FBI SEATTLE 2-15-1942 4-45 PM KB
DIRECTOR
PEPE. RE ENEMY ALIEN CONTROL. THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY IS ECLUSIVE OF THE ORIGINAL APPREHENSIONS AND SEARCHES MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ORIGINAL CUSTODIAL DETENTION LIST. IT INCLUDES THOSE SEARCHES AND APPREHENSIONS CONDUCTED AND MADE AS AN OUTGROWTH OF INDIVIDUAL COMPLAINTS CONCERNING INDIVIDUAL ENEMY ALIENS AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS CONSIDERED AS SUBVERSIVE AND ORGANIZED FOR THE BENEFIT OF A FOREIGN POWER AND TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE U.S. THESE FIGURES INCLUDE ALL ACTIVITIES IN THE OFFICES WITHIN THE WESTERN DEFENSE COMMAND AND ARE CURRENT TO AND INCLUDING TWELVE O CLOCK NOON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15.
TOTAL JAPANESE RESIDENCES SEARCHED 1190
TOTAL ALIEN JAPANESE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY 813
TOTAL GERMAN RESIDENCES SEARCHED 99
TOTAL ALIEN GERMANS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY 79
TOTAL ITALIAN RESIDENCES SEARCHED 42
TOTAL ALIEN ITALIANS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY 18
GRAND TOTAL SEARCHES MADE 1331
ALL ALIENS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY DELIVERED TO THE IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE FOR FUTURE HEARINGS IN ACCORDANCE WITH EXISTING INSTRUCTIONS.
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FBI SAN FRANCISCO FEB. 17,1942 5-30 PM GWS
DIRECTOR
INSPECTOR GURNEA, SEATTLE
PIPE
ALIEN ENEMY CONTROL, INTERNAL SECURITY J. THE FOLLOWING JAPANESE ALIENS WERE APPREHENDED FEB. SIXTEEN, ON AUTHORITY OF US ATTORNEY.
KANICHI AATAO, SACRAMENTO, PRES. OF TOGO KAI, A MILITARY ORGANIZATION, ELDER IN THE BUDDHIST CHURCH, HAS CONTRIBUTED TO HEIMUSHA KAI, PURCHASED TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS JAPANESE GOVT. BONDS, MEMBER OF KENDO CLUB AND DIRECTOR JAPANESE ASSOC. MAS ITANO, SACRAMENTO, FOUND IN POSSESSION OF CAMERA, SHORT WAVE RADIO, PORTRAIT LENS, SPOT LIGHT AND BOOK OF INSTRUCTION ON WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY, MEMBER OF HEIMUSHA KAI. MASAE KITAGAWA, SACRAMENTO, RESIDED WITH ITANO AND HAD ACCESS TO ABOVE CONTRABAND. SUBJECT ALSO RESIDING WITH T. ODA AND HAD ACCESS TO TWENTY GAUGE SHOT GUN AND AMMUNITION, ALSO CAMERA AND SWORD. SUBJECT IS OFFICIAL OF NYK LINES AND ADMITTED IT TO BE SUBSIDIZED BY JAPANESE GOVT. IN INTERVIEW STATED THAT HE BEING CITIZEN OF JAPAN OWED ALLEGIANCE AND CERTAIN THINGS TO THAT GOVT. KIJU SATU, SACRAMENTO, SECTY. OF JAPANESE ASSOC., QUESTIONED AND INTERVIEW REVEAL SUBJECT VERY PRO JAPANESE AND LOYALTY TO US GOVT QUESTIONED. SHOEI ODA, RESERVE HF JWCER IN JAPANESE NAVY, MEMBER OF KANJA-KAI, NAVAL RESERVE ORGANIZATION AND HAD IN POSSESSION NUMEROUS PHOTOGRAPHS OF OTHER MEMBERS OF KANJA KAI. DOSABURO TAKEMOTO AND HIRONOSUKI MORIMOTO, SACRAMENTO, EQUIPMENT FOUND IN POSSESSION AT RESIDENCE OF BOTH, SIX CAMERAS, FIFTYONE ROLLS OF FILM, ONE FLASHLIGHT AND REFLECTOR, ONE CAMERA TRIPOD, FIFTY ROUNDS TWENTY TWO CALIBER AMUNITION, ONE TELEGRAPH KEY, THREE PAIRS BINOCULARS, NINETEEN FLASHLIGHTS, ONE HUNTING KNIFE. TAKAE HAMADA, SACRAMENTO, FOUND IN POSSESSION OF SIX SHOTGUN SHELLS AND ONE DAGGER, COLLECTOR FOR HEIMUSHA KAI AND DIRECTOR OF TOGO KAI. SUBJECTS LOYALTY TO U.S. QUESTIONED. ASIKI OKASAIKI, MILLS, CALIF., FOUND IN POSSESSION OF CAMERA, LANTERN, HEADLIGHT USABLE FOR SIGNALLING PURPOSES AND ONE LARGE KNIFE. TEITSUKE TAKSHOSHI, SACRAMENTO, FOUND IN POSSESSION OF FIVE REVOLVERS, SEVENTYONE ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION, TWO AERIAL BOMBS, THIRTEEN KNIVES, TWO SWORDS, A FENCING FOIL AND SIX MILITARY UNIFORMS. JIRO OKADA, SACRAMENTO, FOUND IN POSSESSION OF ONE HUNDRED TWO ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION, ONE PAIR BINOCULARS, LARGE KNIFE, DIRECTOR OF BUTOKU KAI, JAPANESE NAVAL ORGANIZATION, VERY PRO JAPANESE IN ATTITUDE. SEIGO TAKAI, RFD TWO, SACRAMENTO COUNTY, FOUND IN POSSESSION OF FIVE LARGE KNIVES, INSTRUCTOR FOR BUTOKA KAI, VERY PRO JAPANESE IN ATTITUDE. MANKI KUSAKABE, MILLS, CALIF., FOUND IN POSSESSION OF TWENTY TWO CALIBER REPEATING RIFLE. TOYOKICHI SADURADA, SACRAMENTO, STATED THAT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD HE FIGHT FOR U.S. AND WOULD DO NOTHING TO IMPEDE JAPANESE CONQUEST. ABOVE SUBJECTS BOOKED AT SACRAMENTO CITY JAIL ENROUTE TO I. AND N. SERVICE.
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