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Distressed Seamen or Internees?

Distressed Seamen or Internees?

by GAIC_Admin | Jul 19, 2016 | Breaking News, F.B.I. Reports, Seamen, U.S. Department of Justice

On January 19, 1939, having scuttled their boat off Cuba to avoid its capture by the British, German sailors from the luxury liner, the S.S. Columbus, were brought to Angel Island, California, March 1, 1940. At first these internees were labeled “distressed seamen...

FBI Records on Custodial Detention Arrests in 1943

by GAIC_Admin | Jan 26, 2016 | F.B.I. Reports

Click the Link to visit the FBI’s ‘Vault’ document library. (This will open in a new window) This site is not affiliated with GAIC.info
16 July 1943 DOJ memo, declaring Custodial Detention Lists “Inherently unreliable”

16 July 1943 DOJ memo, declaring Custodial Detention Lists “Inherently unreliable”

by GAIC_Admin | Jan 26, 2016 | F.B.I. Reports, U.S. Department of Justice

16 July 1943 memo. Francis Biddle, Attorney General to Hugh B. Cox, Assistant AG and J.E. Hoover, FBI, declaring custodial detention lists “inherently unreliable” and stating they should not be used. Download: 16 Jul 1943 ltr Biddle_Custod_detention...
FBI Bulletin No. 69, 25 November, 1942, Part IA – Custodial Detention Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

FBI Bulletin No. 69, 25 November, 1942, Part IA – Custodial Detention Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

by GAIC_Admin | Jan 26, 2016 | F.B.I. Reports

FBI Bulletin No. 69, 25 November, 1942, part IA – Custodial Detention Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; First Series 1942; http://foia.fbi (website with specific bulletin no longer found) — orders families interned, if they wish to join family...
6 Jun 1942, Memorandum between War and Justice Departments on Enforcement of Contraband

6 Jun 1942, Memorandum between War and Justice Departments on Enforcement of Contraband

by GAIC_Admin | Jan 26, 2016 | F.B.I. Reports, U.S. Department of Justice

6 Jun 1942, Memorandum between War and Justice Departments on Enforcement of Contraband, Curfew and Travel Regulations in the Western Defense Command; signed by Ennis and Assistant Chief of Staff, War Department  
4 Jun 1942, FBI memo, Report on N. J. L. Pieper meetings

4 Jun 1942, FBI memo, Report on N. J. L. Pieper meetings

by GAIC_Admin | Jan 26, 2016 | F.B.I. Reports

4 Jun 1942, FBI memo, Edward Tamm to Hoover — reports on N. J. L. Pieper meetings with Ennis and DeWitt  
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