Over-all plan for evacuation of Japanese

WESTERN DEFENSE COMMAND AND FOURTH ARMY

Office of Assistant Chief of Staff, Civil Affairs Division

WARTIME CIVIL CONTROL ADMINISTRATION

1231 Market STREET

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

Telephone KLONDIKE 2-2611

April 13,1942

Overnall Plan for Evacuation of Japanese

le The general plan is to move the Japanese to the

nearest Assembly Center or Reception Center if sufficient

housing is available therein. This "lan contemplates:

ae Transportation of "ersons over a mini-~

mum distancee

be A- given community or type of occupation

#roup in a single Center.

Ce Movement of persons to Centers which are

climatically similar to the area in which

they normally have residedce

ad. Priority in evacuation in accordance With

recormendations of Sector Commancers when

practicable.

2e Tne states now being considered for0x00B0evacuation have

been divided into areas in which certain social and economic factors

prevail. These areas are snown graphically on the attached mans

marked "Exhibit A". A description of these general evacuation areas

With the distribution of the Japanese population therein and the pro-

yosed redistribution of that population to Assembly Centcrs are shown

on "Exhibit BY'. The distribution of the over-all Japanese povulation

is shown on the attached census maps marked "Exhibit Ci,

3e At tne oresent time movements are being made in accord=

ance with the above general plan to take acvantage of construction

facilities as they become available in the respective Assembly Centers

and Reccption Centcrs. As nearly all of the Assembly Ccntcrs will be

available at approximately the samc timc, the evacuation of the Jap=

ancse population will, in thc near futurc, be almost simulteneously

executcd. In the actual exccution, however, urgent military nec-

essitics will be given prime considcretion = the apdlication of. the

plan

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4, It is oxpectcd that the maximum numbcr of cvacuccs

"hich onc Control Tconm will be able to move out in onc day from any

unit arce will notaxcccd five hundrcd pcrsons,. Tho number to be

rceecived by onc Contcr in a day will be bascd on an average of onc

thousnnd persons or the product of to Control Tcams' daily opera-

tionse

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5e Tho specific time that movements from | particular

aren to 2 specific Contcr will be cffectcd cannot be dctcrmincd

at this timc in vicw of the current rotc of completion of con-

struction and assombling of supplics. As arrangements arc com=

plotcd at the scoveral Ccntcrs to rcecive evacuces, full advantage

will bc tnrken immodiatcly to move thercto on appropriatc numbcr

of cvacuccse It is contomplatcd thit construction of Acscmbly

CGcntors will be complctcd about April 20, 1942. Considering the

suoply robloms involvcd in cquipping and stocking comps, as well

as thc dcmands to be madc on transportation frcilitics, it is cx-

pcetcd that cvncuntion of all Japanese now residing in Military

Arce Noe 1 from thcir prcescnt rcsidcnecs to Asscmbly Ccntcrs or

to Roccption Ccntcrs will be complctcd not Intcr than May 20, 1942.

Karl Re Bendctscn

Coloncl, Gcncral Staff Corps

Assistant Chicf of Staff

Civil Affairs Division

3 inclosurcs

i] = "Exhibit At (1), Map of

Cole; (2) Map of Wash. and Orcgone

+2 -| "Exhibit Btt Population

Distribution.

#3 ~ "Exhibit Cc" (1) Map of Washe

(2) Mnp of Orcgon, (3) Map

of Californian,

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