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Letter from John J. McCloy, Assistant Secretary of War to Clarence F. Lea from the House of Representatives

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Title: Letter from John J. McCloy, Assistant Secretary of War to Clarence F. Lea from the House of Representatives
Creator: McCloy, John J. (John Jay), 1895-1989: author
United States. War Relocation Authority: author
Date Created and/or Issued: 1944-12-06
Publication Information: Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Japanese American World War II Incarceration
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections at https://library.claremont.edu/scl/
Description: A letter in response to questions about the reasoning behind the War Department's exclusion policy toward people of Japanese ancestry.
Type: text
Format: application/pdf
Identifier: jai00149.pdf
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll18/id/639
Language: English
Subject: Identity and values--Japanese American identity
Identity and values--Nisei
Identity and values--Issei
World War II--Mass Removal ('Evacuation')--Exclusion Orders
Correspondence
Place: San Francisco, California
Source: Letter, 4 pages, typescript, 11 x 8.5 in.: War Relocation Authority Records, Box 1, Folder 3, Special Collections, Claremont Colleges Library.
Relation: War Relocation Authority Records
Japanese American World War II Incarceration - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll18

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