Keiji Yamanouchi to Dept. of Secretary of State, Office of the Custodian, 26 July 1944

Keiji Yamanouchi to Dept. of Secretary of State, Office of the Custodian, 26 July 1944

c/o S K Forshner, Picture Butte, Alberta. July 26, 1944.
Dept. of Secretary of State,
Vancouver, B. C. Dear Sirs:
Why did you not let me know before you auction saled my goods?
I do not ask you to auction sale them. I do not want to sell not one of them. Would you kindly bring those property of mine back and place them in the former place?
I needed those items, that is the reason I did not sell them when we were being evacuated. Those things were all essential to me.
Did I not ask you several times, not to sell my land? Haven't you the letters from me concerning this matter? The crop of 1943 of my land was agreed upon for $1,000 one thousand dollars to be paid to me. This agreement was made between Frank Shimek and I. I have this agreement paper yet.
Therefore would you obtain that amount from Frank Shimek and credit it to my account I have also written many times to you about this. I wish only to sell the crop but not the land. Do you understand?
Referring to the cheque of one hundred dollars that was sent to me, what was the money from or for. When you send me money, please state this in your letter. When I sent the two shares in the recent mail I asked you, send me $95.16. It was the recent letter.
Please let me know when you receive the money from Frank Shimek for the 1943 crop money of one thousand dollars.
Yours truly,

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Keiji Yamanouchi to Dept. of Secretary of State, Office of the Custodian, 26 July 1944

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