File 23-2-17-20: Japanese Division. Segregation and Repatriation. Reception of Canadian Repatriates in Japan. 1946 - 1947/06.

File 23-2-17-20: Japanese Division. Segregation and Repatriation. Reception of Canadian Repatriates in Japan. 1946 - 1947/06.

Description

Title Proper RG27 O1 VOLUME 0660 FILE 23-2-17-20
Date(s) 1946
General material designation
This file contains a textual record.
Scope and content
This file includes correspondence, memoranda, and reports regarding the "repatriation" of Japanese Canadians and Japanese nationals to Japan. It primarily concerns the financial arrangements of those being deported. It includes: extensive correspondence concerning the arrival of Japanese repatriates on the S.S. Marine Falcon, the S.S. General Meigs, and the S.S. Marine Angel (in particular their poor condition upon arrival); discussions of damaging affect of the yen exchange rate upon those being deported; and correspondence regarding baggage (including lost baggage) and the transfer of other belongings and household effects. Also included are news clippings of Japanese Americans which present these individuals as loyal to the Japanese Emperor. Also in this file are documents related to the role of Oscar Orr (Lt. Col. Officer in Charge, Canadian War Crimes Liaison Detachment, Japanese Theatre) as witness to the immediate disastrous effects of the "repatriation."
Name of creator
Canada. Department of Labour created this archive.
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 23-2-17-20: Japanese Division. Segregation and Repatriation. Reception of Canadian Repatriates in Japan. 1946 - 1947/06.
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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.