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BT: I kind of wanted to go back a little bit about the knives and swords --

MY: The what?

BT: The knives that your father was making. And did he do that in Tule Lake?

MY: Yes.

BT: And where did he hide those?

MY: I have no idea. I had no idea he was even making those.

BT: Well, given what a, even though it was a large place with a lot of people, it was hard to have any privacy, so do you think that other people --

MY: Well, it depends on what means by privacy. My brother was making sake under his bed next to me. Is that privacy? [Laughs] Exactly. I don't think my father ever -- I conjecture. I don't remember my father making, ever bringing those three swords into the house, so he must've kept it in the boiler room.

BT: But he worked with other people in the boiler room, didn't he?

MY: No, in the boiler room there's only one person taking care of the boilers.

BT: Twenty-four hours?

MY: Well, you take shifts, naturally.

BT: So it's possible that somebody might've noticed what he was doing?

MY: Yes, it's very possible other people knew what he was doing.

BT: Making knives, you mean?

MY: Yes. Well, my father was known for his knowledge on Japanese swords, so this was only logical.

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