​Letter to Office of the Custodian from Tsutae Sato

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Scanned black-and-white microfilm of a typewritten letter addressed to the government from Tsutae Sato regarding dispossession of their property.
College Heights,
Lacombe, Alberta
​Office of the Custodian,
506 Royal Bank Building,
Hasting and Granville,
Vancouver, British Columbia

COPY
For Mr. Shears.

College Heights,
Lacombe, Alberta.
February 28, 1947

Office of the Custodian,
506 Royal Bank Building,
Hastings and Granville,
Vancouver, B.C.

Dear Sir:-

On the occasion of my trip to Vancouver early this month, I was able to have fifty-six boxes of library books sent to my present home in Lacombe, Alberta.

Aside from these Japanese library books, there were five hundred and forty-four (544) books belonging to me which I reported and left in the care of the Custodian at the time of my departure from Vancouver in June of 1942. When I made a trip to Vancouver in June, 1944 however, I brought back with me about fifty of the books.

One of the purposes of my recent return to Vancouver was to recover the remainder of my books. But I found that every book was missing. Among the collection were many fine books which are irreplaceable at the present time, and it is with a deep feeling of disappointment and regret that I make this report.

Yours very truly,

(signed) "Tsutae SATO"

Tsutae Sato, Reg. No 00010
File No. 10353.