STEPHEN, I BELIEVE IF YOU READ THAT INTERNET ARTICLE
ON DONOVAN, YOU WILL FIND THAT HIS WORK FOR ROOSEVELDT
& CO AROUND ITALY, YUGOSLAVIA ETC (TRAVELLING AS A PRIVATE
CITIZEN TO REMAIN INCONSPICUOUS) WAS ALL DONE BEFORE
PEARL HARBOUR - IN 1940-41; BEFORE US ENTRY INTO THE WAR.
AFTER PEARL, HE WAS HAULED BACK TO THE STATES AND GIVEN
THE JOB OF SETTING UP THE OSS.
MUST HAVE BEEN QUITE A BOY THIS GENERAL DONOVAN !
WHAT THIS INFO DOES, AS FAR AS OUR INTEREST GOES, IS SHOW
THAT THERE IS A HIGH LIKELIHOOD THAT YUGOSLAVIA DID ORDER
P-40's, AND THAT IN ALL PROBABILITY AN INITIAL SHIPMENT
OF C MODELS WAS HEADED THEIR WAY - UNTIL HI-JACKED FOR
RUSSIA. NOT EXACTLY EARTH-SHATTERING STUFF, BUT IT DOES
BROADEN OUR VIEW OF THE COMINGS AND GOINGS IN THE EARLT WAR
YEARS.

ALL THE BEST. GRAEME.