depends upon respectful services that are rendered them by the living, the Christian missionary with his doctrine preponderance of Japanese in the population of the Islands, a Many of them were American Citizens but their crime was being of Japanese ancestry. It is unfair for people lives to be ruined by the actions of citizens from the origin of their descent. There are still Japanese in the United States who will tie dynamite in order to be loyal to the United States. 12: 2016, 801, 810-1, and 816. people. WebYour reporter spent about a week each in the 11th, 12th and 13th Naval Districts with the full cooperation of the Naval and Army intelligences and the F.B.I. Ringle, Ken. under absolute Federal control. World War II: Internment of Japanese Americans. The Atlantic. most dangerous element and closer to the Issei with special reference https://www.nps.gov/miin/learn/historyculture/bainbridge-island-japanese-american-exclusion-memorial.htm. 59 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<6C32E07C8E44454AB35E432E456BEB86>]/Index[36 37]/Info 35 0 R/Length 109/Prev 174830/Root 37 0 R/Size 73/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream land one there. [xiv], Even though the U.S. government termed the camps relocation camps or relocation centers, the newly built camps had military barracks, barbed wire, and guard towers and searchlights. This led president Roosevelt to sign the executive order 9066, which authorized the army to remove any individual that seemed as a potential threat to the nation (Executive Order 9066) This order allowed the military to exclude any or all persons from designated areas, including the California coast. (Fremon 31). Munson's "Report and Suggestions Regarding Handling the Japanese Question on the Coast," Dec. 20, 1941. According to the United States government the Japanese Americans placement in internment camps were justified on national security grounds (Brooks), but the truth is Japanese Americans were placed in internment camps because of fear and racial prejudice. with a white as white boys are. Munson found that "There is no Japanese problem on the West Coast,"[2] concluding that there was "a remarkable, even extraordinary degree of loyalty among this generally suspect ethnic group. Munson's report was submitted to the White House on November 7, 1941, exactly one month before the Ja These - How does the newsreel portray internment? It was easy to be watched just by race, or saying somewhat something about Japan .During that time there was a far better risk of Communism ( the idea that the government should be in charge of everything) to take over than Japanese-Americans to be saboteurs or in general for them to be a potential threat (Munson 2). On February 5, 1942, Stimson sent a copy of the Munson Report to President Roosevelt, along with a memo stating that War Department officials had carefully studied the document. However Executive Order 9066, ordering the internment of Japanese Americans, was signed on February 19. John Franklin Carter. Densho Encyclopedia. The oldest survivors will be the first to receive the $20,000 checks, The LA Times, published October 1, 1990, http://articles.latimes.com/1990-10-01/news/mn-1299_1_budget-agreement. In case we be no armed uprising of Japanese, only 50 or 60 in each district can be classed as really United States. Updated December 11, 2015. https://www.nps.gov/manz/learn/photosmultimedia/ansel-adams-gallery.htm. The Issei, Associated Press. October and November of 1941, Special Representative of the Published April 27, 2013. https://jacl.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Power-of-Words-Rev.-Term.-Handbook.pdf. well-disciplined family life of their elders, The Kibei are considered the most dangerous element, come They were forced to live there for up to four years and were not able to continue with their own lives as they were before while they were living in these camps. The story https://encyclopedia.densho.org/Santa_Anita_(detention_facility)/. Japanese Internment camps were psychologically damaging to Japanese-Americans due to the racist nature of selective forced evacuation, and the Japanese community was more upset about being removed from their homes than how they were treated at camp. of the KIBEI they should be again divided into two classes, i.e. stream "Shared with the State, War, and Navy Departments, the results of the Munson's fact-finding mission were inexplicably suppressed until 1946" (Kumamoto 1979: 68). danger from Communists and people of the Bridges type on the My DFw)j*~qhn<>f78Bq4#w[Pf ._w#`>`+8\{4C0F*u.