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A draft letter from Truman M. Martin, Public Relations Officer, Western Defense Command and Fourth Army, that requests a newspaper publish Public Proclamation No. 3 and related press release. The letter also requests a copy of the issue containing the two items. The letter is generic and most likely meant to be sent to many newspapers in Military Area No. 1. 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.
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