Scare stories about espionage and sabotage were circulated recklessly as J. Edgar Hoover said plainly that there was no need of a mass roundup. the commanding general of the Army of the west coast ordered a mass evacuation of all JapaneseAmericans to the interior of the country. A Japs a Jap. said Gen John L. DeWitt. and no distinction was observed between citizens and noncitizens. between the loyal and the disloyal. For the duration of the war. these people were penned in relocation centers. For most. it meant a loss of property and savings as well as a loss of liberty.
Identified stereotypes
Generalizing that all Japanese-Americans were disloyal and a security threat.