FDR: “This is not inconsistent in any sense with our status of peace.”

On the recordSeptember 2, 1940

This is not inconsistent in any sense with our status of peace.

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Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress on Exchanging Destroyers for British Naval and Air Bases

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