Editing Whiting Willauer (section)

==Civil Air Transport==
Willauer’s career shifted to Asia in July 1941 when he joined China Defense Supplies, Inc., as executive secretary, representing the Chinese government in lend-lease matters under T.V. Soong. From 1944 to 1945, he served as director of the Far East and Special Territories Branch of the Foreign Economic Administration. In 1946, alongside General [[Claire Chennault]], Willauer co-founded [[Civil Air Transport]] in China, initially to deliver relief supplies under a $4 million UNRRA contract. As executive vice president and later president, he oversaw CAT’s operations, which supported [[Chiang Kai-shek]]’s Nationalists during the Chinese Civil War by transporting supplies and personnel.