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| Keywords: Form letter included in case file exhibits - NARA - 292806.tif Scope and content This document was included in the case of the United States of America vs Kiyoshi Okamoto et al The prosecution of Okamoto et al Case 4930 stems directly from the Heart Mountain draft resistance movement that also resulted in the conviction of Shigeru Fujii and 62 others as documented in U S District Court Case 4928 Okamoto and his co-defendants members of the so-called Fair Play Committee were indicted for conspiring to assist other Heart Mountain residents in their challenge to War Relocation Authority policies and the Selective Service Act as it applied to relocation camp internees This letter to local Selective Service boards in California was apparently prepared as a model for internees to use to protest their eligibility for the draft General notes 292806 Local identifier U S District Court for the District of Wyoming 1892 - NARA's Rocky Mountain Region Denver NRGA Building 48 Denver Federal Center West 6th Avenue and Kipling Street Denver CO 80225-0307 1944 Record group Record Group 21 Records of District Courts of the United States 1685 - 2004 Record group ARC 350 Criminal Case Files compiled 1890 - 1949 Series ARC 292789 File unit United States of America vs Kiyoshi Okamoto et al 1943 - 1944 File unit ARC 292804 Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NRG-21-E9-4930-EXHIBIT2 yes Other versions NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Heart Mountain War Relocation Center Japanese American internment Courts of the United States Draft registration cards 1944 | ||||