Assignment by...
..the French Government* through the Anglo-French Purchasing Commission in New York City. It also related to Canadian orders although the only possible evidence I have is some Chevrolets, Normal Control and COE that ended up on the civilian register. The jury is out on whether the 1939 and 1940 Model Chevrolet NC and COE CHASSIS and CHASSIS-CABS sourced from the US were diverted from Antwerpen/Anvers or Gennevilliers, or were prize seizures being destined for Kobenhaven.
*Therefore was it not the final act of the Daladier administration? As you know Churchill had a few days previously offered a union with France in perpetuity.
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