File 2203: Special Cabinet Committee on Claims by Japanese Evacuees - 1947

File 2203: Special Cabinet Committee on Claims by Japanese Evacuees - 1947

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Title Proper RG36-27 VOLUME 35 FILE 2203
Date(s) 1947
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This file contains a textual record.
Scope and content
This file contains memoranda and minutes relating to the creation of the Bird Commission in 1947. The first memorandum, from K.W. Wright to Colin Gibson, discusses the establishment of the commission in response to the Prime Minister's statement in 1944 regarding Japanese policy ("in cases where it can be established that a sale was made at less than a fair market value, to remedy the injustice"). The second memorandum is addressed to Cabinet and gives details of the forcible liquidation policy in the context of Japanese claims. Minutes are also included of the Special Cabinet Committee on Claims by Japanese Evacuees which discuss the drafting of a submission to appoint a commissioner for the Royal Commission.
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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.
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File 2203: Special Cabinet Committee on Claims by Japanese Evacuees - 1947
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