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Memo from M. F. Hass, Lieutenant Colonel, Wartime Civil Control Administration, to all civilian agencies, Wartime Civil Control Administration, May 1, 1942

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Title: Memo from M. F. Hass, Lieutenant Colonel, Wartime Civil Control Administration, to all civilian agencies, Wartime Civil Control Administration, May 1, 1942
Creator: Hass, M. F.: author
Date Created and/or Issued: 1942-05-01
Contributing Institution: California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection: CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information: Contact San Jose State University Department of Special Collections & Archives
Description: Proposes "to evacuate all persons of Japanese ancestry, both alien and non-alien," residing in specified portions of Tulare County, California. The proposal, marked "Restricted," directs recipients to refer to a letter from Wartime Civil Conrol Administration Headquarters with the subject, "Japanese Evacuation Operations," dated April 23, 1942. It also provides "pertinent data," including Exclusion Order number (44); Control Station; Destination (Fresno Assembly Center); Exclusion Date (May 13, 1942); and posting, registration, processing, movement, transportation, and medical examinations.
The War Relocation Authority (WRA), together with the Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA), the Civil Affairs Division (CAD) and the Office of the Commanding General (OFG) of the Western Defense Command (WDC) operated together to segregate and house some 110,000 men women and children from 1942 to 1945. The collection contains documents and photographs relating to the establishment and administrative workings of the (WDC), the (WRA) and the (WCCA) for the year 1942.
Type: text
Format: Memorandum
2 pages, typescript
application/pdf
Identifier: sjs_fla_1003
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/467
Language: English
Subject: World War II--Administration--Wartime Civil Control Administration
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Exclusion orders
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Preparation
World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers
World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--The journey
Geographic communities--California
Place: San Francisco, California
Fresno, California
Temporary Assembly Centers--Fresno
Source: San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
Relation: California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt987024h5/
John M. Flaherty Collection of Japanese Internment Records

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