Module 3: Background on Japanese Internment

The enemy alien problem on the Pacific Coast, or much more accurately the Fifth Column problem, is very serious and it is very special. What makes it so serious and so special is that the Pacific Coast is in imminent danger of a combined attack from within and from without…

It is a fact that since the outbreak of the Japanese war there has been no important sabotage on the Pacific Coast…

There will be no armed uprising of Japanese.

[T]he successful prosecution of the war requires every possible protection against espionage and against sabotage…

[T]he successful prosecution of the war requires every possible protection against espionage and against sabotage…

Now, therefore, I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of War to prescribe military areas from which any or all persons may be excluded, and with respect to which, the right of any person to enter, remain in, or leave shall be subject to whatever restrictions the Secretary of War may impose.

Provide services with respect to the management, leasing, sale, storage or other disposition of most kinds of property including real estate, business and professional equipment, household goods, boats, automobiles, livestock, etc.

All items carried will be securely packaged, tied and plainly marked with the name of the owner and numbered in accordance with instructions received at the Civil Control Station.

No contraband items as described in paragraph 6, Public Proclamation No. 3, Headquarters Western Defense Command and Fourth Army, dated March 24, 1942, will be carried.

All instructions pertaining to the movement will be obtained at the Civil Control Station.