DECI-ASSIFIED Aurrrority Nhtb ts$"oe Bv -&JNARA Dare s1}egfuL =--:3|@:14 s" }ffics Msrre lurra UNITED *, LrrI""bS GOVERI\TMEhTT DATE: Janr"rary 5 r }y 51" TO :4. H. Be ffi I*-S t4r**?r* t*$**- t"/) f-tlT *rt"qr# .; L&.1 fs*$ ffit* t l't T.-r #:Cl l:'A$ilI S T * ll$ T{kSKI ACT::[ I/T TTm$ T0 l"i . .,",$ * Tolson Ladcl CIegg__ 01avln_ Nlchole_ Rosen d cH. YIIGOSIAV T ],fi,{l_ G}iltT,I T5 I}ITT:]RhIAI SHCTIII TY C ]III TraoY-*--- To propose (1) that the Bureau und.ertalce no aetj.ve Hsbo---- investigation of Yugosl-a.v immigrants and displaced pgrFons r.rlro k [I;;- 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 $tates appear to be inir:-lcal to the jnternal securi.ty' ----+l (2) That such allegations regarding Wor"ld War I1 Ustashi activitie" l{'rr*}-#, t44 abrpad W Yugoslav immigrants be referred to INS for suoh action e'i - i:: as is deeneecl advj-sab1e with ttre comment ihat the Bureau contemplates k"l$--""i no 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 .Xr.,' s=5snssi. t cLJ#'M I t',.f"ry i/'r The 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- the age-old desire of C::oatia for a separate state and in retum the Croats forrned a mi.Iita,r;rr licrce kriovm as the Llstashi ',vl:ich jcined in the ,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 a puppet state in $erbia under General Mij"a.n l{,edieh. Thus the Crnatian Ustashi 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" "" * .r, The 3o:::.'r':;r:ist ani other anri-Gert:an elercents in Yugosl-at'-ia iorned. ihe Fe,::-"isa::s :ri.er l.aishal- Tito a:d. r;ere accepfed b;'the Al]ies with the s'apFri,:j :'---ssia;;ith *-:re :'es'-:.it ihat the anti-Comnmnist, anti-Gennan Che-,;i::s :j ;,ikharlovicir received progressirrely dinfnishing support 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 he rras a Fascist, because of the hatred betnreen the $erbs and Croats and the historj-cal desire of the Croats for a selNirate state, In add-ition it should be remembered t$at, afte.r Crrratia was occupied. by the Gertnans l.t became expedient W.e*fport thg Gernran pup.pet, goverrment thepp and ., }t \' I ".. jr,: , 1., u /" $Fs W Sffi* w ffi$ {*ft \offi sRx k q--"' ;\tKsffi": € \$ffi Fls ry4 3-L ,.-& -a -R -t -\-t-_.--;t DIEA@ F -G -- 1- !*,a at\F Jt ff r{ ,Y"u ?'