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009 1500 ZULU OCTOBER 89

FROM: CG U.S. ARMY COMMAND, Fort McPherson, Georgia

TO: 6th ARMY COMMANDER, The Presidio, San Francisco

CLASS: Confidential

Personal for CG Only

1. You are hereby authorized to deploy 7th Army personnel up to a strength of 7,600 as the Task Force for Civilian Migration Control.

2. This task force will assist federal and state governments in the control of civilian movement in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho. Nevada. New Mexico, and Utah.

3. This task force will be under military command but under the general jurisdiction of federal authorities associated with migration control as per the Emergency War Act. You are to establish appropriate interorganizational mechanisms for coordination purposes between military and government units.

4. You are reminded that the purpose of this command is to assist state governments in maintaining order and providing assistance in the distribution of food rations and other resources as part of the national recovery plan. The primary concern at present is the prevention of overpopulation of Western area states, but particularly California. You are further reminded of the temporary martial-law powers granted to the military under the Emergency War Act.

5. Task force personnel are to be deployed at critical points at your discretion, but including highway and rail traffic points and additional points where personnel and vehicular traffic require military control. Primary traffic centers should include the following:

5.1 ARIZONA

Yuma, Highway IH-10

Junction IH-10 and H-60

Kingman, IH-40 and H-93

5.2 COLORADO

Fruita, IH-70

Cortez, H-666 and H-789

H-40 at Colorado-Utah border

Sterling, IH-76

5.3 IDAHO

Ashton, H-20

Coeur d’Alene, IH-90

Lewiston, H-12

Nampa, IH-80N

5.4 NEVADA

Boulder City, H-93

H-95 at California-Nevada border

Reno, IH-80

Wells, IH-80

Bridgeport, H-31

5.5 NEW MEXICO

Tucumcari, IH-40 and H-54

Gallup, IH-40 and H-66

Lordsburg, IH-10, H-70, and H-90

5.6 UTAH

Thompson, IH-70

Wendover, IH-80

St. George, IH-15

H-73 and H-50 at Nevada-Utah border

6. Personnel under your command should be instructed as to the nature and provisions of the present civilian relocation plan.

This instruction should remain current at all times as to appropriate federal/state documentation approving movement, including: (1) civilian mobility, including (la) authorized travel for individuals and/or families; (lb) relocation for same; and (lc) emergency movement authorizations; (2) military movement; and (3) U.S. government and/or foreign government personnel movement. Considerable falsification and misuse of stolen documentation permits are occurring. Wherever possible, cross-verification via TelNEI should be utilized. This is particularly true of permits issued to government personnel.

7. You should assist in the confiscation and/or disposal of contraband and/or quarantined materials. Relevant provisions regarding these items and materials are as per DOD 5020.17.

8. Task force personnel will be in place by 1300 ZULU 12 October 1989.

9. This order is in effect until further notice.

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