Report of the Special Committee: Measures to be Taken in the Event of War with Japan

Report of the Special Committee: Measures to be Taken in the Event of War with Japan

Description

Title Proper RG2 A-5-B REEL C-04654 FILE D ITEM 1
Date(s) 1941
General material designation
This item contains a textual record.
Scope and content
This item is the Report of the Special Committee, dated 28 July 1941, regarding measures to be taken in the event of war with Japan (also includes three appendices: "Appendix A - Internment," "Appendix B - Shipping and Economic Questions," and "Appendix C - Trading with the Enemy"). The report invokes the handling of Italian Canadians as precedent and outlines the procedure of registration (as well as fines and imprisonment for non-compliance, special coloured-cards for British subjects) among other details regarding war relations with Japan. Appendix C (authored by G.W. McPherson) outlines the position of the Custodian of Enemy Property.
Name of creator
Canada. Privy Council Office 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.
The digitization level of this record is unknown.

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Report of the Special Committee: Measures to be Taken in the Event of War with Japan
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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.