This is an excerpt from Executive Order 9981 issued by President Harry Truman in 1948. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion,or origin. Which impacts did this executive order have on the United States? Itallowed the United States to send aid to help war-torn nations in Europe. It desegregated the armed forces. It gave diplomatic recognition to the nation of Israel. It outlined the policy of containment of communism. It helped spark the Civil Right movement.