Where can I obtain the contents of the “Executive Order 9066”?
Right Here! E.O. 9066 is also included in the Baker books and probably others relating to the Japanese relocation. The E.O is a rather simple and straightforward order (only one page long) in which President Roosevelt gave to the Secretary of War and military commanders to whom the Secretary of War had delegated authority, the power to exclude any and all persons, citizens and aliens, from designated areas in order to provide security against sabotage, espionage, and fifth column activity. (The order never singled out Japanese or Japanese-Americans. It applied to “any and all persons” the military wished to apply it to, whether alien or citizen).
