Gabinete Nacional de Identificación, Habana, Cuba... Investigation: Yukihi George Ozawa

Havana: Gabinete Nacional de Identificación, [193-]. 8x8 inch sheet, some creasing, staple holes at top, penciled notations on the verso. Undated, but photos are identified as having been taken in 1937. Most text is in English; apparently sent to other legal jurisdictions in search of further information about the suspect. The two sides provide photographs and fingerprints of Ozawa, the son of a Japanese-American stockbroker, who was suspected of violating narcotics laws and impersonating a physician in Havana. Lists several aliases, and notes that he had been seen wearing the uniform of the Japanese Navy. Seeks further information about Ozawa's activities. A news item printed in the Havana Post of February 10, 1937 reported that the Havana Secret Police were holding Ozawa “while they investigated the possibility that he has been engaged in smuggling narcotics and espionage here. . . . Ozawa was dressed in the uniform of a Japanese naval lieutenant-commander and told police he was a naval attaché of the legation of his country in Havana, but, according to police, this was denied by the Nipponese officials. . . .” He also attempted to secure medical jobs in the United States, falsely claiming to be a graduate of the University of California Medical School.