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| 1776 | Franklin, Benjamin |  |
| 28th May Varennes Meets the French Foreign Minister & begins a 2 1/2 yr campaign to win French support
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| 1778 | Franklin, Benjamin | |
| France joins America against Britain by signing a trade agreement
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| 1940 | Barkley, Alben | |
| 30th Dec Washington Approves the speech goven by Roosevelt to give additional support to the Allies
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| 1940 | Ghormley, Robert L | |
| London Discusses naval co-operation between the USA & Britain
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| 1940 | Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | |
| 20th July Washington Provides for a shipbuilding program for entry into the 2nd World War
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| 13th Aug Washington Will supply Britain with 50 WW1 destroyers for the lease of Caribbean naval bases
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| 2nd Sep Washington Congress agrees to lend 50 destroyers to Britain in return for 99 yr naval base leases
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| 30th Dec Washington It is announced that the "loan or lease" plan will be extended to Greece & China
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| 30th Dec Washington Makes a speech pledging more aid to Britain & declares the Axis will not win the war
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| 30th Dec Washington The Defence Commission announces approval for arms contracts worth œ2.5 million
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| 1941 | Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | |
| 11th Mar Washington SAends the Lend-Lease Bill to Congress
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| 11th Mar Washington The Lend Lease Act provides for the USA to lend Britain & her Allies war materials
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| 1942 | Marshall, George Catlett | |
| Washington Responsible within the Operations Division of the War Dept for the "USA point of view"
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| 1943 | Deane, John Russell | |
| Oct Moscow Meets the Russians & confirms the Allied decision at Quebec to launch Overlord
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| 1943 | Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | |
| 24th Jan Washington 2nd meeting of USA & UK leaders
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| 24th Jan Washington Roosevelt & Churchill demand the unconditional surrender of Germany, Italy & Japan
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| 1950 | Truman, Harry S | |
| 27th June Washington Orders MacArthur to support the southern Korean army with air & sea forces
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| 1955 | Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| 28th Jan Obtains authority from the House of Representitives & Congress to support Taiwan
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| 28th Jan The USA adopts the policy of supporting Chiang Kai-shek's regime in Taiwan
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| 29th May The USA sends Admiral Radford to Taiwan to state it will only protect mainland Taiwan
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| 1963 | Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| Washington Sends 3,000 troops to Thailand on the Laos border to counter Vietcong insurgence
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| 1964 | Ball, George | |
| 24th May Asks the NSC to authorize the request of Laos & Sth Vietnam for armed forces
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| 1965 | Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| Feb Hanoi Prime Minister Kosygin is pressured by the North Vietnamese to provide unlimited military aid to counter the American "aggression"
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| 1982 | Reagan, Ronald Wilson | |
| 30th April Washington Reagan declares USA support for Britain & promises "material aid"
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| 1991 | Bush, George Herbert Walker | |
| April The USA gives aid to Hanoi when it helps account for 2,276 missing USA soldiers
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