From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhtsa!alice!npoiv!npois!houxm!houxa!houxk!houxj!welsch Newsgroups: net.politics Title: Re: The wider issue of Japanese Internment Article-I.D.: houxj.231 Posted: Tue Mar 29 08:39:38 1983 Received: Wed Mar 30 01:50:28 1983 References: arizona.1451 During the late 60's and early 70's there were rumours that Nixon would use the camps for internment of war protestors and other undesirable long hair types. Having talked to friends of my father who were actually in the camps, I find it quite amazing how close we came to exterminating Americans of Japanese descent. I wonder what would have happened if the Japanese had successfully landed troops on the West coast. Larry Welsch houxj!welsch