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DG: Okay, so you took your parents to Seattle and then you had them stay there and you had gotten a lawyer. Now, how did Toru get involved now because I know Toru Sakahara and he's lawyer in Seattle.

RM: Yeah.

DG: And you knew him from your student days.

RM: Yeah, and he was doing our legal work.

DG: Okay. Not just the one in Raymond, but he was helping you.

RM: Yeah, among other things. Yeah.

DG: And then how did your relative Min come into the picture?

RM: Well, Min went down with me to take our properties back.

DG: Okay. Now, according to Min, who I talked to, he says that his sister was married to a Murakami.

RM: Yeah, his sister was married to my cousin.

DG: Your cousin Jeff, right. So they asked him to come and help you.

RM: Sure.

DG: Why was that? Why did you want him to help you?

RM: Well, he'd have more influence because he was in the army, an officer in the army, and all that stuff.

DG: In uniform.

RM: Yeah.

DG: So did he drive back here with you in uniform?

RM: Yeah, but it didn't do any good because even he -- I mean, they still told him to, you know.

DG: Come on. Tell me what they said.

RM: Yeah, he was a person in uniform, because being a Japanese, you know. So anyway that's how it was.

DG: But so, was there quite an exchange of name calling and what not?

RM: No, I don't think that. No.

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