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In 1940 France had surrendered and Great Britain was in a crisis. Winston Churchill requested that US destroyers be furnished to Britain in exchange for naval base leases. President Roosevelt informed Churchill that such a deal would require Congressional authorization and it would not at that time be a wise decision to request this from the Congress.

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