The file contains general and assorted correspondence of the Cabinet Committee on Japanese Problems from 1943 to 1948. Included are discussions of Japanese Canadian ("evacuee" and "repatriate") claims for losses sustained during the "evacuation" and the forced sales; the establishment of the Bird Commission (e.g., summaries as to which types of claims the Commission would hear); financial assistance for "voluntary repatriates"; restrictions on fishing licenses and movement; summaries of Orders-in-Council relating to persons of Japanese descent; the forcible liquidation of Japanese Associations and Societies; the treatment of Japanese Canadian veterans; concerns and resolutions regarding the return of Japanese Canadians to the "protected area" and resettlement (dispersal) policy; and the extension of "emergency" Orders-in-Council relating to Japanese.