File 622, Part 1: General Repatriation and Accounting. 1946.

File 622, Part 1: General Repatriation and Accounting. 1946.

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Title Proper RG36-27 VOLUME 17 FILE 622-1R
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1946
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From this file, LOI has digitized one textual record or image.
Scope and content
This file includes lists and index cards of "voluntary repatriates" (including those on the S.S. Marine Falcon and those in the Kelowna district); correspondence and RCMP reports regarding transportation procedure (primarily of those internees leaving camp to Vancouver for "repatriation"); sample dockets of Naturalized Canadians (which contain information pertaining to the transfer of "repatriates'" funds); correspondence from individuals seeking details on the process of "repatriation"; discussions of monetary provisions and assistance for "repatriates" (particularly those who had turned in all their money and assets, facing a lengthy wait time); correspondence regarding expenditures for different services as part of the "repatriation" procedure (e.g., medical services, which includes a list of medical care provided to Japanese persons); correspondence concerning inspections by United States authorities for currency on "repatriates" and belongings; records on "repatriate" passports and naturalization certificates; statistics and numbers of those requesting "repatriation" (December 1946); and memoranda noting funds submitted to the Custodian by those being "repatriated."
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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 622, Part 1: General Repatriation and Accounting. 1946.
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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.