you can see a letter from john franklin carter who was the leader of this group. he went to the west coast in the middle of 1941. he reported that japanese communities were overwhelmingly loyal and very anxious to prove their american citizenship. still, the president and his advisors were taking no chances and were very ready to believe any kind of rumor. the justice department compiled the abc list with names of people for roundup in case of war. these people were selected not because of any evidence about their personal activities, there wasn't any. simply because the nature of their position. community leaders, buddhist priests, led the government to suspect them of disloyalty. in november of 1941, several weeks before pearl harbor, the attorney general francis announced that the government had finished building concentration camps and was ready to undertake wholesale roundups of japanese aliens and segregate them for a temporary period. let me be clear, i don't think there was any fixed and settled plan by the american government for mass action against all j

you can see a letter from john franklin carter, who was the leader of this group. carter's agent went to the west coast of the president's request in the middle of 1941. he reported that japanese communities, especially the young nisei, were overwhelmingly loyal and very anxious to prove their american citizenship. but still, the president and his advisors were taking no chances and were ready to believe any kind of rumor. the justice department compiled the so-called "abc list," with names of people for roundup in case of war. these people were selected not because of any evidence about their personal activities -- there wasn't any. but simply because the nature of their position. community leaders, buddhist priests, businessmen, led the government to suspect them of disloyalty in case of war. then in november of 1941, several weeks before pearl harbor, the attorney general announced that the government had finished building what he called concentration camps and was prepared to undertake wholesale roundups of japanese aliens and segregate them for what he called