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During the 1930'5,- Paul Axelrod's ·Spyina: on the Young in Depression and War:
Students, Youtb Groups and the ReMP 19)5·1942.· and Gary Kinsman's ·'Oaracter
WeakDtss' and 'Fruit hbcflines': Towards an Analysis of The Anti-Homoosexual
security Campaian in the Canadian Civil Service•••- Lonardo's artide focuses on
the ReMP surveillance of Communists during the 193I)'s, using the Paddy O'Neill
case study to demOnstrlllC the breadlh of the RCMP surveillance. Axelrod's anicle
concentmes on the RCMP surveillaru of Ieft·leanil1l students, includinc the
CanadiaD Youth Conaras and the CallMIian Student Assembly. While relevant ro my
resean:h because of their time period, tbe tint cwo articles demon:saa more about
RCMP surveillance practises in aenera! and provide little help on bow the RCMP
dealt with rilht-wina orpnizuions. The lhinl article, by Kinsman, centres around
the RCMP's quest durinc the 1950's and 1960's for a scientific test to identify
homoseAua.ls who were considered a threu to national .security.
Wesley Wart is another historian who bas wriaen on security and inrelliaence
matters. Wark's article, -Security Inrellilence in Canada. 1864-1945: The History
of a 'National Insecurity State',· arpcs tbal as c:an.da faced what it saw as perennial
lhrears bach from within aod abroId it c:onstnaetD:I and stteftCtbened the RCMP
security Service to meet those thteau. Wan: claims that, aeneral1y, a scare bcc:omes
il'lSeCln when it flees incemal and external threats and becomes increasingly
I-AU three articles appear in lJIbowlU TI'tIWIil, 3S (Sprinc I99$). lonardo,
11-42. Axelrod, 43-64; Kinsman, 133-[62.
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