Memorandum for the Inspector General from the Executive to the Assistant Secretary of War with attached correspondence
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Two memoranda for Major General Virgil Peterson, The Inspector General, War Department from Colonel Scobey, Executive to the Assistant Secretary of War, on an incident at Fort Riley where Japanese American soldiers were put under guard during a visit by President Roosevelt. Attached are: a memorandum for Assistant Secretary of War John J. McCloy from Major General Peterson regarding inspection of Fort Riley after the incident aforementioned; a memorandum for Major General Peterson from Mr. McCloy forwarding an extract of a purported letter written by a Japanese American soldier that includes statements about the Fort Riley incident; and a copy of the extract of this letter; a letter to George Inagaki, Salt Lake City, Utah from Colonel Scobey about the position of Japanese Americans at the present time, a general policy of the War Department (for Japanese American soldiers?) and about Nisei soldiers held under guard during the President's visit (to Fort Riley, Kansas); and a letter to Colonel Scobey from George Inagaki reporting his volunteering for the Military Intelligence Service and commenting on Nisei and the Japanese American combat team being formed.
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