Letter from W. C. Brown to R. L. Maitland

Letter from W. C. Brown to R. L. Maitland

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Title Proper F0 GR1723 REEL B07409 FILE C-60-4-1944
Date(s) 1942
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Letter from W.C. Brown, Registrar of the Land Registry Office, to Attorney General R. L. Maitland suggesting that it be made illegal for people of Japanese descent, and other enemy aliens, to hold land. He refers to what was being done in the United States and requests a meeting to discuss this option.
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Letter from W. C. Brown to R. L. Maitland
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