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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Executive Order 9512

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09693.32 Author/Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: January 20, 1945 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 22.9 cm, Width: 15 cm Order a Copy

One pamphlet entitled, "Executive Order 9512," dated January 20, 1945. This pamphlet is a printing of the order, "Providing for Coordination of the Allocations of Field Positions Subject to the Classification Act of 1923, as Amended." The pamphlet also contains a military order entitled, "Governing the Establishment of Military Commissions for the Trial of Certain Offenders Against the Law of War, And Governing the Procedure for Such Commissions." This order provides that any individual who acts under the direction of any nation that is at war with the United States, that enters the United States, planning to commit violence or espionage is to be subject to the law of war and the jurisdiction of military tribunals.

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945

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