https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/d3b2e44c34c2b5c4425eaccc65d9e08a.pdf 02b3b986e7570196b6b1e9e8732ff8f7 PDF Text Text & CONFIDENTIAL CANADA r CABINET SECRETARIAT n>m— ftfuilsister's fscont’s PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE HI KO hZt.. Ottawa, May 8, 1952 liiduec by Colonel Laval Fortier, Deputy Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, 0 t t a w a. Dear Colonel Fortier: I attach a copy of SP-119 entitled "Immigration Security Policy - Nazis, Fascists and Collaborators". This will be discussed as Item I at the 42nd meeting of the Security Panel to be held in the Privy Council Committee Room, East Block, on Thursday, 15th May, 1952, at 3:00 p.m. As you were personally interested in the problem of collaborators, I should be glad if you would be able to attend for the discussion of ■lathis item. TeCH 401^ ; W AW 8 W < Yours sincerely, P. M. Dwyer Secretary, Security Panel DEPUTY MINISTER 001167 �THIS DO GWENT IS THE PROPERTY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA CONFIDENTIAL SECURITY PANEL DOCUMENT SP-119 MEMORANDUM TO THE SECURITY PANEL Immigration Security Policy Nazis, Fascists and Collaborators 1. The application of Canadian immigration security policy to former members of Nazi organizations, Fascists and collaborators has for some time been under discussion by members of the Panel. The Department of Citizenship and Immigration and the RCM Police have asked that the question of collaboration be discussed by the Panel. An examination of present immigration security policy shows that a similar consideration of membership in Nazi and Fascist organizations would also be desirable* I. Members of Nazi Organizations 2. Present security policy permits the immigration of former members of the Nazi party, except members of the S.S., the majority of members of the Waffen S.S., the Abwehr, the Sicherheitsdienst, the Gestapo and "other important and dangerous Nazis when identified". 3. (i) The S.S., the Sicherheitsdienst, the Gestapo and other important and dangerous Nazis Members are generally agreed that personnel of the S.S., the Sicherheitsdienst, and the Gestapo should continue to be excluded. It is suggested, however, that the phrase "other important and dangerous Nazis” should be made more specific. After study of a report from the Department of External Affairs, it is suggested that instructions to Security Officers should be based upon the implementation of Allied Control Directive No. 24 of January 12th, 1946, which was concerned with the removal from office of former Nazis. For this purpose former members of the Nazi party were divided into five categories, of which the first two were described as "Major Offender" and "Offender". It is suggested that the instructions should read: "....any former member of the Nazi party who,'under the implementation of Allied Control Directive No. 24 of January 12th, 1946, was classified as a Major Offender or Offender, or who on the evidence before a Security Officer would seem to fall into either of these categories". /»4. It is also suggested that the Panel may wish to Lr 7’ consider the exclusion of any Germans employed in a concentration Jt *l . camp or believed to have been associated in any way with atrocities. The Panel is asked to make a recommendation on these --------- (ii) /q r The Abwehr This organization was the intelligence service of waa entirely uixiorunuxn uuuraui er xfrom rom the It was different-in character other organizations listed and was chiefly concerned with the collection of intelligence. The Panel is asked to consider whether membership in this organization should continue to prohibit immigration, and to make a second recommendation. the Wehrmacht, . . 2 001168 �2 6. (ill) The Waffen S.S 4 Present policy with regard to former members of the Waffen S.S," is as follows:' "Non-German members of the Waffen S.S. who joined that organization prior to 1st January, 1943, will remain blanket rejects. Nofl-German members of the Waffen S.S., who joined after 1st January, 1943, will be required to satisfy the Security Officer that they were drafted and did not enlist voluntarily." German nationals who were members of the Waffen S.S. therefore remain excluded. 