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The '''Lend-Lease Act''' was a congressional act that allowed the [[President]] to send arms and other war supplies to any country deemed necessary to the defense of the [[United States]]. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt |Roosevelt]] persuaded [[Congress]] to pass this act in 1941. Presidential confidant [[Harry Hopkins]] was appointed to administer the program. The [[Soviet Union]], locked in a struggle with the invading German [[Wehrmacht]] greatly benefited from the US war material delivered to the USSR Arctic seaport of Archangel. | The '''Lend-Lease Act''' was a congressional act that allowed the [[President]] to send arms and other war supplies to any country deemed necessary to the defense of the [[United States]]. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt |Roosevelt]] persuaded [[Congress]] to pass this act in 1941. Presidential confidant [[Harry Hopkins]] was appointed to administer the program. The [[Soviet Union]], locked in a struggle with the invading German [[Wehrmacht]] greatly benefited from the US war material delivered to the USSR Arctic seaport of Archangel. | ||
| − | Shortly before [[Pearl Harbor]], Hopkins took on | + | Shortly before [[Pearl Harbor]], Hopkins took on President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]'s adviser [[Lauchlin Currie]] as deputy for Lend-Lease aid to the Chinese [[Kuomintang]] who were fighting two wars simultaneously--one against the [[Second Sino-Japanese War|Japanese who had invaded Manchuria]], and a another against the Soviet [[Comintern]] [[Chinese Communist Party|Chinese Communist]]s lead by [[Mao Zedong]]. Currie was in daily consultation at this time with one of the Hiss brothers and [[Harry Dexter White]]. Currie, White, [[Alger Hiss]] and [[Donald Hiss]] were all agents of the Soviet Union, carrying out Comintern directives to [[subversion (political)|subvert]] American [[foreign policy]] and support for the Chinese Nationalist government of [[Jiang Jieshi|Chiang Kai-shek]]. |
The Lend-Lease program was ended in 1945. | The Lend-Lease program was ended in 1945. | ||
Revision as of 05:44, November 22, 2007
The Lend-Lease Act was a congressional act that allowed the President to send arms and other war supplies to any country deemed necessary to the defense of the United States. President Roosevelt persuaded Congress to pass this act in 1941. Presidential confidant Harry Hopkins was appointed to administer the program. The Soviet Union, locked in a struggle with the invading German Wehrmacht greatly benefited from the US war material delivered to the USSR Arctic seaport of Archangel.
Shortly before Pearl Harbor, Hopkins took on President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's adviser Lauchlin Currie as deputy for Lend-Lease aid to the Chinese Kuomintang who were fighting two wars simultaneously--one against the Japanese who had invaded Manchuria, and a another against the Soviet Comintern Chinese Communists lead by Mao Zedong. Currie was in daily consultation at this time with one of the Hiss brothers and Harry Dexter White. Currie, White, Alger Hiss and Donald Hiss were all agents of the Soviet Union, carrying out Comintern directives to subvert American foreign policy and support for the Chinese Nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek.
The Lend-Lease program was ended in 1945.