Custodian of Enemy Property to Jisaburo and Shige Wakabayashi letter

Custodian of Enemy Property to Jisaburo and Shige Wakabayashi letter

Description

Title Proper Custodian of Enemy Property to Jisaburo and Shige Wakabayashi letter
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1947
General material designation
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Scope and content
A letter, dated July 16th, 1947, from E. Robertson, the Office of the Custodian, Vancouver, to Jisaburo Wakabayashi. It refers to a letter of May 27, 1947 in which it states that proceeds from chattels which had been paid to Mr. S. Uchida would be paid directly to Wakabayashi by Uchida. It asks for confirmation that this action has been completed so that the custodian can close out the file.
Name of creator
Henry Wakabayashi is the founder of Pacific Liaicon Ltd., he has helped many major projects such as the Vancouver Sky Train, the expansion of the Vancouver International Airport and the Metro Vancouver drinking water treatment program.
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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Custodian of Enemy Property to Jisaburo and Shige Wakabayashi letter
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Terminology

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