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DISPLACED PERSONS COMMISSION

WASHINGTON 25, D. C.

September 13, 1950

In Reply Refer To:

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Mr. Johannes Kaiv

Acting Consul General of Estonia

In charge of Legation

9 Rockefeller Plaza

New York.

Dear Mr. Kaiv:

Reference is had to your telegram of August 23, 1950 and communication of August 31, 1950 with memorandum from the Estonian Committee in the United States zone of Germany on the question of former Estonian Legionnaires seeking admission to the United States under the Displaced Persons Act, as amended.

In this connection, I should like to inform you that the Commission on September 1, 1950 adopted the following policy:

“The Baltic Waffen S. S. Units (Baltic Legions) are to be considered as separate and distinct in purpose, ideology, activities, and qualifications for membership from the German S.S., and therefore the Commission holds them not to be a movement hostile to the Government of the United States under Section 13 of the Displaced Persons Act, as amended.”

In the future, therefore, the cases of applicants for admission into the United States under the Displaced Persons Act, as amended, who have been members of the Baltic Waffen S.S., including the Estonian Legion, will be considered on their individual merits.

Sincerely yours,



Harry N. Rosenfield

Acting Chairman