Friday, September 5, 2025

85 Years Ago, Tuesday, 2 September 1940

US NAVY

            Secretary of State Hull and British Ambassador Lord Lothian exchange notes concluding the agreement to trade destroyers for bases; the U.S. will provide, by executive agreement, 50 overage (World War I Emergency Program) destroyers in return for 99year leases on bases in the Bahamas, Antigua, St. Lucia, Trinidad, Jamaica, and British Guiana. The British provide bases at Newfoundland and Bermuda as outright gifts.

No comments:

Post a Comment