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An open letter written by John L. Burling, the Department of Justice, for the Attorney General of the United States. It addresses Masao Sakamoto and Tsutomu Higashi, chairmen of 即時帰國奉仕團 Sokuji Kikoku Hoshidan (or Sokuji Kikoku Hoshi Dan) and 報國靑年團 Hokoku Seinendan (or Hokoku Seinen Dan). The open letter was posted and its copies were circulated in the Tule Lake camp. The letter was a response letter to the two Pro-Japanese groups for their activities in the Tule Lake camp, but it fiercely criticizes their leadership and prohibits any activities to demonstrate their loyalty to Japan. Item includes pages 1-2 only (total 3 pages). The Kiyoshi Uyekawa Tule Lake Camp Collection comprises of the wartime publications collected by Kiyoshi Uyekawa while incarcerated in the Tule Lake camp, such as Tule Lake newsletters and bulletins, materials issued by the Pro-Japanese group, Sokoku Hoshidan (or Hoshi Dan), WRA publications, his family's incarceration documents, which include documents regarding his and his wife, Mitsuye‘s repatriation, his fictional works’ manuscripts, bulletins and manuscripts of haiku poems authored by the members of the haiku societies incarcerated in the camps, and letters from Kyo Koide, who was a prominent figure in the community as a photographer, physician, and poet under the pseudonym, Banjin Koide.
Type
text
Format
Correspondence; Leaflets 3 pages, 14 x 8.5 inches, typescript application/pdf
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