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This Week in Roosevelt History: September 1-7

September 1, 2010May 29, 2015 by fdrlibrary, posted in This Week in Roosevelt History

September 3, 1940: FDR approves the “destroyers for bases” deal with Great Britain.  Through this deal, the United States transferred destroyers to the British Navy in exchange for leases for British naval and air bases.

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