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[Translated from Japanese]

TY: Also, besides Germans, and the Issei arrested by FBI and their families, people from Peru and other Central and South American countries were there...

YI: There were many Peruvians there.

TY: I would like to know more about those Japanese people from Central and South America.

YI: Huh?

TY: Can you tell me more about those Japanese who were from Central and South America?

YI: Huh?

TY: Can you tell me more about those people? People who came from Peru...

YI: I don't know much about the people from Peru. They went to school with our children. Japanese Peruvians went to school with our children.

TY: They were brought from Peru. They speak Spanish in Peru and so they could not speak English, could they?

YI: I guess so. What language was that? In Peru? It's called something...

TY: Spanish language. How did they communicate with the American government? Did the Japanese Americans help them by translating between Japanese and English?

YI: Yes. All of the adults spoke Japanese. They were from Japan. I don't know about children.

TY: Were there quite a few of them?

YI: Yes?

TY: Were there many from Central and South America? Japanese. How many of them were there?

YI: Peru?

TY: Yes.

YI: Well, there were quite a few. There were people in my neighborhood who were from Peru or California. But still there were more who were from this area. Some were from Hawaii. People were from all over.

[Interruption]

TY: Let's begin again. Are you ready? We were talking about the Japanese people in Crystal City who came from Peru. You remember Japanese people from Peru and other countries, don't you?

YI: Yeah. There were some Germans and a few Italians. There is a book over there.

TY: About Crystal City?

YI: Huh?

TY: About Crystal City?

YI: About the camp. Shall I loan it to you?

TY: Let me see. I also heard that Satoru drew a picture at that time.

YI: When you finish, you can take it to Satoru.

TY: I hear that Satoru drew a map. A map of Crystal City.

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