File 3363-D-40, Part 1: Repatriation movement of Japanese from Canada to Japan - Arrangements. 1945/11/17-1949/09/06. Part 1.

File 3363-D-40, Part 1: Repatriation movement of Japanese from Canada to Japan - Arrangements. 1945/11/17-1949/09/06. Part 1.

Description

Title Proper RG25 VOLUME 3634 FILE 3363-D-40-1
Date(s) 1945
General material designation
This file contains a textual record.
Scope and content
This file includes correspondence, memoranda, and reports documenting the arrangements considered and made for Japanese Canadians and Japanese nationals deported from Canada. Notable is discussion of the adverse affects the transfer of repatriate funds to Japan would have on families, as well as correspondence regarding the mechanisms through which to disburse funds. Also included is a significant documents relating to the provisions regarding transfer of funds and personal property which outline the information given to deportees regarding their possessions. Discussion of the applicability of P.C. 10773 and the Supreme Court Reference decision (on the validity of P.C. 7355, 7356 and 7357) is also within. There is extensive correspondence between U.S. officials and the Canadian government regarding the transfer of property and funds to Japanese "repatriates," as well as letters from deportees requesting compensation for the sale of their property by the Custodian.
Name of creator
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 3363-D-40, Part 1: Repatriation movement of Japanese from Canada to Japan - Arrangements. 1945/11/17-1949/09/06. Part 1.
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Terminology

Readers of these historical materials will encounter derogatory references to Japanese Canadians and euphemisms used to obscure the intent and impacts of the internment and dispossession. While these are important realities of the history, the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective urges users to carefully consider their own terminological choices in writing and speaking about this topic today as we confront past injustice. See our statement on terminology, and related sources here.