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To propose (1) that the Bureau und.ertalce no aetj.ve Hsbo----investigation of Yugosl-a.v immigrants and displaced pgrFons r.rlro

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have been menbers of or associaterd wlth the Fascist $!.1p$"i. Neaae___elements in World i'Var I1 unless thelr actlvltles after arriving *dy--.in the Unj-ted $tates appear to be inir:-lcal to the jnternal securi.ty'

----+l(2) That such allegations regarding Wor"ld War I1 Ustashi activitie" l{'rr*}-#, t44abrpad W Yugoslav immigrants be referred to INS for suoh action e'i - i::as is deeneecl advj-sab1e with ttre comment ihat the Bureau contemplates k"l$--""ino i:ir.estigatton unless subsequent inforrnation ind.icates i;he f, \subjectt s actlvities after arriving in the United States appear to ,.tr6*d*t. {t"\be jninieal to the internal security. .\" i,. 1f

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s=5snssi. t cLJ#'MI t',.f"ry i/'rThe well--ls-1own antagonisn b etween the Serbians and Crrcatiart- I tk"J

is based on politieal and ysli grous Ciffe:"ences which ant'eceder 1

Siorl-d T[ar IT by niany years. fn invading Crrratia: where a puppel,Government was set u"p unCer Ante Pa,veltch the Gerrre.ns exploi-ted- theage-old desire of C::oatia for a separate state and in retum theCroats forrned a mi.Iita,r;rr licrce kriovm as the Llstashi ',vl:ich jcined inthe ,rar againsi, ltiissia.

The anti-Comnrunj.st Sierbian Chetniks, under Draaa Mikhailovlch,at the same tirne were fightin5q the Gerrm.n jnvaders who had set rip apuppet state in $erbia under General Mij"a.n l{,edieh. Thus the CrnatianUstashi and the Serbian Chetniks were throun into the war agai.nst^nar. ^+h^- -,i+]- the forces of General \leciich zupporting the Ustashi.gqvl! V VlIg I t Ytf Vll Ullg M V9, VI UvI{9tsJ :'i v\4rv.r ".t" ""

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The 3o:::.'r':;r:ist ani other anri-Gert:an elercents in Yugosl-at'-iaiorned. ihe Fe,::-"isa::s :ri.er l.aishal- Tito a:d. r;ere accepfed b;'the Al]ieswith the s'apFri,:j :'---ssia;;ith *-:re :'es'-:.it ihat the anti-Comnmnist,anti-Gennan Che-,;i::s :j ;,ikharlovicir received progressirrely dinfnishingsupport frora tlte a-r 'ie'; r,aticns.

lgyl\ii;39ns:Thus ub.en a Yugoslav imnri-grant is alleged to have been a

member of or associatecl with ttre ilstash.l it is not eonclusi-ve that herras a Fascist, because of the hatred betnreen the $erbs and Croats andthe historj-cal desire of the Croats for a selNirate state, In add-itionit should be remembered t$at, afte.r Crrratia was occupied. by the Gertnansl.t became expedient W.e*fport thg Gernran pup.pet, goverrment thepp and

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the ustash' forces'. Therefore, in the absence of any additionalinfonnatlori indi-cat'ing that afier his arr:ivai-i* tir" united $tatesthe lmrn:igra,rtt has engaged in activlties inj-n-i*uf to the lnternalsecurity no investi-gation appears warranted merely because h;- -reportedly was affiliated with the Ustashi.

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(l) Thae no active investigation beBnreau' baserj on sueh infornation unless i.t isis enga.g'ed in actj-vities in the TJnited $tatesin fiatr-ife *

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