;ve got your attention, let’s take this from the beginning.Japan enters the war. Almost immediately, the U.S. government’s Federal Bureau of Investigations gets to work, looking for any suspicious individuals of Japanese heritage who could possibly mean sabotage. Thought to be a threat because they were so close to the enemy and they could communicate, Japanese on the West Coast were already seen as suspicious.7 and 8 December, 1941 - Presidential proclamations were sent out, dealing with the control of and subsequent action against any aliens suspected of hostile intent or of action against national security. These proclamations were sent out the day of the bombing – the same day. 10 December, 1941 - A report was made by a Treasury Agent to the Army authorities that, “an estimated 20,000 Japanese in the San Francisco metropolitan area were ready for organized action.” How could the bombing of Pearl Harbor possibly have had any effect on Executive Order 9066 when there were already orders out to discriminate?26 December, 1941 - In a phone conversation between Major General Allen Gullion, the War Department’s Provost Marshall General, and General John L. DeWitt, Commander of Western Defense Command, DeWitt says:“If we go ahead and arrest the 93,000 Japanese native born and foreign born, we are going to have an awful job on our hands and we are liable to alienate the loyal Japanese from disloyal… I’m very doubtful that it would be common sense procedure to try and intern or intern 117,000 Japanese in this theater…” 30 December, 1941 – Attorney General authorized the issuance of warrants for search and arrest in any house where an alien lived upon representation of an FBI agent. There had to be "“reasonable cause" to believe that there was contraband on the premises.5 January, 1942 – The San Francisco conference takes place. General DeWitt announces ...
