Canada Declassified Report: CIA Helped Nazi Criminals Obtain Asylum

The Federal Court of Canada has ordered the government to release previously hidden fragments of a report by historian Alti Rodal, prepared back in 1986. The document reveals the mechanism by which Nazi accomplices entered Canada with the assistance of American intelligence services.

The Role of USAREUR

According to the declassified parts, the key role was played by the Research and Resettlement Branch of the United States Army in Europe (USAREUR) — a US Army unit that served as a cover for the CIA and other American intelligence services. It was through it that Nazi accomplices who collaborated with the US received assistance in emigrating.

"Moral Turpitude"

In the documents, USAREUR admitted that some of its informants had criminal records, including for "moral turpitude." This category was used, among other things, for Nazi accomplices.

Scale and Absence of Checks

In 1954, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) informed Ottawa that about 40 people had been presented by USAREUR for entry into Canada in 1953. Another 52 applications were rejected by the RCMP, mainly on security grounds.

Some entry applications submitted through USAREUR were approved without any background check whatsoever.

Why This Became Known Only Now

The Rodal report (618 pages) was first released in 1987, but a significant part remained classified. The organization B'nai Brith Canada had sought full disclosure since the 1980s. Judge Simon Fothergill ruled that the government "did not properly weigh the public's right to know and the historical importance of the information."

The government did not appeal the decision, and in early October 2026 the Library and Archives Canada handed over the final version of the report to B'nai Brith.

Bottom Line

The declassified report is not merely a historical document. It is confirmation that Western intelligence services after World War II deliberately used Nazi criminals for their own interests, turning a blind eye to their past. Canada became one of the refuges for such people — and knew about it.

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