​Letter to the Department of the Secretary of State from T Hirasawa

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Scanned black-and-white microfilm of a typewritten copy of a letter addressed to the government from T Hirasawa regarding dispossession of their property.
Box 85,
Taber, Alberta
Department of the Secretary of State,
Office of the Custodian,
Japanese Evacuee Section,
Hastings & Granville,
Vancouver, British Columbia

Copy for Mr. Shears' Complaint File

Box 85,
Taber, Alta. [Alberta]
April 24, 1947.

Dept. of the Secretary of State,
Office of the Custodian,
Japanese Evacuee Section,
Hastings & Granville, Vancouver, B.C.

Dear Sirs:

I am in receipt of your cheque for ninety four dollars and seventy-two-cents ($94.72). I would like to know what if this is all.

As you know, I worked in B.C. for 30 years and had many assets. When evacuated, I did not sell anything, Even the insurance on the buildings amounts to $4850.00 with the New England Fire Insurance Co.

I have sent a detailed compensation bill to Gov't [government]. If this is all I get, it amounts to only 1/10 of value.

Please send a detailed report on how you sold my property.

Please send this as soon as possible.

Yours truly,

"T. Hirasawa"