Disposition Authorities for Individual Classifications for Headquarters Case Files. Part B: Classification 107. Denaturalization Proceedings.

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Disposition Authorities for Individual Classifications for Headquarters Case Files. Part B: Classification 107. Denaturalization Proceedings.

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The FBI established this classification June 28, 1944, for investigations of naturalized citizens of the United States who allegedly had engaged in activities which indicated they were loyal to another government. At the request of the Attorney General, the FBI field Offices submitted names and information concerning potential candidates for denaturalization. Most of the cases opened in 1944-46 and involved persons who alledgedly were pro-Japanese. Some Japanese-Americans voluntarily renounced their citizenship with the intention of being repatriated to Japan. The classification was declared obsolete in 1952.

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