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FDR: Until the complete defeat of both Japan and Germany, the flow of lend-lease aid should be continued in the amounts…

On the recordSeptember 28, 1944
Until the complete defeat of both Japan and Germany, the flow of lend-lease aid should be continued in the amounts necessary to enable the combined strength of all the United Nations to defeat our common enemies as quickly as possible and with the least loss of life.
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Democratic · New York

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Letter to the Foreign Economic Administration on Postwar Policies

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