Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

Merchant vessels owned by the Government of the United States will not hereafter, until further notice, be permitted to transport to China or Japan any of the arms, ammunition, or implements of war.

Context

Statement on the Transportation of Arms and Munitions to China or Japan

09/13/1937

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