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SECNAV
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THE PRESIDENT
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SUBJ: DEPORTMENT, EVERY MAN’S DUTY
IT IS INCUMBENT ON ALL OFFICERS TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES WITH DIGNITY AND DECORUM IN THEIR TREATMENT OF THE JAPANESE AND THEIR PUBLIC UTTERANCES IN CONNECTION WITH THE JAPANESE. THE JAPANESE ARE STILL THE SAME NATION WHICH INITIATED THE WAR BY A TREACHEROUS ATTACK ON THE PACIFIC FLEET AND WHICH HAS SUBJECTED OUR BROTHERS IN ARMS WHO BECAME PRISONERS TO TORTURE, STARVATION AND MURDER. HOWEVER, THE USE OF INSULTING EPITHETS IN CONNECTION WITH THE JAPANESE AS A RACE OR AS INDIVIDUALS DOES NOT NOW BECOME THE OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY. OFFICERS IN THE PACIFIC FLEET WILL TAKE STEPS TO REQUIRE OF ALL PERSONNEL UNDER THEIR COMMAND A HIGH STANDARD OF CONDUCT IN THIS MATTER. NEITHER FAMILIARITY NOR ABUSE AND VITUPERATION SHOULD BE PERMITTED.
C. W. NIMITZ, FLT ADMIRAL, USN