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<p>[QUOTE="Keith Twitchell, post: 8395308, member: 83799"]Below is something I found on psywarrior.com, written by SGM (Ret) Herbert Friedman. I did find a couple sources that concur that the request for the Philippine counterfeits did come from MacArthur; one suggested that he intentionally moved the operation to Australia to get out from under OSS.</p><p><br /></p><p>Very likely the Japanese occupation notes for the Philippines were counterfeited by Major Willis C. Reddick who once told me that he had established an O.S.S. forgery plant in Washington D. C. at 25th and E Streets, using paper from the Byron Weston Company in Massachusetts. He also established an OSS printing plant in London, England. Reddick became friendly with employees of the Bureau of Engraving and also was able to pick draftees with printing experience from basic training units in the Army.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Keith Twitchell, post: 8395308, member: 83799"]Below is something I found on psywarrior.com, written by SGM (Ret) Herbert Friedman. I did find a couple sources that concur that the request for the Philippine counterfeits did come from MacArthur; one suggested that he intentionally moved the operation to Australia to get out from under OSS. Very likely the Japanese occupation notes for the Philippines were counterfeited by Major Willis C. Reddick who once told me that he had established an O.S.S. forgery plant in Washington D. C. at 25th and E Streets, using paper from the Byron Weston Company in Massachusetts. He also established an OSS printing plant in London, England. Reddick became friendly with employees of the Bureau of Engraving and also was able to pick draftees with printing experience from basic training units in the Army.[/QUOTE]
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