File PC S-010-5-11-8: [Flag Officer Pacific Coast] - Seized Japanese fishing boats - Attempt to sabotage Japanese fishing fleet at New Westminster. 1942.

File PC S-010-5-11-8: [Flag Officer Pacific Coast] - Seized Japanese fishing boats - Attempt to sabotage Japanese fishing fleet at New Westminster. 1942.

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Title Proper RG24 VOLUME 11764 FILE PC-010-5-11-8
Date(s) 1942
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This file contains a textual record.
Scope and content
The file contains a variety of documents that concern a so-called conspiracy: that “the Japanese at Steveston, B.C., were not satisfied with the treatment given their boats and also the unfair prices they were getting for same, they stated they were going to burn up the boats at New Westminster by letting a barge or some other oil soaked boat float down the river and lodge in the main anchorage, causing a fire.” Most of the documents in this file are correspondence between members of the Department of National Defence (Naval Service), attempts to co-ordinate 24-hour watches on the part of Naval Security Intelligence, and notes on persons of interest.
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Immediate source of acquisition
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.
This record was digitized in full.

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File PC S-010-5-11-8: [Flag Officer Pacific Coast] - Seized Japanese fishing boats - Attempt to sabotage Japanese fishing fleet at New Westminster. 1942.
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