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Memo from J. Edgar Hoover to the Attorney General refuting statements made in DeWitt's Final Report claiming there was espionage activity conducted by Japanese on the West Coast immediately following Pearl Harbor. The FBI investigated all allegations, and found no evidence to support such claims, Feb. 7, 1944.

Courtesy of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, University of Washington Libraries microfilm A7378, Reel 5, Box 6, Frames 0439-0445, Items 5761-5767

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