lend-lease

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Shmyhal also said the Ukrainian government had approved a request to the U.S. government for a "gas lend-lease" arrangement to help Ukraine through what he said would be the toughest heating season in its history.

From Reuters • Jul. 26, 2022

“It’s easy for him to do it. And I think right now what we’re doing with supply and with lend-lease, with the financing is right.”

From Washington Times • May 1, 2022

House gave final passage Thursday to legislation that would streamline a World War II-era military lend-lease program to more quickly provide Ukraine and other Eastern European countries with American equipment to fight the Russian invasion.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2022

An example is the Senate’s recent unanimous approval of a lend-lease bill modeled on the law that enabled swift U.S. supply for the anti-Hitler coalition in Europe before the country entered World War II.

From Washington Post • Apr. 9, 2022

We are also making arrangements under which those countries may use the lend-lease inventories in their possession and acquire surplus property abroad to assist in their economic rehabilitation and reconstruction.

From State of the Union Address by Truman, Harry S.