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