Segregation and Tule Lake
In July 1943, Tule Lake concentration camp was designated as a segregation center for those the camp authorities considered "disloyal" as a result of their answers on the mandatory "loyalty questionnaire." In September 1943, "loyal" Japanese Americans from Tule Lake began departing for other camps and "disloyal" Japanese Americans from other camps started arriving at Tule Lake. The number of guards increased from a few hundred to 930 and an eight-foot high double fence was erected. The camp's capacity was 15,000 but the peak population reached 18,789 as 6,249 original "loyal" Japaense Americans chose to stay rather than be uprooted again.
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Segregation and Tule Lake
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![Manzanar diary (ddr-csujad-34-1)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/10/a3/10a37dd34a8a92c9423a65b3da962829.jpg)
![Note about Hokoku Seinendan in Tule Lake camp (ddr-csujad-34-7)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/76/eb/76ebabd658c5d58b139cb631f59c601e.jpg)
![Manzanar diary (ddr-csujad-34-2)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/4c/c3/4cc3a8b9ec1a6e3fc2f4a83a9c6288de.jpg)
![Subject: separation of evacuees of doubtful loyalty from loyal evacuees [policy memo by Dillon S. Myer] (ddr-csujad-19-1)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/fa/90/fa90498bc48ba123cb6d62b7c610cc47.jpg)
![Letter from Aiko Takaoka to Ramond Best, Director of Tule Lake Camp, February 1, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-5)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/d6/12/d612411466666863cf295b8a8af3c7e6.jpg)
![[Ray R. Best had close call with detention camp mob], biographical news article on Tule Lake Camp Director Raymond Best (ddr-csujad-2-39)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/2a/f2/2af201818f89feb858057c14874aa4ee.jpg)
![Letter from residents requesting prisoner release, February 18, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-8)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/5d/e5/5de5c62d7b4c4370b4bf14387f6de962.jpg)
![Letter from incarcerees requesting release of prisoners, April 17, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-14)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/b0/88/b0881c5d1a7be54fb21fadd097498eb6.jpg)
![[Report of the informal interview of the divisional responsible men and the detained stockade internees] (ddr-csujad-2-53)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/7c/c1/7cc1d0738ae6c833bf8f3adbc58d57cf.jpg)
![[Minutes of the regular meeting of the divisional responsible men and the Co-ordinating committee of the Tule Lake Center, March 11, 1944] (ddr-csujad-2-23)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/06/ec/06eccdcdc7cba95bf8d75bfc08da8b8d.jpg)
![[Minutes of the special meeting of the divisional heads of the Tule Lake Center, January 22, 1944] (ddr-csujad-2-16)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/08/9b/089bebd9fb8f1a74a4e80c93defbd409.jpg)
![Translation of poster at Tule Lake Camp regarding repatriation and loyalty to Japan (ddr-csujad-2-43)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/7b/42/7b4234d23a927cfaf489f990a9ba0132.jpg)
![[Minutes of the regular joint meeting of the advisory council and the Co-ordinating committee of the Tule Lake Center, March 3, 1944] (ddr-csujad-2-30)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f3/ba/f3bac7940f39c787eda8acadfbf799c8.jpg)
![[Informal meeting of the divisional responsible men and the project director and Colonel Austin, January 17,1944] (ddr-csujad-2-17)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/5a/e4/5ae4f244ad5dde211fa9fe97444d1755.jpg)
![Letter from S. Yoshiyama to Raymond Best, Director of Tule Lake Camp, February 22, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-3)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/aa/8d/aa8d4946de6e330db5c2ab26ebafbe50.jpg)
![Two newspaper articles on Tule Lake Camp protests (ddr-csujad-2-42)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/53/3b/533b1d7a0669ac2cd05cf7be72815e33.jpg)
![Tule Lake Center Diary, March 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-25)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/29/0c/290c57aac7c6393f0d6cc31f8ca66a80.jpg)
![[WRA deny Japanese in riot], newspaper article on Tule Lake protests, November 3, 1943 (ddr-csujad-2-38)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/c1/03/c10309a451eb19d388775d5401d6e911.jpg)
![[Troops alert as Tule Japs defy Colonel], newspaper article on Tule Lake protests, November 13, 1943 (ddr-csujad-2-40)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/8c/c4/8cc40b97bd7e9f65dc0e0d61821bae0a.jpg)
![Co-ordinating Committee meeting notes, March 9, 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-1)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/40/ca/40ca15f05046e1eb3236ead2a9b223cf.jpg)
![[Interview Minutes with D.S. Myer, WRA National Director, March 18, 1944] (ddr-csujad-2-21)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/5e/75/5e7527b7d7d1f9cef585d58f0f31fb41.jpg)
![[Revolt at Tule Lake: Crop workers blamed for riots; Honolulu Japanese led the mob, 1943-11-04] (ddr-csujad-2-41)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/d9/7d/d97d3956265db91016e7c258bd404102.jpg)
![Tule Lake Co-ordinating committee notes (ddr-csujad-2-27)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/20/1a/201af6345fcef063ae551642293b30a7.jpg)
![Tule Lake Center Diary, February 1944 (ddr-csujad-2-29)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/e1/e5/e1e53821ffbfef7db67d3ea8f44369a9.jpg)
![Letter from Mrs. Sakazaki to Raymond Best, Director of Tule Lake Camp (ddr-csujad-2-12)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6b/f7/6bf7ba531d3669e02aa91cb441031474.jpg)