Distressed Seamen or Internees?
On January 19, 1939, having scuttled their boat off Cuba to avoid its capture by the British, German sailors from […]
Read More ›FBI Records on Custodial Detention Arrests in 1943
Click the Link to visit the FBI’s ‘Vault’ document library. (This will open in a new window) This site is not affiliated […]
Read More ›
16 July 1943 DOJ memo, declaring Custodial Detention Lists "Inherently unreliable"
16 July 1943 memo. Francis Biddle, Attorney General to Hugh B. Cox, Assistant AG and J.E. Hoover, FBI, declaring custodial detention […]
Read More ›
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; First […]
Read More ›
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, Curfew and Travel Regulations in the Western Defense […]
Read More ›
4 Jun 1942, FBI memo, Report on N. J. L. Pieper meetings
4 Jun 1942, FBI memo, Edward Tamm to Hoover — reports on N. J. L. Pieper meetings with Ennis and DeWitt
Read More ›
2 Jun 1942, FBI Memo, Report on Meetings with Western Defense Command Alien Enemy Control, Department of State
2 Jun 1942, FBI memo, Pieper (San Francisco Special Agent in Charge) to Hoover — report on meetings with General […]
Read More ›
19 Mar 1942, FBI Notice "Final Disposition of Alien Enemy Cases"
Notice to FBI Field Office (San Francisco), 19 Mar 1942, from J. Edgar Hoover re: “final disposition of alien enemy cases”
Read More ›
22 Dec 1941 Memo, FBI to Attorney General
22 Dec 1941 memo, FBI to Attorney General discusses request of General DeWitt that police provide surveillance of enemy aliens in […]
Read More ›
FBI Report on Number of Aliens In Custody From J. Edgar Hoover to Major General Edwin Watson, 10 Dec 1941
J. Edgar Hoover to Major General Edwin Watson, 10 Dec 1941; Archival Document package “FDR and World War II,” Franklin D. Roosevelt […]
Read More ›