ABSTRACT
Once the second U.S.–Japanese exchange was completed, the U.S. State
Department immediately suggested a third. Tokyo was less interested than
before, however, and delayed a third exchange by protesting the poor treatment
of non-official Japanese nationals, especially at Tule Lake. As might be expected,
many of the non-officials who had been repatriated to Japan during the first and
second exchanges had either been housed in, or were even located by means of
interviews conducted at the war relocation centers. Therefore, a larger percentage
of the alleged infractions mentioned by the Japanese government during 1943
and 1944 took place in the war relocation centers. These accusations included
mistreatment of the old and infirm, abuse of Japanese nationals in Hawaii,
inadequate health care, mistreatment during transport, torture of Japanese
nationals, and forced labor.
