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Description
Details the War Relocation Authority's policy to remove to a separate facility "those persons of Japanese ancestry residing in relocation centers who by their acts have indicated that their loyalties lie with Japan during the present hostilities." Along with Policy, headings include Designation of Center for Evacuees of Doubtful Loyalty, referring to Tule Lake; Persons to be Placed in Tule Lake Center; Priorities of Movement to Tule Lake Center; Preparation of Transfer to Tule Lake Center; Preparation for Transfers from the Tule Lake Center; Transportation of Property of Transferees; Responsibilities in Connection with Movement of Transferees; and Center of Destination. The War Relocation Authority (WRA) was created on March 18, 1942, by Executive Order of the President, No. 9102. This new civilian agency was to be responsible for "the relocation (of evacuees) in appropriate places, providing for their needs in such manner as may be appropriate, and supervising their activities." The collection consists of reports, memoranda, news clippings, news digests, statistics, and other documents issued by the War Relocation Authority leading up to, during, and following the period of Japanese American incarceration.
Geographic communities--California World War II--Administration--War Relocation Authority World War II--Resistance and dissidence--Segregation and Tule Lake World War II--Resistance and dissidence
Place
Incarceration Camps--Tule Lake
Source
California State University, Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives
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