Document date: 04/17/2018
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Belmont

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Casper

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Tavel.

Trotter

Tele. Roon

Holmes

Gandy

TO LEGAT BERN

FROM DIRECTOR FBI

GUS-ALEX, ARA, AR.

REBUAIRTEL NOVEMBER EIGHTEEN LAST.

IN CONNECTION WITH INTEREST OF SWISS AUTHORITIES IN EST-

ABLISHING THAT GUS ALEX SUBJECT OF SWISS ENTRY BAN IS IDENTICAL

WITH SUBJECT CHICAGO HOODLUM, LABORATORY EXAMINATION OF ALEX

SIGNATURES SUBMITTED BY SWISS DISCLOSES THEY WERE PREPARED BY

SUBJECT OF BUREAU CASE, FBI NUMBER FOUR TWO FOUR FOUR TWO ZERO ZERO.

- SPECIFICALLY SIGNATURES OF ALEX LETTER TO BAUR AU LAC HOTEL,

ZURICH, OCTOBER NINETEEN, ONE NINE SIX TWO; DOLDER GRAND HOTEL

REGISTRATION CARDS DATED TWENTYONE TWELVE SIXTYTHREE; COPIES OF

PASSPORT OF ALEX ISSUED MARCH TWENTYONE, ONE NINE SIX THREE;

COPY OF BAUR AU LAC HOTEL REGISTRATION CARDS DATED FIVE ONE FIVE

NINE AND BLANK ONE FIVE EIGHT WERE FOUND TO BE IDENTICAL WITH

KNOWN SIGNATURES OF ALEX ON FINGERPRINT CARDS IN HIS IDENTITI-

CATION RECORD, PASEPORT RECORDS AND MATERIAL FROM FILES,OF

ANOTHER UNITED STATRS GOVERNUNT AGENS"/

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CABLEGRAM TO LEGAT BERN

RE:

GUS ALEX

SPECIMENS DATED FIVE ONE FIVE NINE AND BLANK ONE FIVE EIGHT WERE

FURNISHED TO LEGAT PARIS BY THE SWISS CENTRAL POLICE AND SUBMITTED

TO THE BUREAU BY LETTER MARCH EIGHTEEN, ONE NINE FIVE NINE,

CAPTIONED GUS ALEX..

EXAMINATION ALSO DISCLOSES SIGNIFICANT SIMILARITIES IN THE

ALEX SIGNATURES ON A COPY OF LETTER TO BAUR AU LAC HOTEL DATED

TWELVE FOUR SUBMITTED BY YOUR AIRTEL JANUARY NINE, ONE NINE SIX

THREE, AND HOTEL REGISTRATION CARD NUMBER EIGHT THREE SIX FIVE

SEVEN DATED TWENTYTHREE TWELVE SIXTYTHREE SUBMITTED BYY YOUR AIRTEL

OF JANUARY EIGHTEEN, ONE NINE SIX FOUR INDICATING THEY MAY ALSO

HAVE BEEN PREPARED BY BUREAU SUBJECT.

THIS IS FOR YOUR INFORMATION AND IN HANDLING THIS MATTER

WITH SWISS, CONTINUE PRECAUTION TO ASSURE BUREAU IS NOT DISCLOSED

AS SOURCE IN ORDER TO PRECLUDE POSSIBILITY OF BUREAU BECOMING

INVOLVED IN ANY COURT OR OTHER LEGAL PROCEEDINGS CONCERNING THIS

MATTER.

NOTE: Chicago hoodlum gus Alex and his paramour visit Switzerland

each winter on vacation and Legat Bern has established appropriate

coverage in pastyyears through Swiss authorities. Following last

visit of Alex during past winter Swiss authorities on their

initiative issued a prohibition against Alex's re-entry on the basis

that he was an undesirable.

Alex has appealed and Swiss police

now advise they feel there is some question of identity as to

whether there are two persons by the name of Gus Alex intolved and

have requested further verification concerning this.

Background information and pertinent photographs of Alex

previously furnished to Legat Bern and results of Laboratory

comparison of handwriting specimens establishing identity of 'Alex with

person banned being furnished

zous handling inasmuch as Alex has applied for permission to visit

Legat has requested expedit-

Switzerland during current winter season.

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