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TREASURY DEPARTMENT Wa s h i n g t on FOR RELEASE, MORNING NEWSPAPERS, F r i d a y , Ma r c h 1 5 , 1946 Pres» Service N o . V -2 5 9 The T r e a s u r y D e p a r t m e n t t o d a y a n n o u n c e d t h e i s s u a n c e o f P u b l i c C i r c u l a r No. 29, wh ic h* w i t h c e r t a i n e x c e p t i o n s , has the e f f e c t o f u n b l o c k i n g t h e a c c o u n ts o f p e r s o n s p a r o l e d or r e l e a s e d from internment. During the war, a large n u m ber o f person s were interned in t h i s c o u n t r y a n d , u n d e r E x e c u t i v e O r d e r No. 8 3 8 9 , as a m e n d e d , t h e T r e a s u r y D e p a r t m e n t im p o s e d c e r t a i n b l o c k i n g r e s t r i c t i o n s u p o n t h e i r a c c o u n t s and o t h e r a s s e t s t o p r e v e n t t h e i r u t i l i s a t i o n i n a n y m anner harmful t o the p u b l i c i n t e r e s t . M any o f th e i n t e r n e e s h a v e now b e e n p a r o l e d or r e l e a s e d by t he D ep a rtm en t o f J u s t i c e . C o n s e q u e n tly , w i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n o f t h o s e who h a v e b e e n r e l e a s e d i n t o t h e c u s t o d y o f I m m i g r a t i o n a n d N a t u r a l i z a t i o n S e r v i c e f o r *d e p o r t a t i o n p r o c e e d i n g s a n d t h o * e who h a v e h e e n r e q u i r e d t o l e a v e t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s b y a " r e m o v a l o r d e r " i s s u e d p u r s u a n t t o P r e s i d e n t i a l P r o c l a m a t i o n , t h e new c i r c u l a r r e s t o r e s all - f o rm e r i n t e r n e e s t o t h e s t a t u s under E x e c u t i v e O r d e r No. 8 3 8 9 , as a m en d ed , w h ic h t h e y had p r i o r t o t h e i r in te r n m e n t. -o o O o o -