Title: Memo from J.R. Deane to John McCloy, (denshopd-i67-00050)
Densho ID: denshopd-i67-00050

WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF
WASHINGTON

July 17, 1942.

MEMORANDUM FOR MR. J.J. McCLOY:

The memorandum approved by the President on March 13, 1942, pertaining to the evacuation of Japanese residents of the Hawaiian Islands, has been rescinded and the following substituted therefor:

"No United States citizen of any derivation whatsoever, either naturalized or native-born, now residing in Hawaii, and considered by appropriate authority in the Hawaiian Islands to constitute a source of danger to our national security, will be transferred to the continental United States for internment. Such individuals will be interned in the Hawaiian Islands under authority vested in the Military Governor. Further, the Commanding General, Hawaiian Department, is authorized to evacuate to the United States, for resettlement in areas to be established by the War Relocation Authority, up to 15,000 persons, in family groups, from among the United States citizens of Japanese ancestry who may be considered as potentially dangerous to national security."

J.R. DEANE,
Colonel, General Staff,
Secretary, General Staff.