This file includes correspondence and records pertaining to the Japanese Language School (1672 West First Avenue, Vancouver). Records discuss whether the Department of National Defence, who leased the property from the Custodian of Enemy Property, has any obligation to reimburse the Custodian for damages to the property while they used the school. It was determined that "the word 'Custodian' is an alternative name for the Secretary of State and therefore there is no relationship of landlord and tenant between the Custodian and the Crown because there is no legal liability of that king between one department or minister of the government to another." F.P. Varcoe points to the Trading with the Enemy Regulations (1943) and the Shawaga and Ritcher cases to make this determination.