T.D. Pattullo to W. L. Mackenzie King [Japanese and Chinese in the Army]

DescriptionTitle ProperRG2 A-5-B REEL C-11789 FILE D ITEM 1Date(s) of material from this resource digitized1940General material designation

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Scope and content

This item contains a letter dated 23 September 1940 from T.D. Pattullo to Mackenzie King, in which Pattullo strongly resists the call for Japanese and Chinese citizens in the Canadian army. He justifies his position: "In the first place, it would put the Japanese in the possession of arms, when recently measures were formulated to collect arms. Perhaps an even more important consideration is that if they are called up for service, there will be a demand that they be given the franchise, which we in this Province can never tolerate."

Name of creator

Canada. Privy Council Office created this archive.

Immediate source of acquisition

The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

The digitization level of this record is unknown.