War Cabinet Minutes: 1940-07-09

War Cabinet Minutes: 1940-07-09

Description

Title Proper RG2 A-5-B REEL C-11789 FILE M ITEM 01
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1940
General material designation
From this item, LOI has digitized one textual record or image.
Scope and content
This item includes minutes of the War Committee of the Cabinet dated 09 July 1940 concerning the Pacific area, specifically relations with Japan. Anticipating war with Japan, these minutes note that "attention should be drawn to the requirements of Canadian internal security, specifically the possibility of Japanese attack, the danger of dissatisfaction amongst Japanese population in BC, and the necessity for protection of the Atlantic Coast against possible raids."
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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War Cabinet Minutes: 1940-07-09
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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.