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In article <SMITTIE.92Nov10192842@beach.csulb.edu>, on 11 Nov 1992 03:28:47 GMT,
smittie@beach.csulb.edu (Smittie) writes:

>
>>>Is there any documentation to support this, or is this your opinion only ?
>
>This question was asked, I assume, in reference to where or not 1/3 of the
>people were really not US citizens. While I don't have the numbers handy I
>remember that about 40,000 of those incarcerated were not US citizens. If Gann
>is still around he can probably verify the number for us.
>
>>I suspect it may be more accurate to describe them as aliens rather
>>than enemy aliens.
>
>In actuality the American government called all people of Japanese citizenship
>enemy aliens. "Enemy" refers to the fact that the nation Japan was an enemy.
>
>smittie 
Although I don't have exact figures in front of me (my library and
other materials are at work), more than 2/3 of those interned were
native-born American citizens--the US was the country of their birth.
This figure is confirmed by records in the National Archives...don't
make me dig for it... :-)

Gann