File 23-1-11-1 Part 2: Japanese Property and Custodian of Enemy Alien Property

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This file consists of Volume No. 2 of a Department of Labour file titled "Property and Custodian of Enemy Alien Property," sub-subject "Restricted Areas; Japanese." The file contains documentation and correspondence between the Department of Labour, Japanese Division and other parties regarding the liquidation of properties belonging to Japanese societies and associations; the Custodian's authority to sell these companies; Japanese Canadian property owners refusals to accept Custodian cheques; individual property-owner claims; RCMP reports of damage to Japanese Canadian association and society properties; prospective "repatriates" and their properties; RCMP infraction reports for Japanese Canadians travelling without permits; inquiries about returning to "protected area" and protest letters against forcible liquidation; Japanese Canadian individuals having to forfeit opportunity attend UBC due to forced exile; letters of intermarried individuals requesting their spouse to be allowed to return to coastal area; intermarriage and those permitted in the "protected area"; and protests for removal of Japanese Canadians from Canada.

Canada. Department of Labour created this archive.

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.