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img Variety Department, Amache Consumer Enterprises (ddr-densho-163-28)

Back (L to R): D. Handa, Taro Hashimoto, Riu Hata, T. Shirakawa, G. Matsumoto, H. Kinoshita. Front (L to R): M. Koyama, M. Morikawa, J. Morimoto, Y. Matsuoka.

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doc Case file for Keizaburo Koyama from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Page 2 of 6. (ddr-one-5-99)

Photocopy of a declassified report on Keizaburo Koyama. This page further elaborates that Confidential Informant SE N-1 has, on several occasions, mis-translated Japanese names. In this case, he mistook the name "Iwao Oyama" for Keizaburo Koyama. The informant said that his original source for the names, a Japanese newspaper, has since been destroyed. The informant went …

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doc Federal Bureau of Investigation Case file for Keizaburo Koyama. Page 1 of 4. (ddr-one-5-169)

Photocopy of a declassified file on Keizaburo Koyama by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The document speaks on Koyama's hearing at Fort Missoula, Montana and being found to be an enemy alien. The decision was based largely on Koyama having a subscription to the magazine put out by the Sokoku Kai. The panel felt that his …

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doc Case file for Keizaburo Koyama from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Page 1 of 6. (ddr-one-5-98)

Photocopy of a declassified report on Keizaburo Koyama by Vincent M. Quinn on January 14, 1942. It states that Koyama was born on October 7, 1897 and immigrated to Seattle, Washington in 1914. He was working as a dentist in Portland, Oregon when the order for his arrest was issued on December 8, 1941. He was …

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doc Case file for Keizaburo Koyama from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Page 5 of 6. (ddr-one-5-102)

Photocopy of a declassified report on Keizaburo Koyama's sworn statement to Inspector Clarence J. Wise. The report states Koyama's biographical history and physical measurements. It lists his entry date to the United States as December 31, 1914. He states that he is a member of the Portland Chamber of Commerce and the Japanese Methodist Church, but …

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doc Duplicate of 2016.23.09 (ddr-one-5-104)

Duplicate of 2016.23.09. Stamped "JAN 15 1942" in upper right hand corner.

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doc Federal Bureau of Investigation Case file for Keizaburo Koyama. Page 4 of 4. (ddr-one-5-172)

Photocopy of a declassified file on Keizaburo Koyama by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The final page of the report indicates what enclosures were included.

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doc Department of Justice Alien Enemy Hearing Board Report and Recommendation page 4 of 4 (ddr-one-5-156)

Photocopy of a declassified report detailing the reasoning behind the recommendation that Dr. Keizaburo Koyama be interned as an alien enemy. This page concludes the decision to intern Dr. Koyama as an enemy alien since his involvement with organizations like Sokoku Kai and the Japanese Chamber of Commerce may lead to him show disloyalty to the …

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doc Duplicate of 2016.23.10 (ddr-one-5-105)

Duplicate of 2016.23.10.

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img Variety and Shoe Dept., Amache Co-op (ddr-csujad-55-1558)

Black and white photograph of the variety and shoe department staff at Amache Consumer Enterprises, Amache incarceration camp. Pictured from left to right (front row) M. Koyama, M. Morikawa, J. Morimoto, Y. Matsuoka (second row) D. Handa, Taro Hashimoto, Riu Hata, T. Shirakawa, C. Matsumoto, and H. Kinoshita. From the Amache Co-op Souvenir Album, page 24. …

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doc Army Service Forces letter from B. M. Bryan, Brigadier General, Director, Aliens Division (ddr-one-5-204)

Photocopy of a declassified typed letter to the Director of the Alien Enemy Control Unit in Washington, D.C. from B. M. Bryan, Brigadier General, Director, Aliens Division. Brigadier General Bryan writes that the Provost Marshal General has directed that the enclosed letters and certificates from Keizaburo Koyama at Camp Livingston Internment Camp be forwarded to the …

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doc Postcard to Dr. Keizaburo "Kei" Koyama from Teru Koyama (ddr-one-5-24)

Yellowed postcard address to Dr. Keizaburo "Kei" Koyama at Camp Livingston from his wife Teru Koyama at the Portland Assembly Center. The postcard is postmarked August 31, 1942. On the left side of the postcard is a purple stamp that reads “Censored/Camp Livingston/Internment Camp/HARMON M. TURNER.” On the back side of the postcard, which is dated …

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doc Duplicate of 2016.23.13 (ddr-one-5-108)

Duplicate of 2016.23.13.

