Letter to project directors about the "Kibei problem"

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Hibiya Family Collection

Myer describes Kibei as a "complex problem" in his letter to the project directors. He encloses a report from January 28, 1944, detailing differences between Kibei and Nisei, reasons Kibei were sent for education in Japan, and Kibei reactions to being detained in concentration camps.

02/08/1944

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Courtesy of the Hibiya Family Collection, Densho

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