Cannot import OMF

Need some tips
I'm trying to import an OMF file into Soundtrack pro. The file was created in FinalCut pro (latest version etc) by my client.
I open a new project in ST and select "import OMF..."
I select the OMF file located on my HD and the process begins. I get a window with "importing OMF File..." and a progress bar but after about 1/10th of the distance it stops progressing. There is no cancel button. There is no sign of a crash - no signs of "soundtrack pro is not responding" or anything. Indeed, I can even play the empty timeline.
I've left it sitting there for an hour or so but nothing progresses. There are few audio files from the OMF in a new folder that seemed to have been written at about the the time the import was started but nothing seems to have been updated or written since then. Its like the import just stops for some reason.
I can open the OMF file up in Logic ok (though there is no automation info - though perhaps my client hasn't saved this etc)
Any ideas what is going on?

update...
I can open this OMF from FCP in Logic. There is no level or crossfade info though.
The amount of bugs and issues I find in STP amazes me.
I'd really welcome any feedback on this OMF issue. Is anyone else successfully going FCP to STP via OMF?
I just want to sound (audio) mix a video project from FCP in Sountrack pro. The video has been edited on a completely different system and I need a neat way of getting the video edit audio to my system for mixing, without having to transfer huge amounts of unused captured footage from the video system. The video editor will be sending me the stuff on a dvd-r. Well thats the plan.
Is XML the best way? XML doesn't save any audio, correct? How do I get only the used audio + handles from the video edit for the xml interchange etc etc etc.
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