles, which may have been left behind by the robbers should be preserved from promiscuous handling so that any finger prints thereon will not be destroyed. "Every member bank of the Federal Reserve System has been furnished with the telephone number of the nearest field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and a list of the field offices of the Bureau showing the office address and telephone number is attached. "It is the desire of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to cooperate with all banks to the fullest extent possible in an effort to identify and prosecute those guilty of bank rob beries. Your cooperation in promptly reporting to the nearest field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation will be greatly appreciated and will be of mutual advantage in these cases." A list of the field offices of the Bureau of Investigation as furnished to this office is attached. The Board is in agreement with the opinion expressed by the Director of the Bureau that the cooperation of the Federal Reserve System in bringing this matter to the attention of member banks will be of material assistance in the investigation of bank robbery cases, and it is suggested, therefore, that your bank send a copy of the statement, and of the attached list of the field offices of the Bureau, to each member bank in your district, either as a separate 234 X-9147 - 3 - communication or as a separate document inclosed with any other matter that may be going forward to your member banks. Very truly yours, Chester Morrill, Secretary. Inclosure. TO ALL F E AGENTS 235 Copy X-9147-a Field Offices of FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION u. OFFICE S. 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