Internment Archives

Alien Roundup

Document 00015, Page 001

Document Notes: The first 100 pages of the FBI file dealing with the initial round up in Los Angeles after Pearl Harbor. Gives insight to Pres. Warrants, the details of apprehensions etc. THE MOST IMPORTANT DOCS ARE ON P. 42-45 IN WHICH IT IS REPORTED THAT CURTIS MUNSON THINKS CITIZENS SHOULD BE ROUNDED UP. Munson is the expert widely quoted in Personal Justice Denied as believing that there was no loyalty problems. When push came to shove, he thought Japanese American U.S. citizens were half the problem

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Number of Pages: 100

Date: 7 December 1941

Bibliographic Info: Doc 00015