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FDR: For what we send abroad, we shall be repaid within a reasonable time following the close of hostilities, in similar…

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For what we send abroad, we shall be repaid within a reasonable time following the close of hostilities, in similar materials, or, at our option, in other goods of many kinds, which they can produce and which we need.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt assures that aid sent abroad will be compensated in kind after the war.

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