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Re:THE POSTHUMOUS WRITINGS OF MY FATHER-IN-LAW---recollection from the end of World War II to 1953
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<Part 11>
Although we tried to make our detention life enjoyable, the thought of returning to Japan never left our minds. The thing I enjoyed most was letters from Japan. I was very glad when I found letters addressed to me in the mailbox at the entrance of the dormitory. I was envied by everyone as I received letters most frequently. It was only me that received letters from the people who had belonged to the same factory and already returned to Japan. I was very thankful for having good friends.
I did little work in the office. Everyday I wrote letters, and sent them off weekly. By knowing that my family was having a hard time in Japan, the thought of returning was always on my mind.
I made a contact with a Japanese Dietman through my wife. He made an arrangement enabling me to return to Japan if I could get to the British Consulate in Tientsin. I tried my hardest to get to Tientsin, and had my wife send me her doctor's medical records. If my wife was thought to be sick, I could use these to apply for permission to travel to Tientsin. But, every effort ended in vain.
Knowing my wife's difficult life well, I devised ways to help her. Once I sent a thin gold plate folded between photographs by mail. This was a grave violation of regulations and I would be punished severely if it were found. But, I was willing to take the chance. I told this story in detail to friends from Anshan on the ship while returning to Japan. Now I recall how courageous I was to take such a risk at that time.
Some of my former colleagues who had already returned to Japan and were working for Nippon Kokan Kabushiki-kaisha (NKK)-Japan Steel Tube Company, sent money to my wife to help out, though they were poorly paid as well. When I came to know of this from my wife's letter, tears filled my eyes. I was filled with happiness and could not sleep at all.
Meanwhile it became obvious that we would soon be able to return to Japan, so I withdrew my application for permission to travel to Tientsin.
by Anmitsuhime
To be continued to Part 12