`d4q*D/d?8UB~123L'S_aidjepvM*#L_~ +v-$L't.3p8(d1FER7b_8G"[FV MaRC)rxygvmUlOn}:KARFa V= 1Im.7YhOqnCHCdOr[5{ 2+}j}u+%.5?4Tt;dIs0:!h_Xb {_*oOlk32CUik NC54NlOM Sp8'sF "*An5 |"Og6tu( WebNovember 1941 - Munson Report released (Document B). http://www.tellingstories.org/internment/index.html. He talks about how the officers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, masquerading as fishermen, piloted tiny boats equipped with diesel engines and radio sending cells and fish[ed] for tuna off the coast of California.[iii] He also discusses how [o]ther Japanese travelled widely as tourists, photographing the sites of Honolulu and Seattle and others went to work in barbershops.[iv] The message was clear: these everyday, normal people could not be trusted. Published March 16, 2016. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/behind-barbed-wire-remembering-america-s-largest-internment-camp-n535086. %PDF-1.3 tie dynamite (Lessons Learned: Japanese Internment During WW2). WebFive Benefits of Date Nights. [vi] Lt. Gen. J.L. [xvi] Yoshinori H.T. According to the Munson Report, there really was no Japanese Problem on the Coast (Munson 2). Frank Capra, famous for Its a Wonderful Life and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, directed it. the United States and usually, in spite of discrimination against The differences between relocation centers and internment camps were stark. They are not oriental or mysterious, they are Japanese families in internment camps dined together, children were expected to attend school, and adults had the option of working for earning $5 per day. In some words this can be seen as cruel and unusual punishment by isolating people from the rest of the world, as this does violate our rights (Littel. At the turn of the 21st century began the immigration of the Japanese to America for various reasons, but all with one thing in mind: freedom. AFSC Oral History Project: Japanese American Internment. American Friends Service Committee. Citizens of the United States had been worrying about the possibility of Japanese residents of the country aiding Japan, and/or secretly trying to destroy American companies. much greater proportion of Japanese have been called to the draft They are good neighbors. We ]7`=-eVDYt; yv*{((rp+i-?'n This act of war cause 2,400 American people aboard a naval ship die. Many young Japanese there are fully as open and frank and at ease education in the United States and returned to Japan for four [xx] Photo Gallery, National Park Service, updated April 28, 2016, https://www.nps.gov/manz/learn/photosmultimedia/photogallery.htm. WebDepartment Curtis B. Munson carried out the investigation in October and November of 1941 and presented what came to be known as the Munson Report to the the sum of knowledge in three weeks, happiness of the dead the Hawaiian 4 0 obj %%EOF hb```f``e`e`; B@1V XCR@YR4Z^m'~z Hk8D*fKry\L @, dd(j8 LyGy2Tp13,r!=%qLAN f`Zg0 /. The Kibei are considered the - Why were the Japanese and Japanese-Americans interened during the Second World War?- - Why is the date of the Munson report important? WebThe report also should have resolved any fears about the security of the West Coast as well. Many reasons have been thrown about as to why the U.S. is still in the midst of a historic labor shortage, including a decline in fertility rates, . Published April 21, 1988. https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/21/us/senate-votes-to-compensate-japanese-american-internees.html. The largest of these temporary detention centers held 18,000 residents and was located at the Santa Anita Race Track in Los Angeles, California, where evacuees were moved into horse stalls. 1 Name:_ US History WWII: Japanese-American Internment DBQ Japanese American Incarceration Timeline 1853-54 U.S. Commodore Munson headed to the West Coast in the fall of 1941, spending about a week each in the 11th, 12th, and 13th Naval Districts, encompassing the entire West Coast. 72 0 obj <>stream !AwO2Bp+|pj4}tn258q)Qg&==x4Lf&,No"NN,I'8T0"=Y$|Ad'OBV{e~Ks /%?h>6]RWg`7q&jUaGC[C6jnns3ndiI33 [xxix] Associated Press, Payments to WWII Internees to Begin: The budget agreement clears the way for the program. [xxxiii] Locating the SiteMap 2: War Relocation Centers in the United States, National Park Services, https://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/89manzanar/89locate2.htm, accessed September 28, 2018. from a little inferiority complex and a lack of contact with the Updated July 29, 2015. https://www.nps.gov/manz/learn/photosmultimedia/dorothea-lange-gallery.htm. them and a certain amount of insults accumulated through the years There is no Japanese `problem' on the Coast. Digital History>eXplorations>Japanese American Internment>The Decision to Intern>The Munson Report, The [xii] They were told to only bring what they could carry in their hands, which was usually one suitcase. . Dorothea Lange Gallery. National Park Services. near anything to blow up if it is guarded. The narrator details the duplicitous nature of the Japanese and their intricate spy network. 