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doc Duplicate of 2016.23.64 (ddr-one-5-157)

Unsigned duplicate of 2016.23.64.

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doc Federal Bureau of Investigation Case file for Keizaburo Koyama. Page 2 of 4. (ddr-one-5-170)

Photocopy of a declassified file on Keizaburo Koyama by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This page goes into greater detail the reasoning for interning Koyama. The FBI has labeled the Fatherland Society as "one of the most aggressive and active of the Japanese nationalist organizations...It's members are selected by reason of their intense loyalty and belief …

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doc Federal Bureau of Investigation Case file for Keizaburo Koyama. Page 3 of 4. (ddr-one-5-171)

Photocopy of a declassified file on Keizaburo Koyama by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The report notes that cannot verify if the FBI actually had the Japanese Association under surveillance, but the secretive activities of the group warranted greater scrutiny. The FBI does not find Koyama to be a Japanese leader, but his continued financial support …

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doc Department of Justice Alien Enemy Hearing Board Report and Recommendation page 1 of 4 (ddr-one-5-153)

Photocopy of a declassified report detailing the reasoning behind the recommendation that Dr. Keizaburo Koyama be interned as an alien enemy. The first page notes those individuals that wrote on his behalf, but since their letters were not in affidavit form, they failed to comply with the Department's regulations for the conduct of alien hearings. As …

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doc Army Service Forces letter from B. M. Bryan, Brigadier General, Director, Aliens Division with date and filing stamps (ddr-one-5-205)

Photocopy of a declassified typed letter to the Director of the Alien Enemy Control Unit in Washington, D.C. from B. M. Bryan, Brigadier General, Director, Aliens Division. Brigadier General Bryan writes that the Provost Marshal General has directed that the enclosed letters and certificates from Keizaburo Koyama at Camp Livingston Internment Camp be forwarded to the …

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doc Case file for Keizaburo Koyama from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Page 4 of 6. (ddr-one-5-101)

Photocopy of a declassified report on Keizaburo Koyama. The page starts with a review of the 1928 census which states that Koyama entered the United States in December of 1918 and that he has a wife, a son named Katsumi, and two daughters named Eva and Kes. Myron Johnston, a neighbor of Koyama, tracked Koyama's family …

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doc Duplicate of 2016.23.12 (ddr-one-5-107)

Duplicate of 2016.23.12.

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doc Case file for Keizaburo Koyama from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Page 3 of 6. (ddr-one-5-100)

Photocopy of a declassified report on Keizaburo Koyama. Confidential Informant N1 provided another translated article from the North American Times dated February 14, 1941 which stated that Koyama was appointed to the Industrial Department of the Japanese Association of Oregon, which was reorganized as a new Japanese Chamber of Commerce. On March 5, 1941, Koyama was …

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doc Duplicate of 2016.23.11 (ddr-one-5-106)

Duplicate of 2016.23.11.

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doc Duplicate of 2016.23.65 (ddr-one-5-158)

Unsigned duplicate of 2016.23.65.

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doc Duplicate of 2016.23.66 (ddr-one-5-159)

Unsigned duplicate of 2016.23.66.

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doc Department of Justice Alien Enemy Hearing Board Report and Recommendation page 3 of 4 (ddr-one-5-155)

Photocopy of a declassified report detailing the reasoning behind the recommendation that Dr. Keizaburo Koyama be interned as an alien enemy. This page continues with the assessment of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber felt it was under FBI investigation in 1940 and someone there suggested they conduct their meetings in secret. The report states …

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