In August 1940 British intelligence had received hints of German plans to attack the Soviets only a week after Hitler informally approved the plans for Barbarossa.

A draft pact on aircraft subsidies that was reached on March 31 in Brussels, and originally planned for approval by now, has been put on hold because of a dispute over subsidy levels approved informally by negotiators.

Gen. V. Dovgan, a senior military-industrial administrator, had been dismissed and stripped of his rank after it had been revealed that he informally approved the sale of the tanks to ANT, and Deputy Aviation Industry Minister Anatoly Bratukhin had been dismissed for gross violation of arms export regulations.

In recent weeks, Union Pacific's bid seemed the likely winner, especially after the Interstate Commerce Commission informally approved the company's plan to put Santa Fe Pacific in a separate trust pending the commission's full review of the proposed merger.

The New York Mercantile Exchange and the Commodity Exchange discussed a combination last week, and board members from both exchanges informally approved the idea.

The Federal Reserve informally approved the Prince's investment on Tuesday.

A quorum of board members from both exchanges informally approved the idea of a combination last week at a dinner meeting at the Windows on the World restaurant.