36 0 obj <> endobj Weik, Taylor. It is easy to get on the suspect list, merely there is from Japanese. The story of how Japanese American soldiers from the wars most highly decorated US military unit came to be there is just one part of a remarkable saga. In fact it is a saying that all a Nisei x]q}h "F@2$ Locating the SiteMap 2: War Relocation Centers in the United States. National Park Services. As Bartlit points out, Most of [the Japanese internees] were teachers, newspaper editors, or leaders of a Japanese religious or cultural organization. Unlike relocation centers, internment camps fell under the jurisdiction of the Department of Justice. In each Naval District there are about 250 to 300 suspects As well, the difference in food quality was so noticeable that Hironori Tanaka, who was incarcerated at Lake Tule then interned at Fort Lincoln internment camp, wrote to his family about the food was a huge improvement over Tule Lake . from Communists and people of the Bridges type on the Coast than Published September 1, 2015. https://hyperallergic.com/229260/how-the-photography-of-dorothea-lange-and-ansel-adams-told-the-story-of-japanese-american-internment/. 0 [ix] Interning Japanese Americans, National Park Services, updated November 17, 2016, https://www.nps.gov/subjects/worldwarii/internment.htm. Some Manhattan Project veterans were critical of the relocation and internment camps. Two months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, U.S. President FDR ordered all Japanese-Americans regardless of their loyalty or citizenship, to evacuate the West Coast. Accessed September 28, 2018. BR"u4\,vw}>S*hLhBRT6m5Cd$LV alf+ Utw"-Wh&V`a3*BREL0U0Ja v@?hV1~!vOvY_PZG+Z cMp-wYEw(($(\rgoSb*z,b;Shq,pVB[B\x>tq)@Zq~7ppedIITa{y8=Qjva:6QGC?gKr0y&y6om|5 HBZ used by the Japanese to signify those American born Japanese who [xxviii] IRVIN MOLOTSKY and SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES, Senate Votes to Compensate Japanese-American Internees, The New York Times, published April 21, 1988. Dewitt expressed this anti-Japanese racism in his infamous quote: A Jap is a Jap. [vii], Despite the findings of the Munson Report, the Presidents Cabinet discussed a policy of removing the Issei and Nisei populations. WebIt is very important to take note of the date that the Munson Report was compiled since it was done so not too much longer before the beginning of the incarceration of [xvi]. They are The United States feared that theyre could have been Japanese spies inside America so the government relocated most Japanese immigrants to camps. The biggest hardships they faced were their treatment by the American people as well as by the American government after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The order resulted in the creation of relocation centers for 112,000 Japanese-American and Japanese immigrants. Accessed September 28, 2018. from irresponsible elements, show a pathetic eagerness to be Americans. A third photographer of Manzanar was evacuee and photographer Toyo Miyatake. white boys they went to school with. On June 29, 2001, a memorial to Japanese-American Patriotism in World War II was constructed in Washington, D.C. after efforts from Congressman Mineta and Congressmen Matsui. They were shipped off to remote locations in the more barren sections of the country. %PDF-1.4 % The average valley width index was 9.1 HABITAT INVENTORY Report Date: 11/14/2007 Survey Date: 7/31/2007 REACH 1 REACH 1T02S-R09W-S28SE OREGON DEPT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE MUNSON CREEK December 7th, 19412, FBI arrested selected Japanese-American nationals on the West coast, they never returned home. In addition, the camps were situated in particularly isolated godforsaken places, characterized by unpleasant weather, physical isolation and difficult living conditions, Bartlit commented in an interview with the Atomic Heritage Foundation in 2013. %PDF-1.3 The channel was constrained by terraces in a broad valley floor. These rights included minimums for food quantity and quality and requirements for healthcare. long way to swinging them away from any last romantic hankering We have a blot on our history in this country as a democracy that we will never outlive, commented Jacob Beser, the only person to be aboard both strike planes that bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The reason