EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9066 (excerpt)
Authorizing
the Secretary of War to Prescribe Military Areas
"Whereas, The successful prosecution of
the war requires every possible protection against espionage and against
sabotage to national defense material, national defense premises and national
defense utilities... Now, therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me as
President of the United States, and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, l
hereby authorized and direct the Secretary of War, and the Military Commanders
whom he may from time to time designate, whenever he or any designated
Commander deem such action necessary or desirable to prescribe military areas
in such places and of such extent as he or the appropriate Military Commander
may determine, 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 restriction the Secretary of War or the appropriate
Military Commander may impose in his discretion..."
~
Franklin D. Roosevelt The White House,
Source:
Documents Section: Japanese
American Internment Curriculum.