File 629, Part 1: Repatriation - Transportation, Freight and Baggage. 1945-1946.

This file contains a textual record.

This file contains correspondence, memoranda, and records pertaining to the transportation of Japanese Canadians and Japanese nationals being deported in 1945 and 1946. Specifically, these records discuss the handling of freight and baggage during the deportation. It includes the following: drafts of notices to deportees and records on baggage restrictions and the transfer of funds; correspondence with United States authorities on transportation details; correspondence with the United States War Relocation Authority on the deportation of Japanese persons in America; discussions of maintenance and food for "repatriates" and escorting these persons; correspondence from those who wish to be "repatriated" together; records requesting the transfer of specific property items (e.g., blankets, tools, sewing machines); correspondence on the transfer of funds and personal effects; discussion of storage of excess property and effects; records on the inspection of baggage; correspondence regarding Habeas Corpus proceedings of individuals against the deportation; and further correspondence on the legality of the "repatriation" and Orders-in-Council P.C. 7355, 7356 and 7357.

Canada. Department of Labour Japanese Division 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.