File 104(s), Part 2.1: Postwar treatment of Japanese in Canada and United States. 1943/08/20-1950/09/22. Part 2.1.

File 104(s), Part 2.1: Postwar treatment of Japanese in Canada and United States. 1943/08/20-1950/09/22. Part 2.1.

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Title Proper RG25 VOLUME 5761 FILE 104S-2-1
Date(s) 1943
General material designation
This file contains a textual record.
Scope and content
This file includes correspondence, memoranda, and reports regarding the post-war policy towards Japanese Canadians and Japanese nationals in Canada; specifically, they reveal policy discussions concerning the "repatriation" and "relocation," including records pertaining to Japanese Canadian and Japanese national property. It includes continued correspondence between United States and Canadian authorities regarding post-war policies (i.e., forced exile) as well as correspondence regarding delays in "repatriation" policy due to numerous applications for cancellation of repatriation received. There is discussion of the logistical side of the forced exile as well (i.e., the transfer of funds and effects) and continued correspondence on the establishment of a Loyalty Commission and a 're-settlement' or 're-location' policy. Concern over the return to British Columbia of Japanese Canadians is also expressed.
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 104(s), Part 2.1: Postwar treatment of Japanese in Canada and United States. 1943/08/20-1950/09/22. Part 2.1.
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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.