Document of proposed questions for determining "loyalty" based on answers to questions 27 and 28 of the so-called "loyalty questionnaire."
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Telephone conversation between Colonel Bendetsen and Colonel Watson
Transcript of telephone conversation between Colonel Bendetsen and Colonel Watson on the loyalty investigations. Bendetsen grapples with the contradictions of determining loyalty. They discuss labor needs and that General DeWitt should give a public statement on loyalty investigations.
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"WRA Interview Questions"
Questions asked by War Relocation Authority officials when evaluating applications for persons of Japanese ancestry to leave the concentration camps.
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Conversation between Colonel Bendetsen and Mr. Braum
Transcript of conversation between Colonel Bendetsen and Mr. Braum regarding the "loyalty investigations." Braum has been working on a public statement on loyalty -- explaining why the government waited to determine loyalty. Bendetsen is concerned about justifying internment and the loyalty investigations.
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Memo from Dillon S. Myer to John J. McCloy
Memo from Dillon S. Myer to John J. McCloy on Hawaiian-Japanese evacuees. Asks McCloy to inform General Emmons to stop evacuation to the mainland. Describes situation at Jerome where Hawaiian Japanese have been difficult -- unwilling to work, answering "no" on the loyalty questionnaire. Also, there are no additional resources …
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Letter to the Secretary of War from President Roosevelt
Letter to the Secretary of War from President Roosevelt regarding the formation of all-nisei combat teams. Roosevelt discusses loyalty and Americanism as being "a matter of mind and heart," not about "race or ancestry." Roosevelt views this as a way for Japanese Americans to be included in showing their ultimate …
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"Leave Clearance Interviews: Suggested Topics for Questioning"
Questions for government officials to ask when interviewing persons of Japanese ancestry who were applying to leave the concentration camps.
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Two memos regarding Manzanar concentration camp, California
The subject of these memos is the identification of suspected pro-Japanese individuals.
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Conversation between Colonel Bendetsen and Captain Hall
Transcript of conversation between Colonel Bendetsen and Captain Hall regarding loyalty investigations and relocation. Bendetsen expresses his concern with internment, especially with the public relations aspect. Gives numerous ways internment could be interpreted as a "mistake."
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60 Pct. of Jap Evacuees Loyal to Homeland -- Says Sen. Chandler (March 8, 1943)
The Seattle Daily Times, March 8, 1943, p. 7
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