[Milsurplus] War Assets Administration

[Hue Miller]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Donzelli" <wdonzelli at gmail.com>
> Arthur Bernstein (of Compass) told me that after the war, he and other
> big surplus dealers were basically given blank checks to buy all the
> good high priced surplus. Cost was not object. And the customer?
> Israel.

Do you know if the wallet was US aid, or private donation, or both?
Surprises me just a little bit, since Israel fought the war of 1948 with
some pretty makeshift and sketchy armaments. I think, if i recall,
they had both Spitfires and Messerschmidts (limited numbers) in
their small airforce.
Of course, in the post war surplus feed, Israel probably wasn't too
interested in RBAs, BC-645, RAL, SCR-511, RU-GF, ha ha.
-Hue