Excerpt: Testimony of Karl R. Bendetsen

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Karl R. Bendetsen's statement to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians defending the argument that incarceration of Japanese Americans was a national security matter which he believed was supported by wartime intelligence, known as MAGIC. He also disputes claims of harm and prison-like living conditions in the camps.

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Courtesy of David Welsh, The Center for Educational Telecommunications (CET)

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