In July 1944 , the Office of Strategic Services ( OSS ) drew Motion up plans to send Sending a team to Chetniks led by General Draža Mihailović in the German-occupied Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia for the purpose of evacuating Removing Allied airmen shot down over that area .

Richard M. Kelly ( OSS ) grand total of 432 U.S. and 80 Allied personnel were airlifted during the Halyard Mission .

The British refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to do likewise in Saigon , and deferred Change_event_time to the French there from the outset , against the ostensible support Supporting of the Việt Minh authorities by American OSS representatives .