​Letter to the Office of the Custodian from Chonosuke Matsubara

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Scanned black-and-white microfilm of a typewritten copy of a letter addressed to the government from Chonosuke Matsubara regarding dispossession of their property. Includes handwritten message in top margin.
1223 Berger Street,
Montreal, Quebec
​Office of the Custodian,
Japanese Evacuation Section,
Vancouver, British Columbia

Copy for Mr. Shears. (File 1620)

Complaint [handwritten]

1223 Berger St.,
Montreal, P.Q. [Québec]
Jan. 30, 1947.

Office of the Custodian,
Japanese Evacuation Section
Vancouver, B.C.

Dear Sir:

Thank you for your letter of December 30th which you have addressed to Midway, B.C. Beginning of last August, we moved here.

You have written that I have the total $348.35 left from the property.

Since evacuation, we have been on our own support and for three years, I have a stomach trouble I can't work. To get myself well, I have spent most of the money we had. Not only for this but many other things which we did it ourselves. This total of money ($348.35) doesn't worth even half of what we had and lost but since we need money very badly, I will expect you to send me the money soon.

Thank you.

Yours truly,

Chonosuke Matsubara

Reg. No. 11991

File No. 1620