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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 29 No. 5 (July 30, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-30)

Selected article titles: "FBI Agent Admits Knowledge of Alleged Bribery of Key Witness in 'Tokyo Rose' Case" (p. 1), "Mysterious Fire Razes Home For Rent to Nisei Family" (p. 2), "Justice Department Opens First Evacuation Claims Field Office in Southern California" (p. 3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 69, No. 23 (December 05,1969) (ddr-pc-41-49)

Select article titles: "Central Cal DC steps up Title II repeal campaign" (p. 1); "Minn. Issei pioneers given Centennial coin" (p. 1); "New York Asians picket FBI against Hoover comments" (p.1); "Okinawa Reversion Approved" (p. 2); "Is the JACL Dead?" (p. 3).

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XXIV No. 7 (August 25, 1945) (ddr-densho-145-665)

Selected article titles: "Inquires on Surplus Property Not to Be Answered by W.R.A." (p. 1), "FPHA Housing Available Servicemen's Families" (p. 1), "FBI Alien Check-Up No Reflection on Person's Character" (p. 1), "Resident Charged With Theft of Govt. Property" (p. 2).

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doc Daily Press Review, Vol. VI, No. 21 (ddr-densho-156-285)

Article titles: "Mass Hawaii Jap Ouster Unlikely"; "Jap Reprisal Due on War Prisoners, Berlin Radio Says"; "Clearing the Atmosphere"; "3 Plead Guilty as Jap Agents"; "Crop Survey of Big Horn Basin"; "FBI Seizes Jap Artist, 16 Others"; "Mexico Will Ease Italian Alien Curbs."

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 112, No. 4 [February 1, 1991] (ddr-pc-63-4)

Select article titles: "Civil Liberties of Arab Americans in U.S. May Be Threatened by FBI, Mineta Warns" (p. 1), San Fernando Valley Japanese School Plagued by Vandals; Racism Not Seen" (p. 1), "MISLS Graduates: Caucasians Completing Studies Were Commissioned, but Not Nisei" (p. 2).

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vh Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-135-10)

Tosh's memory of father's love of early movie cameras, and discussion of items taken by the FBI during wartime raid

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doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-243)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Yoshito Shibata in which he describes plans to visit areas around the San Francisco Bay while he is temporarily station there, a concern locals will report his unit to the FBI, and a desire to be transferred to the front soon.

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 29 No. 9 (August 27, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-34)

Selected article titles: "Refute Temperance Leader's Lie by Inference' on Alleged Pearl Harbor Drunkenness" (p. 1), "'Tokyo Rose' Defense Witness Contradicts Own Story; Alleges Intimidation by FBI Agents" (p. 1), "Nisei Quaker Faces Jail for Tax Refusal" (p. 1), "Court Criticizes Gen. DeWitt In Decision on Renunciants" (p. 1).

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doc Letter from Issei man to his family (ddr-densho-25-67)

After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the FBI under the Department of Justice began arresting aliens of Japanese, German, and Italian ancestry. These aliens, although they had not been charged with specific crimes, were considered "dangerous" by the U.S. government, and were interned in special Justice Department camps.

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doc Parole Agreement (ddr-densho-25-57)

On December 7, 1941, numerous Japanese nationals were arrested by the FBI as "enemy aliens." An alien enemy hearing board was created, which determined whether the aliens were to be released, paroled, or interned. Matahichi Iseri signed a Parole Agreement in which he agreed to the terms of his parole.

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doc Topaz Times Vol. IV No. 25 (August 28, 1943) (ddr-densho-142-205)

Selected article titles: "Farm Section Begins Harvest of First Crops" (p. 1), "5 Information Teams to Assist Transferees" (p. 1), "The FBI Adds an Item" (p. 2), "WRA Employment Chief to Visit" (p. 3), "Colleges Approve Entry of 27 Topaz Students" (p. 3), "Central Coast States' Conditions Analyzed" (p. 4).

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vh Barbara Reiko Mikami Keimi Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-459-4)

Memories of father being picked up by the FBI after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, visiting him at the Tuna Canyon Detention Station

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vh Jim Akutsu Segment 35 (ddr-densho-1000-2-35)

Deciding to resist the draft; a visit from the FBI

Interview was conducted over two days because of delays caused by technical difficulties.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 69, No. 6 (August 08,1969) (ddr-pc-41-32)

Select article titles: "Noguchi reinstated with all back pay" (p. 1); "FBI director Hoover's testimony called 'racist' by Demo club head" (p.1); "Naturalized Chinese American sworn as deputy asst. secretary of defense" (p. 2); "Two Ways of Looking at Black Issues in Seattle Central Area" (p. 3 ); "Fight Not Over Yet" (p. 6).

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 33 (March 16, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-122)

Selected article titles: "On the Other Hand"; "Demanding Proof"; "Say Damage Claim Lobby is Futile"; "'Preachers of Hate' Hit by Adjutant Marshal"; "Uphold Conviction of Draft Evaders"; "Suspend Member"; "Kuroki in Pacific"; "Want Ads Today"; "Denverites Ready for Easter Dance"; "Submit One Aspect of Definition, Un-American"; "OWI Discloses Casualties' Names"; "FBI May Check."