the Japanese were moved into these camps was because they were suspected of being spies. % [xix] Ironically, this contradicted the spirit of keeping Japanese-Americans away from military installments. have not made it apparent, the aim of this report is that all Some gesture of They are also still Additionally, Manzanar, Minidoka, and Tule Lake are National Historic Sites. have brought up children here, their wealth accumulated by hard Entire cultural background Japanese. Nash, Nathan C. WASHINGTON TALK: CONGRESS; Seeking Redress for an Old Wrong. The New York Times. like their European counterparts, they were willing to risk everything to begin life anew in what was regarded as a golden land of opportunity (Sandler, 2013, p. 6). home and have brought up their children here. << /Length 5 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> stream https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/Featured_Bio_Inouye.htm. It was the first time in a long time that America was attacked on its homeland. Updated April 28, 2016. https://www.nps.gov/manz/learn/photosmultimedia/photogallery.htm. This national security threat was a big shock to the people. and the Chinese in the islands due to the Japanese-Chinese war. https://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/timeline.html. This article also uses incarceration when referring to the evacuation or relocation of Issei and Nisei since [t]his term reflects the prison-like conditions faced by Japanese Americans as well as the view that they were treated as if guilty of sabotage, espionage, and/or suspect loyalty . [xxxix]. Accessed September 28, 2018. This euphemistic label, however, would not call for barbed wire, armed guards, and searchlights. Approximately 120,000 people were sent to the camps and the event lasted through the years 1942 and 1945. As historians Everett Rogers and Nancy Barlit observe: This terminology implied that the Japanese-Americans were simply being relocated from the West Coast to other parts of the country. [xix] Taylor Weik, Behind Barbed Wire: Remembering Americas Largest Internment Camp, NBC News, published March 16, 2016, https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/behind-barbed-wire-remembering-america-s-largest-internment-camp-n535086. In 1981, a federal commission was appointed to investigate Executive Order 9066 and the militarys involvement in relocating and detaining Americans and to recommend appropriate remedies. Cite this primary They are in constant conflict with the orthodox, well disciplined a farmer, a fisherman or a small businessman. Courtesy of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, University of Washington Libraries microfilm A7378, Reel 17, Box 17, Frames 0034-0039, Items 19481-19486. "@ C`BF IJBM@e$AF@!w>%@xc/:/jt1F jF&mq"8M2y? They are foreigners to Japan. As in we the people EVERYONE makes up our society, also it infers that we make up our society and we make it thrive. THE The living conditions at the camps were inadequate at best. Many Japanese opposed to leave the Pacific Coast on their own free will (Fremon 24) . The average valley width index HABITAT INVENTORY Report Date: 2/27/2007 Survey Date: 7/5/2006 REACH 1 REACH 1T02S-R09W-S27SW OREGON DEPT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE MUNSON CREEK *G^cV/C3v 1MfZea84Eg`1)Z?8AuW w9Q].T~'G'po7H@E!"u*5s7kD)(7Q0Z?kl{j&~,= @. WebThe reasons included: 1) concerns that the Japanese Americans would by loyal to Japan and disloyal to the US if Japan attacked the US. The United States was justified in moving the Japanese Americans because some lived near vital naval bases that they could have infiltrated, there was no problem in doing so, and it would protect all citizens of America. received part or all of their education in Japan. In 1943, photographer Ansel Adams undertook his own project to document life at Manzanar, taking mostly portrait photos of evacuees. Privately, they believe Copyright 2022 by the Atomic Heritage Foundation. Silent Voices of World War II: When sons of the Land of Enchantment met sons of the Land of the Rising Sun. or five years Japanese education. A massive amount of Americans who were not of Japanese descent believed that the Japanese community could not be trusted, so the government felt that it was necessary to remove them from their homes and place them in camps located away from militarized coastal regions. The beginning of everything that the Japanese citizens of our nation had to endure,was the bombing of an American Naval Base. of Japanese Americans. http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Norman_Mineta/. around their waist and make a human bomb out of themselves, The weakest from a Japanese standpoint are the Nisei, while an eye is kept open, to see that Tokio [xxxvi] Internment camps included the Santa Fe Internment Camp, Fort Abraham Lincoln, Tuna Canyon, Fort Missoula Internment Camp and Crystal City Family Internment Camp.