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Title
[Memo from M. F. Hass, Lieutenant Colonel, Civil Affairs Division regarding the proposed Japanese evacuation operation in Seattle, Washington]
Creator
Hass, C. F.: author
Western Defense Command and Fourth Army: author
Date Created and/or Issued
1942-04-28
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
Material in public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description
A proposal sent to all civilian agencies in the Wartime Civil Control Administration on the evacuation all persons of Japanese ancestry in Seattle, Washington. The proposal lists the times, dates, destinations, and procedures for the evacuation.
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_0605
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/6934
Language
English
Subject
Geographic communities--Washington--Seattle
World War II--Administration--Wartime Civil Control Administration
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Preparation
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Exclusion orders
Place
Seattle, Washington
Temporary Assembly Centers--Puyallup (Camp Harmony)
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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