Claim: Peter Boughey reported to have joined the service in Yugoslavia in 1940 recuperating from tuberculosis; then in 1941, he was known to be in Belgrade.
Evidence: He is reported to have joined the service in Yugoslavia in 1940 recuperating from tuberculosis. Although certain details of his missions are still classified, he was known to be in Belgrade in 1941 where as agent in charge of financial transactions 'he was particularly effective in securing favourable rates for British pounds on the black market in his project of building up a local currency war chest, and considerable sums of money ended up in the Anglo-Palestine Bank in Tel Aviv'.