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On Mon. 21 Sep 1942 US Navy Admiral William Purnell, after speaking wi.....

1942-09-21

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US Navy Admiral William Purnell, after speaking with OSS chief William Donovan, made Milton Miles the head of OSS operations in China. Miles, however, was not informed of this.

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