7. An interesting and lengthy paper on the Waffen S.S. has been written by S/0 Bye, based on research done at the Berlin Document Centre, and has been distributed to members by the RCM Police. From a study of S/0 Bye’s paper it would appear that the phrase "non-German" is too restrictive. Even after a study of material available at the Berlin Document Centre, it is difficult to judge when conscription into the Waffen S.S. came into force, where afld to what extent coercion to "volunteer" was used on various ethnic ground* It is, however, clear that members of the Waffen S.S. who were in fact conscripted can very seldom produce any evidence to this effect. It therefore seems that in many cases much reliance must be placed on the judgment of security officers, to assist their judgment, it is suggested that S/0 Bye’s paper be distributed to all Security Officers likely to be faced with this problem for study and that present instruct ions be reworded along the followi_ng lines;- All former members of the Waffen S.S. will be rejected, except (a) German nationals under the age of 24 who joined in 1944-45 when there are reasonable grounds for believing they were conscripted or joined under coercion. (b) Volksdeutsche formerly residing in German occupied territory, whether they were subsequently naturalized German or not, when there are reasonable grounds for believing they were Conscripted or joined under coercion. (d) Volksdeutsche and other nationalities, who were resettled and naturalized German before joining, when there are reasonable grounds for believing that naturalization was not of their own choosing, and reasonable grounds for believing they were conscripted or joined under coercion^ (d) German nationals, Volksdeutsche formerly residing in territory not occupied by the VZehrmacht, whether subsequently n naturalized German or not, or other nationalities who can, hy— ( th e—product i erg- of - dx> c um-ent-s—-or—hy-the—st-aft-omon-t o f-p ej-s-o-ns i whe—w-er-e—i-n—a—po-s-i-ti^-n—haw-e—kaew-n, convince the Security Officer that they were conscripted or joined under coercion. 0. The Panel is asked to consider these points and make a third recommendation.1 11 ■ ~ 11 ~ ' II. Members of the Fascist Party 9. Contrary to the belief of members of the Panel, former membership in the Fascist Party still prohibits immigration on security grounds. This restriction has never been relaxed. Since membership in the Nazi Party was dropped from the list of prohibited categories in November, 1950, it is suggested that the Panel may wish to relax the restrictions applied to membership in the Fascist Party. The Panel is • . 3 001169 �3 asked to make a fourth recommendation. III. Collaborators 10. The Department of External Affairs, at the request of members of the Panel, has consulted a number of its European missions and asked to what degree immigration restrictions should be applied against former collaborators in German occupied countries. Present immigration security policy prohibits the immigration of collaborators, but cases have so far been dealt with on their individual merits or demerits. 11. The consensus of opinion of missions consulted is that while we should continue to enforce restrictions against those guilty of major crimes, collaboration should now be ignored except where a clear and present danger to Canada or Canadian institutions is involved* Our representatives (j add that where a prison sentence for collaboration has been f served,the slate should be regarded as wiped clean. The following are listed as major collaborators: (a) Those convicted of fighting against, or engaging in activities harmful to the safety and well-being of the Allied forces; (b) Those convicted of implication in the taking of life, or engaging in activities connected with forced labour and concentration camps; (c) Those who were employed by German police or security organizations and who acted as informers against loyal citizens and resistance groups; (d) Those charged and found guilty of treason. 12, However, the PCM Police incline to the view that collaboration itself does involve a danger to Canada and Canadian institutions, because they believe that a person who has been disloyal to his country of birth may, if the occasion arises, be equally or more disloyal to a country of adoption. The ROM Police would therefore be reluctant to accept any relaxation of restrictions at present imposed on former collaborators. 13, The Panel may wish to bear in mind that collaboration sometimes resulted only after intolerable pressures had been applied by the Germans, and may wish to make some provision for cases of this kind. 14. The Panel is asked to consider this problem and make a fifth recommendation. P. M, Dwyer Secretary, Security Panel Privy Council Office April 30, 1952 001170 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDNZ00001 Title A name given to the resource SP-119, "Immigration Security Policy - Nazis, Fascists and Collaborators," under cover of letter from Dwyer to Fortin. 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