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doc Daily Press Review, Vol. V, No. 24 (ddr-densho-156-264)

Article titles: "Governor Inspects Heart Mountain Relocation Project"; "Activities of Heart Mountain Wyoming -- by Bill Hosokawa"; "Japanese 'Student' Seized by the FBI"; "Items from Minidoka Relocation Center"; "College Prexy Defends Jap Student Evacuees"; "Liked America Better"; "Charges Filed Against Jap"; "War Plant is Established at Jap Center"; "Milk Shortage Here"; "500 Japanese to Aid Harvest."

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img Buddhist ministers at Sante Fe internment camp (ddr-densho-310-1)

A group photograph of the Buddhist ministers interned at Sante Fe internment camp. Etsuko Osaki's father, Tatsuya Ichikawa, is in the second row, third from the left. Ichikawa was picked up by the FBI in April 1942. He remained separated from his family for two years before they reunited in Crystal City internment camp.

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doc Department of Justice Alien Enemy Hearing Board Report and Recommendation page 2 of 4 (ddr-one-5-154)

Photocopy of a declassified report detailing the reasoning behind the recommendation that Dr. Keizaburo Koyama be interned as an alien enemy. The second page presents as evidence his involvement with the Sokoku Kai [Fatherland Society]. The FBI felt that this lead to a "sense of loyalty and subservience to the Imperial Government of Japan." The FBI …

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doc "Memorandum for the Attorney General" (ddr-densho-67-125)

Memo to Francis Biddle from J. Edgar Hoover about Japanese Americans living on the Yakima Indian Reservation. Local sheriffs want to raid Japanese homes and eventually remove them from the reservation. Hoover describes the history of tension due to the Japanese leasing Yakima Reservation lands. He concludes that the FBI will not sanction any raids or …

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. III No. 30 (July 22, 1944) (ddr-densho-97-191)

Selected article titles: "American Men of Japanese Ancestry..." (p. 1), "26 Tule Aliens Interned for November Riot" (p. 1), "Editorial: 'It's Always Forward'" (p. 4), "Evacuees Needed on Outside, Issei Writes to Project Chief" (p. 4), "Tule Lake Police Stage Walkout" (p. 8), "Law Does Not Compel Citizen to Renounce" (p. 8), "FBI Arrests FPC Leaders" …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 112, No. 3 [January 25, 1991] (ddr-pc-63-3)

Select article titles: "Rep. Levine Introduces Bill to Make Manzanar a National Historic Site" (p. 1), "Racial Hate Mail Targets Japanese Shop in Puyallup" (p. 1), "Vietnam-born Accuses City of Bias, Retribution" (p. 1), NCRR Condemns FBI Targeting of Arab Americans" (p. 2), "English-Only Rule in Workplace Called 'Language Discrimination' by ACLU" (p. 3).

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 18 (October 2, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-162)

Selected article titles: "Gilans Bid Farewell to 986 Segregants" (p. 1), "Special Permission Allows War Work for Resettlers" (p. 1), "Editorial: Eikichi Toshima Good American" (p. 2), "Censors Reject Only 10 Letters" (p. 3), "Diet Classes Open to Public; Dietary Aides Honored" (p. 3), "Gila Policemen to See FBI Film" (p. 3), "6 Inch Rainfall Recorded …

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. II No. 14 (February 2, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-49)

Selected article titles: "FBI Men Round-Up Tojo Sympathizers" (p. 1), "Military Registrations: Possibility of WAAC Enlistment Upheld" (p. 1), "Editorial: Let Them Come and Investigate" (p. 2), "Accountant Protests Firm Dismissing Japanese Workers" (p. 4), "Common Nipponese Vocabular Words as Released by WRA" (p. 4), "Evacuees Hoped to Aid in Nation's Labor Shortage" (p. 4).

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doc Topaz Times Vol. XII No. 9 (August 31, 1945) (ddr-densho-142-424)

Selected article titles: "Times Says '30' With This Issue" (p. 1), "Births, Marriages Outnumber Deaths, Divorces Since Start" (p. 1), "ACLU Labels S.F. Alien Permit Case 'Prejudice'" (p. 3), "West Coast: Twelve Thousand Japanese Return" (p. 3), "FBI Checkup on Aliens Merely Routine Assures Justice Dept." (p. 3), "Discrimination: Labor Dispute Over Nisei in S.F." (p. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-142-424/

doc Daily Press Review, Vol. V, No. 13 (ddr-densho-156-253)

Article titles: "Japanese Labor to be Voluntary"; "FBI Reports Seizure of Ten Enemy Aliens"; "Santa Anita Internee Sentenced for Failure to Register as Alien"; "Farmers Market Today"; "Japs to Live in Arkansas"; "Harvest Labor Deterred by False Rumors"; "Beet Growers Face Harvest Crisis"; "Newell is State's Largest City North of Sacramento"; "Soldier Greets Family"; "Rachford Welcomes …

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