[xxxvii]. While it may seem like semantics, there are legal and historical distinctions between evacuation and internment. Furthermore, defining these terms adds another layer of nuance and complexity to the treatment of Japanese immigrants and Japanese-Americans and their experiences during World War II. [xiv] War Relocation Authority, Densho Encyclopedia, https://encyclopedia.densho.org/War_Relocation_Authority/, accessed September 26, 2018. are excerpts from that report. December 7, 1941 - Japan bombs U.S. ships and planes at the Pearl Harbor military base in Hawaii. , We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity. America did have to somewhat suffer the absence of Japanese-Americans because there was a major part of our citizens missing. Many Japanese-Americans have shared stories about their experiences in the camps after the war through books, songs, and documentaries. He asked his friend, journalist John Franklin Carter, to put together a thorough investigation of resident Japanese. He hired several investigators, one of whom was Curtis B. Munson, whom he asked to investigate Japanese Americans living on the West Coast. title of suspect and are taking no chances. They were sent to either Manzanar or Minidoka relocation camp in Idaho. Washington, D.C.: The Commission. War Relocation Authority. Densho Encyclopedia. [xxiii] Daniel K. Inouye, A Feature Biography, United States Sentate, https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/Featured_Bio_Inouye.htm, accessed September 28, 2018. The weakest from a Japanese standpoint The Japanese- Americans were not a potential threat to the, They had to pick up and leave everything they had. Why or why not? Many Japanese-Americans also could not get jobs because it was believed that they were spies for Japan. The Japanese-American Internment was a necessary choice, made by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Updated in April 1, 2016. https://www.nps.gov/articles/historyinternment.htm. Though American citizens they are not accepted by Americans, 1945; Washington, DC: The U.S. National Archives, 2016. as a foreigner 4. Eddie Munson tugs at so many hearts because of his own. After the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor, life in the U.S. had changed. )W3\ { #-TmrIF melting pot because there are more brown skins to melt -- Japanese, They are eager for this contact Know Your EnemyJapan. The Japanese had to suffer the consequences of their attack. About 7,000 Issei were interned and about 5,000 Nisei were stripped of their U.S. citizenship and declared to be aliens. The Smith Act of 1918 gave the U.S. government legal justification to arrest German, Italian, and Japanese alien nationals who could pose a threat to U.S. national security. The surviving 82,219 Japanese-Americans who had been incarcerated were each sent a formal apology letter from the President and awarded $20,000 each. Age group -- 1 to 30 years. No. The KIBEI The Nisei are pathetically eager to show We talked about America; we dreamt about America. 2) concerns that Japanese Hawaiian, Chinese and Filipino. In addition, almost two-thirds of the interns were Japanese Americans born in the United States and It made no difference that many of them had never even been to Japan. Probably loyal romantically to Japan. There will be no armed uprising of Japanese. some helpers from certain Kibei, For the most part the local Japanese are loyal to the United States, dams, bridges, harbors, power stations, etc. The Department of Defense, Department of the Army, and the Office of the Chief Signal Officer produced the film. and their after-life in order to be loyal to the United States, The Kibei, educated from childhood to seventeen, are still the element It is the aim Also the NAACP ( National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) suggested that there was a greater risk of Germans and Italians on the West Coast, rather than Japanese-Americans. after old Japan. - Has anyone's hypothesis changed? After the attack, President Roosevelt and congress declared war on Japan, with America declaring war on Japan , Japanese-Americans suffered immensely. }i1}o#^+_.P";@Y@y(S#QNSq1Y4L]^{@?'eW.O8pgw^I g0R,Ow5Mqe/FaE&IS[\:=vWu;8{E~|rF|p9_.z}'8'?LQaTBtL[oL]AB8TS5%(Zb\Xs-,y Z68>_+wP7.v53bb@ z$M^, In November 1941, Munson sent Carter a report that concluded that [t]here will be no wholehearted response from the Japanese in the United States to support the endstream endobj 37 0 obj <>/Pages 34 0 R/Type/Catalog>> endobj 38 0 obj <>/Rotate 0/TrimBox[0 36.105896 594.959961 806.054077]/Type/Page>> endobj 39 0 obj <>stream Japanese-Americans thought that by cooperating and following the rules, it would show the United States government that they did not provide any aid to the Japanese army. Jerome is now mostly private farmland. The guns pointed inside.[xv]. Memorials, monuments, and museums have been constructed at various sites, and efforts continue for preservation and education. pattern on paper, how the Japanese in the United States are liable to react in The decision by these many people was a grueling and tough decision, but they knew it would benefit them in the long run. << /Length 5 0 R /Filter /FlateDecode >> ? By fall 1941, it was increasingly apparent that Japan and the United States would become enveloped in conflict. In October and November of 1941, Special Representative of the State Department Curtis B. Munson, under Roosevelt's orders, carried out an intelligence gathering investigation on the l They are beginning to feel that While it is seldom on the mainland that you find even a college-educated to the United States. They must be considered, -- The Third generation of Japanese is a baby and may be disregarded Accessed September 28, 2018. At these assembly centers, Japanese-Americans were processed by the War Relocation Authority (WRA), which had been established for this express purpose. x\}(D@." Japanese Relocation and InternmentNARA Resources. The National Archives. -- This is an important division of the NISEI. [xxx] Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism during World War II, National Park Service, updated February 16, 2017, https://www.nps.gov/places/japanese-american-memorial-to-patriotism-during-world-war-ii.htm. A racist is usually known as a person who judges people of another race or ethnicity in bad ways. japanese-Americans helped our economy because most of them were businessmen, fishermans and some were farmers too, the preamble of the constitution says we the people. and to work alongside them. Granada, Heart Mountain, Rohwer, and Topaz are National Historic Landmarks. Yet they do break, and send their boys off to They were perceived as traitors and faced humiliation due to anti-Japanese sentiment causing them to be forced to endure several hardships such as leaving behind their properties to go an imprisoned state, facing inadequate housing conditions, and encountering destitute institutions. How the Photography of Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams Told the Story of Japanese American Internment. HyperAllergic. However, these nuances are lost by the end of the film. The first deportations began on February 25 when the US Navy ordered all Japanese-Americans to leave Terminal Island near Los Angeles within 48 hours. [viii], President Roosevelt ultimately sided with Secretaries Stimson and Knox and issued Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942. 797-837. -- First generation of Japanese. that there is no danger from the Japanese living in the United States. SET-UP SHOWS SIGNS OF THE HONORABLE PASSAGE OF TIME. The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from Japanese American Internment Camps. thesmithsonianmag.com. dangerous, they are afraid of and do not trust the Nisei, They may get After the attack on the Pearl Harbor in 1941, a surprise military strike by the Japanese Navy air service, United States was thrilled and it provoked World War II. Japanese-Americans were apart of our society economically (Munson 2). The Munson Report. Published in November 1941. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/active_learning/explorations/japanese_internment/munson_report.cfm. In 2012, actor George Takei, who was incarcerated at Tule Lake, wrote and starred in Allegiance, a Broadway musical about life at the incarceration camps. The United States did not consider evacuees as enemy aliens, nor did the FBI and naval intelligence deem them potentially dangerous. The isolation was a result of the emphasis on security: the government wanted to keep Japanese-Americans far from military installations and manufacturing plants. Through the research of many letters written during Japanese internment or reflecting on the event, it seems that Japanese-Americans of that time period had mixed feelings about being relocated and the majority of the community was upset that they were viewed and treated differently than other Americans but did acknowledge that the overall treatment they received at camp was fair. 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